Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
David Fear: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best Movies of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Brenda Shaughnessy

Lists

5 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Publishers Weekly
11 Best Poetry Books of 2016: BuzzFeed

10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: David Orr: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Movies of 2024 Guardian
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Vortex Gaspar Noé
XXX Danny Brown
Empire of AI Karen Hao
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
KICK ii Arca
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave
KicK iii Arca
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
False Dawn George Selgin
Stage Four Touché Amoré
Flesh David Szalay
Dept. Q

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