Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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The Beauty in Breaking

by Michele Harper

Lists

100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times
Best Books of 2020: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

(II) Crystal Castles
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Passin’ Thru Charles Lloyd New Quartet
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Resurrection Bi Gan
Eddington Ari Aster
The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason
28 Years Later Danny Boyle
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Fear of a Black Universe Stephon Alexander
Nope Jordan Peele

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