Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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The Big Goodbye

Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

by Sam Wasson

Lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Holy Hell Architects
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Graduation Cristian Mungiu
Milk Blood Heat Dantiel W. Moniz
The Soulmate Equation Christina Lauren
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
Beginners Mike Mills
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Golden Girl Elin Hilderbrand
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Spotlight: Snitch City

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