Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
IndieWire: Best Films of 2011
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The Cult of Smart

How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice

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Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2020: Molly Young: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Inkoo Kang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 100 TV Shows of the 2010s Consequence
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2011 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Caul Baby Morgan Jerkins
Image Control Patrick Nathan
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Succession
Moodie Yuno
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
Get Out Jordan Peele
Bad Mexicans Kelly Lytle Hernández
Tully Jason Reitman
Heavyweight
The Big One
Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson

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