Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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Lists

45 Best Books of 2017: Paste

Fiction 2017: Women's Prize
30 Best Books of 2017: Christian Science Monitor
100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx
Best TV Shows of 2022 BuzzFeed
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Paste
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 20 TV Shows of 2019 Decider
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best TV Shows of 2019 Complex
The 55 Best TV Shows of the 2010s BuzzFeed
25 Best TV Shows of 2018 Slant
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
1989 Taylor Swift
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Trois, Deux, Un Juniore
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Born to Die Lana Del Rey
Rakshak Bloodywood
Anime, Trauma and Divorce Open Mike Eagle
Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Prospero’s Rooms New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert

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