Year-End Lists

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

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The Great Mistake

by Jonathan Lee

Lists

Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub
Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron
Colored Television Danzy Senna
XXX Danny Brown
Long Story Short
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Pins and Needles Natalie Hemby
Revenge Coralie Fargeat
The Big Bang Theory

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