Year-End Lists

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

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Lists

100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times
Nonfiction 2017: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Albums of 2025 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

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Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Death Farm Carl Hauck
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Sentences and Rain Elaine Equi
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus

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