Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Lauren Passell: Lifehacker: The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025
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The Illness Lesson

by Clare Beams

Lists

The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle
Favorite Novels of 2020: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian

Trending Works

The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
The White Lotus, season 2 Mike White
The Soulmate Equation Christina Lauren
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Spotlight: Snitch City
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Nexus Yuval Noah Harari
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Beginners Mike Mills
Holy Hell Architects
Graduation Cristian Mungiu
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández

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