Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
James Quandt: Artforum: Best Films of 2022
Village Voice: Top 100 Albums of 2016
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Lists

The 45 Best New Books of 2023: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Love in Exile Shon Faye
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
Hands In The Air! Told Not To Worry
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Run Away With A Wild And A Rare One Wave Generators
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
Alpha Julia Ducournau
mbv My Bloody Valentine
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
The Song of the Cell Siddhartha Mukherjee

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