Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best 50 Books of 2017: Joseph Salvatore: Brooklyn Rail

Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger
24 Favorite Books of 2017: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
The Empire Bruno Dumont
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Brat Charli XCX
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Resolution 653 Instra:Mental
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Death Farm Carl Hauck
La 167 Farruko

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