Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Pretender

by Jo Harkin

Lists

The Best New Novels of 2025: Nora Biette-Timmons: Jezebel

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Lights Out
Only Dust Remains Backxwash
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Mirage Colony N Chambers
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
American Honey Andrea Arnold
Babes Pamela Adlon
Sinners Ryan Coogler
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Looper Rian Johnson

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