Year-End Lists

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

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Lists

The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022: BBC: BBC Culture

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The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

All-Night Pharmacy Ruth Madievsky
A Small Light
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Tár Todd Field
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Pillion Harry Lighton
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
XXX Danny Brown
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley

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