Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2012
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Up Jumped the Devil

The Real Life of Robert Johnson

by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow

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Top Music Books of 2019: No Depression

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The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
50 Best Albums of 2011 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
50 Best Albums of 2012 Mojo

Trending Works

Andor
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
No Exit Damien Power
Mines Menomena
XXX Danny Brown
Alpha Julia Ducournau
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Brat Charli XCX
You Private Person Richard Chiem
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov

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