Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2021
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Guardian: The 50 Best Films of 2023
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Vanderbilt

The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe

Appears on two lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021: Washington Post
40 Best Books of 2021: Parade Magazine

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Complex
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Paste
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
The 50 Best Films of 2023 Guardian
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Sonita Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
The Summer House Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Beasts of No Nation Cary Joji Fukunaga
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Metro Boomin
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Coodie Simmons & Chike Ozah
Mrs. Fletcher
To Name the Bigger Lie Sarah Viren
The Killer David Fincher
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
The Day Is My Enemy The Prodigy
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Ambulance Michael Bay
As We Speak Béla Fleck / Zakir Hussain / Edgar Meyer

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