Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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by Alyssa Cole

Lists

Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
The Best Books of 2020: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 10 Films of 2015 In Review Online
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2019 Brian Tallerico · RogerEbert.com
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Pitt
The Strange Little Cat Ramon Zürcher
Dandadan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Black Metal Dean Blunt
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Eddington Ari Aster
The Delinquents Rodrigo Moreno
XXX Danny Brown
Predators David Osit

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