Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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When We Were Birds

by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Lists

Best Fiction of 2022: Powell's Books
Best Books of 2022: Economist

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren
The Lowdown
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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