Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Where the Dead Sit Talking

by Brandon Hobson

Lists

Fiction 2018: National Book Award

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top Tens 2025 Fighting in the War Room
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Dublin Literary Award

Trending Works

HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Liars Sarah Manguso
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
The Sunshine Place
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sly Thom Zimny
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Idlewild Idlewild

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