Year-End Lists

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

Books
Dogs - C. Mallon

Our Culture: Sam Franzini The Best Books of 2025

An Archive of Love Volume II - Romaisa Baddar (curator)

Passerby Best Books of 2025

The Antidote - Karen Russell

Esquire: Adam Morgan The 35 Best Books of 2025

Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2025

The Wilderness - Angela Flournoy

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2025

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) - Rabih Alameddine

Shelf Awareness 2025 Best Books of the Year

The Wilderness - Angela Flournoy

WBEZ The Best Reads of 2025

Nobody's Girl - Virginia Roberts Giuffre

The i Paper: Anna Bonet The 10 Best Books of 2025

Good Dirt - Charmaine Wilkerson

Christian Science Monitor The Top 25 Books for 2025

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

USA Today Best Books of 2025

Nobody's Girl - Virginia Roberts Giuffre

AP 10 Notable Books of 2025

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

Town & Country The 20 Best Books of 2025

Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall

People The 15 Best Books of 2025

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

Book Riot Best Books of 2025

King of Kings - Scott Anderson

Vanity Fair The 17 Best Books of 2025 You Need to Read

The Director - Daniel Kehlmann

Los Angeles Times The 15 Best Books of 2025

The Antidote - Karen Russell

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan 10 Favorite Books of 2025

Overshoot - Wim Carton and Andreas Malm

Verso Books The Year 2025 in Ten Books

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

California Review of Books 10 Best Books of 2025

Moderation - Elaine Castillo

Atlantic The Best Books of 2025

Raising Hare - Chloe Dalton

Slate: Laura Miller The 10 Best Books of 2025

Dead and Alive - Zadie Smith

New Yorker The Best Books of 2025

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli The 10 Best Books of 2025

Helm - Sarah Hall

Independent: Martin Chilton Best Books of 2025