Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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- Top 30 Movies of 2017: Ed Gonzalez

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Pillion Harry Lighton
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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