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
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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1. Best Films of 2018: Lindsey Bahr: AP
- Best Movies of 2018: Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top Ten Films of 2025 Glenn Kenny · RogerEbert.com
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
XXX Danny Brown
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Connie Connie Chung
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Lowdown
The Latecomer Jean Hanff Korelitz
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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