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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Ambulance
- Top Ten Films of 2022: Clémence Polès Farhang
6 Underground
- Top 20 Films of 2019: In Review Online
Pain & Gain

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Good Living Is Coming For You Sweeping Promises
Slow West John Maclean
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Getting Killed Geese
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Second Mansions Le Concorde
I Swear Kirk Jones
Hi Texas
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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