Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best TV of 2020 NPR · Fresh Air
The Best TV of 2019 NPR · Fresh Air
Best TV Shows of 2018 NPR · Fresh Air
Best TV of 2017 NPR · Fresh Air

Trending Lists

The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Albums of 2024 Billboard
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2023 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Girl with Basket of Fruit Xiu Xiu
Crowd Can Talk Lifeguard
Living in a Glass House Makin' Out
Life After Reid Davenport
This Is Happening LCD Soundsystem
Portal Balu Brigada
TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Nine Inch Nails
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones
Becoming Cousteau Liz Garbus
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
REFORM! Jon Bois
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse Mariah Carey
XXX Danny Brown

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