Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Lauren Passell: Lifehacker: The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025
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5 Best Poetry Collections of 2018 Washington Post
5 Best Poetry Collections of 2017 Washington Post
5 Best Poetry Collections of 2016 Washington Post
5 Best Poetry Collections of 2015 Washington Post

Trending Lists

Best Books of 2025 USA Today
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Q
Best Albums of 2025 Lindsay Zoladz · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 Washington Post
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
50 Best Albums of 2024 Alternative Press
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork
The Best Movies of 2020 Dana Stevens · Slate
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Sex Education
Lágrimas De Primavera Letters from my Garden
Emergent Strategy adrienne maree brown
Radio Archive (2014-2023) Neil Luck
The Duke of Burgundy Peter Strickland
Apologize [video] Louis C.K.
Confronting: O.J. Simpson with Kim Goldman
Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Black Box Diaries Shiori Itō
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Real Life Emeli Sandé
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet Ana Katz

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