Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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Emily Nussbaum

Lists

The Best TV Shows of 2019 New Yorker
My Not-Top-Ten Television List New Yorker
Definitely Not a Top Ten List New Yorker

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

This Is Country Music Brad Paisley
Couples Therapy
Oncle Jazz Men I Trust
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lonely People with Power Deafheaven
Silo
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
James Percival Everett
Amour Michael Haneke
XXX Danny Brown
The Strange Little Cat Ramon Zürcher
Anora Sean Baker
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro

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