Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Best TV of 2020 Washington Post
Best TV shows of 2019 Washington Post
Best TV Shows of 2018 Washington Post
20 Best TV Shows of 2017 Washington Post
20 Best TV Shows of 2016 Washington Post

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best TV Shows of 2022 BuzzFeed
The Best Emo Albums Of 2022 Ian Cohen · Uproxx
Top 100 Albums of 2018 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop

Trending Works

Jiro Dreams of Sushi David Gelb
Anti Rihanna
Hard Headed Woman Margo Price
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
Blue Lights
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Brat Charli XCX
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
Return to Seoul Davy Chou
20th Century Women Mike Mills
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
The Last Days of Budapest Adam LeBor

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