Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Hanif Abdurraqib: 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025
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Lists

The Best Albums of 2020 NPR · Fresh Air
Top 10 Albums of 2019 NPR · Fresh Air
Favorite Albums of 2018 NPR · Fresh Air
10 Best TV Shows of 2017 Yahoo

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Laura Miller · Slate
100 Notable Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take

Trending Works

Elderflora Jared Farmer
Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
Untethered Sky Fonda Lee
The Antidote Karen Russell
More Pulp
Finding the Mother Tree Suzanne Simard
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth Daniel Mason
The Trayvon Generation Elizabeth Alexander
Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop
Haul Ass Road Hog
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
There You Are Joanne Kyger
Collisions Alec Nevala-Lee

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