Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Village Voice: Top 100 Albums of 2016
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Lists

Top 10 Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Favorite Music of 2022 NPR · NPR Music
Top 21 Albums of 2017 NPR · NPR Music
Top 10 Albums of 2011 New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
2020 Award The Booker Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama

Trending Works

The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
Long Island Compromise Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Steven Universe: The Movie Rebecca Sugar
Always Be My Maybe Nahnatchka Khan
Rouge Mona Awad
mbv My Bloody Valentine
Mania Hamza
The End MC Hyland
Us Fools Nora Lange
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma

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