Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Lists

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

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Louis Theroux: The Settlers
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
Resurrection Bi Gan
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Li’l Quinquin Bruno Dumont
False Dawn George Selgin
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade Of Monsters and Men
Monkey Man Dev Patel
The CIA Book Club Charlie English
Revolutions of All Colors Dewaine Farria
Transform Me Then Into a Fish Martin Carthy
The Pachinko Parlour Elisa Shua Dusapin

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