Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Laura Miller · Slate
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2022 Jeffrey M. Anderson · Combustible Celluloid
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2014's Best Films Jeffrey M. Anderson · SF Examiner
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Collisions Alec Nevala-Lee
Elderflora Jared Farmer
Teethed Glory and Injury Altar of Plagues
Horizon Trash Kit
Riding Like the Wind Iris Jamahl Dunkle
Dark Harvest David Slade
Geist Shannon Lay
A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth Daniel Mason
FLD RCDR NYZ
Chalk Cigarette Camp
Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
Dirt Bill Buford
1974 Francine Prose
Estrella por Estrella Joshua Chuquimia Crampton

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