Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell
The 10 Best New Podcasts of 2024 Lauren Passell
My 25 Favorite New Podcasts of 2023 Lauren Passell
The 13 Best New Podcasts of 2022 Lauren Passell

Trending Lists

10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post

Trending Works

Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Adolescence
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
U R HERE Honesty
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
XXX Danny Brown
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Suspicious Minds
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates

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