Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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50 Best Albums of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2022
Top 50 Albums of 2018
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The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Southernmost Leo Boix
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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