Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Favorite Albums of 2025
Favorite Albums of 2024
Our Favorite Albums, 2023
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Our Favorite Albums, 2021

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The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Hi Texas
I Swear Kirk Jones
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Second Mansions Le Concorde
Slow West John Maclean
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland

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