Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025: Nicholas Quah: New York: Vulture
The Best Podcasts of 2025: Sarah Larson: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
25 Best Films of 2012 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Barry
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison
Raven Kelela
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Balloonerism Mac Miller
American Sniper Clint Eastwood
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Spin Messa
I Heard Her Call My Name Lucy Sante

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