Year-End Lists

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

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Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

The Best Podcasts of 2020: Sarah Larson: New Yorker

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Albums of the Year 2024 Quietus
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian

Trending Works

Take Shelter Jeff Nichols
Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring Smoulder
Sam's Place Little Feat
The Empire Bruno Dumont
I Love You Jennifer B Jockstrap
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Jon M. Chu
I Wish I Knew (2010) Jia Zhang-ke
Dead Pioneers Dead Pioneers
Zama Lucrecia Martel
Liberation Day George Saunders
Her Spike Jonze
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Wish Defense FACS

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