Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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by Liz Garbus

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Top 20 Movies of 2021: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club

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Top 50 Albums of 2014 The Wire
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025 Them
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Lurker Alex Russell
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Boeckner! Boeckner
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Room 25 Noname
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
Sub-Lingual Tablet The Fall
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
This Is the Sonics The Sonics

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