Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
David Sims: Atlantic: The 10 Best Films of 2022
Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2011
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Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

by Wang Bing

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20 Best Films of 2012: Les Inrocks

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The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Best Albums of 2011 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Movies of 2023 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture

Trending Works

No Exit Damien Power
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
XXX Danny Brown
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Andor
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
Brat Charli XCX
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Mines Menomena
Mrs. Fletcher
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda

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