Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Best TV of 2020: Hank Stuever: Washington Post
The Best TV Shows of 2020: LaToya Ferguson: ScreenCrush

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Movies of 2011 Dana Stevens · Slate
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork

Trending Works

Beginners Mike Mills
From Ground Zero
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
Getting Killed Geese
The Summer is Gone Zhang Dalei
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Civil War Alex Garland
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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