Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
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by Brandon Kramer

Lists

The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post

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The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
20 Best Films of 2012 A.V. Club
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Russia's Man of War Cathy Scott-Clark
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
hooke’s law KeiyaA
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
hexed! aya
Bird Andrea Arnold
That Was Something Dan Callahan
World Wide Pop Superorganism
S***hole Country
Des fantômes Faune
Barton Hollow The Civil Wars

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