Year-End Lists

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

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Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Lily Topples the World

by Jeremy Workman

Lists

Top Ten Films of 2021: Jana Monji: RogerEbert.com

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10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Succession
American Prison Shane Bauer
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion Harry Lighton
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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