Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

32 Best TV Shows of 2018: Tim Goodman: Hollywood Reporter
Best TV of 2017: Tim Goodman: Hollywood Reporter

The Best Shows That Ended in 2019: Margaret Lyons: New York Times
20 Best TV Shows of 2017: Hank Stuever: Washington Post

Trending Lists

51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Albums of 2011 Tiny Mix Tapes
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx

Trending Works

This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Prospero’s Rooms New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Fetch the Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Fin John Talabot
Rakshak Bloodywood
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
Born to Die Lana Del Rey
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
The Last Days of Budapest Adam LeBor
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire

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