Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
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by Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster

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Top Films of 2018: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register

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

Trending Works

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

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