Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

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

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Zbig Edward Luce
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Motherland Julia Ioffe
The Director Daniel Kehlmann

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