Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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The 50 Best TV Shows of 2023: Guardian

Best International TV Shows of 2024: Mike Hale: New York Times

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 15 Films of 2013 Matt Singer · The Dissolve
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
A People's History of Heaven Mathangi Subramanian
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Adults
XXX Danny Brown
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Black Box
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
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