Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Best TV of 2018: Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times

My Not-Top-Ten Television List: Emily Nussbaum: New Yorker

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Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Getting Killed Geese
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier

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