Year-End Lists

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

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Brittany Allen: Lit Hub: The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Best TV Shows of 2021: Caroline Framke: Variety
Best TV Shows of 2021: Kelly Lawler: USA Today

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
25 Best Albums of 2011 Complex
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best LGBTQ+ TV Shows of 2025 Them
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025 Brittany Allen · Lit Hub
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

The Finest Hotel in Kabul Lyse Doucet
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Hunting Season Home Is Where
In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors: A Past, Present and Personal Story Rachel Hewitt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls T Kira Madden
Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon Chuck D
Melt My Eyez See Your Future Denzel Curry
The Chair Company
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Loneliest Girl In The World Laci Kaye Booth

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