Year-End Lists
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Since 2011, a hand-curated, browsable index of year-end lists of the best music, movies, TV shows, books, poetry, and podcasts.
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Verso Books: The Year 2025 in Ten Books
Verso Books: The Year 2025 in Ten Books
Verso Books: The Year 2025 in Ten Books, "ten books to speak on the year we're finally leaving behind"
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December 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Verso Books: The Year 2025 in Ten Books
KCRW: Best Albums of 2025
Automatic / Little Simz / Tame Impala / Rosalía / ...
Automatic / Little Simz / Tame Impala / Rosalía / ...
KCRW: Best Albums of 2025
KCRW: Best Albums of 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
KCRW: Best Albums of 2025
Automatic / Little Simz / Tame Impala / Rosalía / ...
Automatic / Little Simz / Tame Impala / Rosalía / ...
California Review of Books: 10 Best Books of 2025
California Review of Books: 10 Best Books of 2025
California Review of Books: 10 Best Books of 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
California Review of Books: 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Economist: The Best TV Shows of 2025
The Economist: The Best TV Shows of 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Economist: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2025
Horsegirl / Wednesday / FKA twigs / Rosalía / ...
Horsegirl / Wednesday / FKA twigs / Rosalía / ...
Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2025
Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2025, as aired on Sound Opinions
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December 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2025
Horsegirl / Wednesday / FKA twigs / Rosalía / ...
Horsegirl / Wednesday / FKA twigs / Rosalía / ...
Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2025
Horsegirl / Sprints / Wednesday / Wet Leg / ...
Horsegirl / Sprints / Wednesday / Wet Leg / ...
Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2025
Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2025, as aired on Sound Opinions
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December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2025
Horsegirl / Sprints / Wednesday / Wet Leg / ...
Horsegirl / Sprints / Wednesday / Wet Leg / ...
IndieWire: The 10 Best TV Series of 2025
IndieWire: The 10 Best TV Series of 2025
IndieWire: The 10 Best TV Series of 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
IndieWire: The 10 Best TV Series of 2025
Los Angeles Times: Amy Nicholson: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Los Angeles Times: Amy Nicholson: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Amy Nicholson: The 10 Best Movies of 2025, as published by The Los Angeles Times
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December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Los Angeles Times: Amy Nicholson: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Los Angeles Times: Robert Lloyd: Best TV Shows of 2025
Los Angeles Times: Robert Lloyd: Best TV Shows of 2025
Robert Lloyd: Best TV Shows of 2025, as published by The Los Angeles Times, in no special order
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December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Los Angeles Times: Robert Lloyd: Best TV Shows of 2025
Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 25 Best Albums of 2025
Jensen McRae / SZA / Madi Diaz / Morgan Wallen / ...
Jensen McRae / SZA / Madi Diaz / Morgan Wallen / ...
Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 25 Best Albums of 2025
Mikael Wood: The 25 Best Albums of 2025, as published by The Los Angeles Times
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December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 25 Best Albums of 2025
Jensen McRae / SZA / Madi Diaz / Morgan Wallen / ...
Jensen McRae / SZA / Madi Diaz / Morgan Wallen / ...
New Yorker: Justin Chang: The Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: Justin Chang: The Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: The Best Films of 2025. Click through to the <em>New Yorker</em> to see how he has presented the films in pairs and triples.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New Yorker: Justin Chang: The Best Films of 2025
New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2025
Effie / Jim Legxacy / Justin Bieber / ...
Effie / Jim Legxacy / Justin Bieber / ...
New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2025
Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2025, as published by The New York Times
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December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2025
Effie / Jim Legxacy / Justin Bieber / ...
Effie / Jim Legxacy / Justin Bieber / ...
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025, an annual poll of critics and contributors, published by Sight & Sound Magazine
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December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2025
Suede / Tyler Childers / Turnpike Troubadours / Pulp / Sabrina Carpenter / ...
Suede / Tyler Childers / Turnpike Troubadours / Pulp / Sabrina Carpenter / ...
Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2025
Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2025. The full list of 99 albums is available to his newsletter subscribers.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2025
Suede / Tyler Childers / Turnpike Troubadours / Pulp / Sabrina Carpenter / ...
Suede / Tyler Childers / Turnpike Troubadours / Pulp / Sabrina Carpenter / ...
Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
The Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025, which they're calling "The Atlantic 10" and "the books that made us think the most this year"
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December 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
Slate: Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Slate: Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2025, as published by Slate
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December 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Slate: Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Bad Bunny / Playboi Carti / Clipse / Justin Bieber / Jim Legxacy / ...
Bad Bunny / Playboi Carti / Clipse / Justin Bieber / Jim Legxacy / ...
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Bad Bunny / Playboi Carti / Clipse / Justin Bieber / Jim Legxacy / ...
Bad Bunny / Playboi Carti / Clipse / Justin Bieber / Jim Legxacy / ...
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025, a list of "essential reads" that accompanies a long list of further recommendations
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December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2025, as published by The Chicago Tribune, in no order
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December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Independent: Martin Chilton: Best Books of 2025
Independent: Martin Chilton: Best Books of 2025
Martin Chilton: Best Books of 2025, as published by The Independent
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December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Independent: Martin Chilton: Best Books of 2025
AP: Lindsey Bahr: Best Movies of 2025
AP: Lindsey Bahr: Best Movies of 2025
Lindsey Bahr: Best Movies of 2025, as published by Associated Press
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December 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
AP: Lindsey Bahr: Best Movies of 2025
Time: Jenn Pelly: The 10 Best Albums of 2025
Time: Jenn Pelly: The 10 Best Albums of 2025
Jenn Pelly: The 10 Best Albums of 2025, as published by Time Magazine
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December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Time: Jenn Pelly: The 10 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: James Poniewozik: Best TV Shows of 2025
New York Times: James Poniewozik: Best TV Shows of 2025
James Poniewozik: Best TV Shows of 2025, as published by The New York Times and arranged somewhat alphabetically but in pairs
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December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New York Times: James Poniewozik: Best TV Shows of 2025
Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2025, as published by Time Magazine
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December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
USA Today: Kelly Lawler: Best TV Shows of 2025
USA Today: Kelly Lawler: Best TV Shows of 2025
Kelly Lawler: Best TV Shows of 2025, as published by USA Today
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December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
USA Today: Kelly Lawler: Best TV Shows of 2025