Editorial retrospectives
Annual reviews
Each December the editors meet and vote on the guides that defined the year. The lists below are what survived the room.
2025
Hearthline 2025: the year we slowed down
The reviews that mattered, the products that stayed in the room, and the editorial calls we got wrong.
Read the 2025 retrospective →2024
Hearthline 2024: our first proper volume
The publication's founding year — the guides we are still proud of, and the ones we have since rewritten.
Read the 2024 retrospective →