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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
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Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2026

07 October 2026

Kin - Tayari Jones

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2026

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Also from Kirkus Reviews in 2026: Nonfiction

Winner

Kin

Tayari Jones

Finalists

This Is Where the Serpent Lives

Daniyal Mueenuddin
Eating Ashes

Brenda Navarro
Luna, Phoenix, Queen

Julie Orringer
John of John

Douglas Stuart
Cool Machine

Colson Whitehead

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
2026 Award The Booker Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Long Story Short
Afire Christian Petzold
No One Is Talking About This Patricia Lockwood
Dark Winds
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Lost & Found Andrew Goldsmith and Bradley Slabe
Alien: Earth
Andhadhun Sriram Raghavan
Mothers Chris Power
The Subplot Megan Walsh
Maskirovka Tobias Zielony
The Fall Boris Labbé
Asteroid City Wes Anderson
As You Were Liam Gallagher

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