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National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Ancient Romans

by Sun Araw

Appears on two lists

12 Top 50 Albums of 2011: The Wire
21 Albums of 2011: Piccadilly Records

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31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2023 Patrick Gamble · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Ali · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times

Trending Works

A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Catastrophe
Libby Lost and Found Stephanie Booth
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
The Monsanto Years Neil Young & Promise of the Real
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking C.T. Salazar
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer

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