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A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
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Freaking Out

by Toro y Moi

Appears on two lists

20 Albums of 2011: Gorilla vs. Bear
96 Albums of 2011: Piccadilly Records

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31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Ali · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking C.T. Salazar
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Master of My Make-Believe Santigold
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
We Are Inside Farah Kassem
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Catastrophe
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast

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