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Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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What Were You Hoping For?

by Van Hunt

Appears on three lists

#2 Top 15 Albums of 2011: Todd Martens: Los Angeles Times
#4 Top Albums of 2011: Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: Sound Opinions
#21 40 Favorite Albums of 2011: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2023 Thomas Flew · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP

Trending Works

Dahomey Mati Diop
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh
Profit and Loss Leontia Flynn
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
What Were You Hoping For? Van Hunt
Serotonin Michel Houellebecq
I Want to Live My Life Stars Hollow
Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City Elysia Crampton
Pigeon Alys Conran
Microshift Hookworms
Behold Shara McCallum
Hide Me Under the Blood and I Shall Be Satisfied Keith Jarrett
In These Days of Prohibition Caroline Bird
13 Rivers Richard Thompson

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