Year-End Lists

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National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
The Center for Fiction: 2026 First Novel Prize
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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I Be Trying
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- #59 75 Best Albums of 2018: Mojo

Trending Lists

20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
2026 Award The Booker Prize
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
Best Films of 2021 Robert Koehler · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2016 Emily St. James · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times

Trending Works

The History of Living Forever Jake Wolff
Ruins, Child Giada Scodellaro
The Great Glass Sea Josh Weil
Whidbey T Kira Madden
The Rouse China Miéville
The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford Nafissa Thompson-Spires
What Am I, A Deer? Polly Barton
Fall Back Down When I Die Joe Wilkins
Saint Monkey Jacinda Townsend
The Next Time You See Me Holly Goddard Jones
A Real Animal Emeline Atwood
Blow Yourself Up Ankur Thakkar
Kitten Stacey Yu
The Fantasies of Future Things Doug Jones

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