Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Emma Glass

Mrs. Jekyll
- 2025 Award: Dylan Thomas Prize
Rest and Be Thankful
1. The Best Books of 2020: Real Simple
2. Best Books of 2020: Refinery29
- My Favorite Fiction of 2020: Katy Waldman: New Yorker
Peach
- Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Common Side Effects
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
American Prison Shane Bauer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Lowdown
American Eden Victoria Johnson

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