Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound Poll: Best Films of 2026
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
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A Long Petal of the Sea
- #50 The Best Books of 2020: Real Simple
- The Best Books of the Year 2020: Lindsay Baker: BBC: BBC Culture
- The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2026 Jordan Cronk · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Favorite Movies of 2021 Barack Obama
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Favorite Movies of 2018 Barack Obama
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Favorite Movies of 2019 Barack Obama
Favorite Movies of 2020 Barack Obama
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly

Trending Works

The Beach House Jeffrey A. Brown
Things to Come Mia Hansen-Løve
Love Lies Bleeding Rose Glass
Ruins, Child Giada Scodellaro
Bastard Music Meatraffle
Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson
Public Access Afterworld Jane Schoenbrun
Selma Ava DuVernay
XXX Danny Brown
Last Summer Catherine Breillat
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Substance Coralie Fargeat
A War Tobias Lindholm

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