Year-End Lists

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The Center for Fiction: 2026 First Novel Prize
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
The Booker Prize: 2026 Award
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James Shapiro

Shakespeare in a Divided America
- The 10 Best Books of 2020: New York Times
- 100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Ruins, Child Giada Scodellaro
The History of Living Forever Jake Wolff
The Great Glass Sea Josh Weil
On Sundays She Picked Flowers Yah Yah Scholfield
Saint Monkey Jacinda Townsend
The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Said the Dead Doireann Ní Ghríofa
The Fantasies of Future Things Doug Jones
The Next Time You See Me Holly Goddard Jones
Blow Yourself Up Ankur Thakkar
Fall Back Down When I Die Joe Wilkins
Kitten Stacey Yu
Whidbey T Kira Madden
What Am I, A Deer? Polly Barton

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