Year-End Lists

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Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
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Lester Fabian Brathwaite

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- The 16 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2024: Them

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Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
Best Films of 2025 Dennis Lim · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award

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Paradise Slow Club
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Catastrophe
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast
A World Appears Michael Pollan
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking C.T. Salazar
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg

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