Year-End Lists

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The Center for Fiction: 2026 First Novel Prize
Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2026
Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2026
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Maria Popova

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- #12 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019: BookPage
- Nonfiction 2020: Carnegie Medal Finalist

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The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
2026 Award The Booker Prize
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Pacifiction Albert Serra
The Gag File Aaron Dilloway
Asteroid City Wes Anderson
Louie Louis C.K.
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Rebel Ridge Jeremy Saulnier
Dust Laurel Halo
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Avatar: The Way of Water James Cameron
Dedicated To Bobby Jameson Ariel Pink
Throw Me to the Wolves Patrick McGuinness
For All Mankind
Luxury Problems Andy Stott
Paradise Slow Club

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