Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
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- The Best Poetry of 2023: Elisa Gabbert: New York Times
We Ride Upon Sticks
Water Puppets
- The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the 2010s: Lit Hub Honorable mention
She Weeps Each Time You're Born
- 2015 First Novel Prize: The Center for Fiction Longlisted

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Ali · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2023 Patrick Gamble · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking C.T. Salazar
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Catastrophe
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
We Are Inside Farah Kassem
Master of My Make-Believe Santigold
The Monsanto Years Neil Young & Promise of the Real

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