Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Catherine the Great

Portrait of a Woman

by Robert K. Massie

Catherine the Great - Robert K. Massie

Lists

Best Books of 2011: Publishers Weekly

Nonfiction 2012: Carnegie Medal
100 Notable Books of 2011: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

1Q84 Haruki Murakami
Mortal Trash Kim Addonizio
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Time Garrett Bradley
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Dolly Parton's America
Dead Man’s Wire Gus Van Sant
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Flesh David Szalay
Tiny Dinos

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