Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Fear of a Black Universe

An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics

by Stephon Alexander

Lists

Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
On Falling Laura Carreira
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Saint Omer Alice Diop

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