Year-End Lists

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
The Center for Fiction: 2025 First Novel Prize
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Go Set a Watchman

by Harper Lee

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#5 15 Best Books of 2015: Harper’s Bazaar

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Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2021 Robert Koehler · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2026 Award The Booker Prize
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2016 Emily St. James · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
2025 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award

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What Am I, A Deer? Polly Barton
The Great Glass Sea Josh Weil
The Next Time You See Me Holly Goddard Jones
Whidbey T Kira Madden
A Real Animal Emeline Atwood
Ruins, Child Giada Scodellaro
On Sundays She Picked Flowers Yah Yah Scholfield
Saint Monkey Jacinda Townsend
The Rouse China Miéville
The History of Living Forever Jake Wolff
Kitten Stacey Yu
The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Blow Yourself Up Ankur Thakkar
Said the Dead Doireann Ní Ghríofa

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