Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Guardian: The 50 Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Booker Prize: 2026 Award
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Hurt People

by Cote Smith

Appears on one list

2016 First Novel Prize: The Center for Fiction Longlisted

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
2026 Award The Booker Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer

Trending Works

A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Catastrophe
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
The Monsanto Years Neil Young & Promise of the Real
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking C.T. Salazar
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead

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