Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound Poll: Best Films of 2026
The Center for Fiction: 2026 First Novel Prize
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
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Improvement

by Joan Silber

Improvement - Joan Silber

Appears on two lists

Fiction 2018: PEN/Faulkner Award Won

100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times Fiction & Poetry

Trending Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2022 BookPage
Best Films of 2020 Ross McDonnell · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2020 Julian Ross · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
Best Films of 2020 Alex Ramon · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022 Washington Post
Best Films of 2020 Michael Leader · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top Ten Films of 2023 Simon Abrams · RogerEbert.com
Best Films of 2026 Jordan Cronk · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2020 Wendy Ide · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top Ten Films of 2020 Seongyong Cho · RogerEbert.com
The 10 Best Movies of 2022 Leah Greenblatt · Entertainment Weekly

Trending Works

Hustle Jeremiah Zagar
Preternaturals Grumbling Fur
Make My Wish Come True Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
Moving On Yoon Dan-bi
¡Que viva México! Luis Estrada
Midnight Mass Mike Flanagan
Upward Bound Woody Brown
The Gutsy Girl Caroline Paul
Saturns Pattern Paul Weller
50 Words for Snow Kate Bush
Kala azar Janis Rafa
Pattern Man Pattern Man
The Hater Jan Komasa
America Dan Deacon

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