Year-End Lists

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Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014
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Open Water

by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Appears on five lists

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021: Annabel Gutterman: Time

2022 Award: Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Literary Fiction of 2021: Library Journal
Best Books of 2021: New Statesman
Best Fiction of 2021: Guardian

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2018 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

DX Friendzone
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Earthling Eddie Vedder
Blackstar David Bowie
$ad Boyz 4 Life II Junior H
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
A Psalm for Emily Salvi Nerina Pallot
Elixa Th Blisks
Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Red Rooms Pascal Plante

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