Year-End Lists

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Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
Lit Hub: 43 Favorite Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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She Would Be King

by Wayétu Moore

Appears on two lists

Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

50 of the Best Feminist Books of 2018: Autostraddle

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80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Best Films of 2019 Steve Erickson · GCN
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Albums of the Year 2025 New Statesman
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
43 Favorite Books of 2025 Lit Hub
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 20 Books of 2017 Stranger

Trending Works

The Beast You Are Big Business
Anguilla Electrica Porter Ricks
The First Wave Matthew Heineman
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Light of the World Elizabeth Alexander
Fengming: A Chinese Memoir Wang Bing
Wondervisions Delicate Steve
Blindness The Murder Capital
Risk Laura Poitras
How to Solve Our Human Problems Belle and Sebastian
Contempt Couch Slut
The Eagle Huntress Otto Bell
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos

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