Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: Top 10 Films of 2013
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Soldiers and Kings

Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

by Jason De León

Soldiers and Kings - Jason De León

Appears on five lists

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024: Annabel Gutterman: Time

The Best Books of 2024: Boston Globe
Nonfiction 2024: National Book Award
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
100 Notable Books of 2024: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 30 Best Films of 2025 Little White Lies
50 Best Albums of 2021 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2013 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
Top 30 Films of 2016 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Pink Friday 2 Nicki Minaj
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Kontinental '25 Radu Jude
Succession
I Forgot! Eduardo Williams
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Veteran JPEGMAFIA
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
A Laughing Death in Meatspace Tropical Fuck Storm
Dry Leaf Aleksandre Koberidze

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