Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 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

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 Books of 2025 Economist
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post
The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the 2010s Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2011 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2021 Joe Morgenstern · Wall Street Journal
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 18 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2024 Them

Trending Works

Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Big Dreams, Mister Good Luck
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
The Old Ways Christopher Alender
Paddington 2 Paul King
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Past Lives Celine Song
Orphan Black
I'm a Virgo Boots Riley
All of Us Strangers Andrew Haigh
We Need to Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer

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