Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
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The Birdcatcher

by Gayl Jones

Appears on three lists

#25 Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily

Fiction 2022: National Book Award Finalist
10 Best Books of 2022: Publishers Weekly

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Best Poetry Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
The Castle Jon Ronson
If I Can’t Handle Me at My Best, Then You Don’t Deserve You at Your Worst Helena Celle
Public Access Afterworld Jane Schoenbrun
Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson
The Substance Coralie Fargeat
Love Lies Bleeding Rose Glass
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Succession
You’re Not You Anymore Counterparts
Tomorrow Is My Turn Rhiannon Giddens
Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
A War Tobias Lindholm

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