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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2026
Polaris Music Prize: 2026 Award
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The Missing Pages

The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice

by Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh

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#19 Top 25 Books of 2019: Hyperallergic

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 75 Best Albums of 2026 Mojo
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2026 Jordan Cronk · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2026 Award The Booker Prize
2026 Award Polaris Music Prize
80 Best Albums of 2026 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

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It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Lost Weekend Phoebe Bridgers
Transcription Ben Lerner
The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk
A ? of When Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
The Disappearers Marlon James
Weapons Zach Cregger
Train on the Island Aldous Harding
Peaches! The Black Keys
Intermezzo Sally Rooney
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Ride Lonesome Beck

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