Year-End Lists

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Guardian: The 50 Best Movies of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Things We Lost to the Water

by Eric Nguyen

Appears on two lists

Fiction 2022: Carnegie Medal Longlisted
Favorite Books of 2021: Barack Obama Books I Recommended Earlier This Year

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wes Ball
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
TwoPointFive Aminé
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast
Paradise Slow Club
A World Appears Michael Pollan
Homo Sapiens Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Death is Nothing to Us Fiddlehead
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan

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