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National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
The Center for Fiction: 2026 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction: 2025 First Novel Prize
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Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger

Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan
- 35 Best Films of 2017: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox Honorable mention

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
2026 Award The Booker Prize
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2016 Emily St. James · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
2025 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction

Trending Works

Said the Dead Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Saint Monkey Jacinda Townsend
The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford Nafissa Thompson-Spires
On Sundays She Picked Flowers Yah Yah Scholfield
The Rouse China Miéville
Blow Yourself Up Ankur Thakkar
The Next Time You See Me Holly Goddard Jones
A Real Animal Emeline Atwood
Kitten Stacey Yu
The Great Glass Sea Josh Weil
Ruins, Child Giada Scodellaro
The History of Living Forever Jake Wolff
Whidbey T Kira Madden
What Am I, A Deer? Polly Barton

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