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National Book Award: Fiction 2026
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
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The Worst Ones

by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret

Appears on five lists

5 Best Films of 2022: John Bleasdale: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
8 Best Films of 2022: Josh Slater-Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
10 Best Films of 2022: Elena Lazic: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
12 Best Films of 2023: Gavin Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll

Top Ten Films of 2022: Clémence Polès Farhang

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Fiction 2026 Women's Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2026 National Book Award
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Avatar: The Way of Water James Cameron
Horses Jake Skeets
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
Defiance Loubna Mrie
This Is Where the Serpent Lives Daniyal Mueenuddin
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
The Man Who Couldn’t Miss Screenings Damon Packard
love has never been a popular movement. TYGAPAW
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof
The Consciousness Instinct Michael S. Gazzaniga
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan

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