Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
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Open Water

by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Appears on Five Lists

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021: Annabel Gutterman: Time

2022 Award: Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Literary Fiction of 2021: Library Journal
Best Books of 2021: New Statesman
Best Fiction of 2021: Guardian

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2024 Alternative Press
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 Washington Post
The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s IndieWire
The Best Movies of 2024 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Albums of 2025 Obscure Sound
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Albums of 2025 Greg Kot · Sound Opinions
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s Paste

Trending Works

Sex Education
Icarus Bryan Fogel
Chinese Portrait Wang Xiaoshuai
Black Box Diaries Shiori Itō
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Devil All the Time Antonio Campos
Enys Men Mark Jenkin
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren
Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss Mykki Blanco
Vinyl Nation Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone
The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer
Chef Jon Favreau
Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
The Tragedy of Macbeth Joel Coen

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