Year-End Lists

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Dublin Literary Award: 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Soldiers and Kings

Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

by Jason De León

Soldiers and Kings - Jason De León

Lists

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024: Annabel Gutterman: Time

The Best Books of 2024: Boston Globe
Nonfiction 2024: National Book Award
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
100 Notable Books of 2024: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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