Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Real Lolita

The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

by Sarah Weinman

Lists

Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

50 of the Best Feminist Books of 2018: Autostraddle
100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
Favorite Books of 2018: Lit Hub
100 Notable Books of 2018: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Magdalene FKA twigs
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Getting Killed Geese
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman

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