Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Sweetness of Water

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Lists

20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily

2022 Award: Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2021: Boston Globe
2021 Award: The Booker Prize
Favorite Books of 2021: Barack Obama
50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Common Side Effects
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Lowdown
American Eden Victoria Johnson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer

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