It’s that time of year again, when Vulture’s critics embark on our messiest annual tradition: finalizing our top-ten lists.

Hope Bihar can once again be that impossibly noisy village in Phanishwar Nath Renu’s Parti Parikatha—divided, yes, but still ...

Russia’s tiny advances in 2025 sold Putin on inevitable victory in Ukraine,” Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 11.25.25. Dixon reports, “‘Russia’s slow grind in 2025 has gained it less than an additional ...