Writers, activists, and scholars reflect on the most urgent books of 2025—from Palestine and caste to climate, queerness, and resistance. Read their picks.

Fire and Ash grossed an estimated $28M today, -23% from Friday for what’s shaping up to be an opening now of $88M. That Saturday to Friday/previews hold is exactly like Aquaman ‘s in 2018, -23%.

In this carefully curated collection, we present the photographs that, to our eyes, captured the essence of this defining, challenging and surprising year. While no selection could encompass every ...