2023 Books - Year-End Lists

2023

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Ordinary Human Failings - Megan Nolan

Dazed: The Best Novels of 2023

A Memoir of My Former Self - Hilary Mantel

New Statesman: The 20 Best Books of 2023

Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

Town & Country: The Best Books of 2023

The Wager - David Grann

Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2023

Crook Manifesto - Colson Whitehead

Harper’s Bazaar: The 45 Best New Books of 2023

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Nerdette: The 12 Best Books of 2023

In Memoriam - Alice Winn

Shelf Awareness: Best Books of 2023

Working Girl - Sophia Giovannitti

Passerby: Best Books of 2023

Poverty, by America - Matthew Desmond

California Review of Books: 10 Best Books of 2023

Hijab Butch Blues - Lamya H.

Electric Lit: Best Nonfiction of 2023

Big Swiss - Jen Beagin

Electric Lit: Best Novels of 2023

Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Vox: Constance Grady: The Very Best Books of 2023

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home - Lorrie Moore

Vogue: The Best Books of 2023

Crooked Plow - Itamar Vieira Junior

Verso Books: The Year 2023 in 10 Books

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism - Martin Wolf

Foreign Affairs: The Best of Books 2023

Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

Boston Globe: Books We Loved in 2023

Blackouts - Justin Torres

Vanity Fair: Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023

Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward

Paste: The Best Novels of 2023

King - Jonathan Eig

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: 10 Best Books for 2023

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023

How to Say Babylon - Safiya Sinclair

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: Top 10 Books of 2023

Terrace Story - Hilary Leichter

Slate: Dan Kois: The 10 Best Books of 2023

Wednesday's Child - Yiyun Li

Los Angeles Times: Bethanne Patrick: Five Best Fiction Works of 2023

Mild Vertigo - Mieko Kanai

Los Angeles Times: Hillary Kelly: Five Best Novels of 2023

Loot - Tania James

Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis: Five Best Novels of 2023

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Vulture: Maris Kreizman: The Best Books of 2023

The Country of the Blind - Andrew Leland

Atlantic: The Best Books of 2023

The Guest - Emma Cline

Slate: Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2023

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

Library Journal: Best Literary Fiction of 2023

Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Esquire: The 20 Best Books of 2023

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

Economist: The Best Books of 2023

Ordinary Notes - Christina Sharpe

New Yorker: The Best Books of 2023

Eastbound - Maylis de Kerangal

New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2023

Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2023

The Bee Sting - Paul Murray

New York Public Library: Top 10 Books for Adults

The Guest - Emma Cline

Financial Times: Best Fiction of 2023

Tom Lake - Ann Patchett

Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2023

Our Migrant Souls - Héctor Tobar

BookPage: The Best Nonfiction of 2023

Bellies - Nicola Dinan

BookPage: The Best Fiction of 2023

A Living Remedy - Nicole Chung

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2023

The MANIAC - Benjamin Labatut

Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2023

Blackouts - Justin Torres

National Book Award: Fiction 2023

The Rediscovery of America - Ned Blackhawk

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2023

The MANIAC - Benjamin Labatut

Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2023

The Wager - David Grann

Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023

Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023