Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2023
Loot - Tania James

The Best Fiction of 2023 BookPage

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Best Nonfiction of 2023 Powell's Books

The Laughter - Sonora Jha

Best Fiction of 2023 Powell's Books

Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

Best Books of 2023 Book Riot

Ontological Mysterium - Horrendous

Top 40 Albums of 2023 Decibel

Blackouts - Justin Torres

Fiction 2023 National Book Award

The Rediscovery of America - Ned Blackhawk

Nonfiction 2023 National Book Award

from unincorporated territory [åmot] - Craig Santos Perez

Poetry 2023 National Book Award

The MANIAC - Benjamin Labatut

The 10 Best Books of 2023 Washington Post

Pageboy - Elliot Page

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023 Washington Post

After Sappho - Selby Wynn Schwartz

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023 Washington Post

Strange Disciple - Nation of Language

UK Albums of the Year 2023 Rough Trade

The Ballad of Darren - Blur

75 Best Albums of 2023 Mojo

False Lankum - Lankum

75 Best Albums of 2023 Uncut

Happiness Falls - Angie Kim

Best Novels of 2023 Oprah Daily

Cuddy - Benjamin Myers

Best Fiction of 2023 Goldsmiths Prize

From From - Monica Youn

Best Poetry Books of 2023 Publishers Weekly

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

10 Best Books of 2023 Publishers Weekly

Fallen Leaves - Aki Kaurismäki

Top Ten Films of 2023 Jordan Cronk

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Fiction 2023 Kirkus Prize

Our Migrant Souls - Héctor Tobar

Nonfiction 2023 Kirkus Prize

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

Best Fiction of 2023 Women's Prize

Marzahn, mon amour - Katja Oskamp

2023 Dublin Literary Award

The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

Fiction 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award