Year-End Lists

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

Books
Tom Lake - Ann Patchett

Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023 Vanity Fair

Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward

The Best Novels of 2023 Paste

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

10 Best Books for 2023 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023 Time: Annabel Gutterman

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 Time: Annabel Gutterman

Monsters - Claire Dederer

Top 10 Books of 2023 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

Terrace Story - Hilary Leichter

The 10 Best Books of 2023 Slate: Dan Kois

Blackouts - Justin Torres

Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023 Them

Wednesday's Child - Yiyun Li

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

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Five Best Novels of 2023 Los Angeles Times: Hillary Kelly

Loot - Tania James

Five Best Novels of 2023 Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

The Best Books of 2023 Vulture: Maris Kreizman

Ordinary Notes - Christina Sharpe

The Best Books of 2023 Atlantic

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

The 10 Best Books of 2023 Slate: Laura Miller

Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward

Best Literary Fiction of 2023 Library Journal

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

The 20 Best Books of 2023 Esquire

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

The Best Books of 2023 Economist

King - Jonathan Eig

The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

Best Fiction of 2023 The Booker Prize

Eastbound - Maylis de Kerangal

100 Notable Books of 2023 New York Times

Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

Best Books of 2023 New York Public Library

Our Strangers - Lydia Davis

Best Fiction of 2023 Financial Times

Our Migrant Souls - Héctor Tobar

Top 10 Books of 2023 Chicago Public Library