Year-End Lists

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

2023
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

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Five Best Novels of 2023 Los Angeles Times: Hillary Kelly

Commitment - Mona Simpson

Five Best Novels of 2023 Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

The Best Books of 2023 Vulture: Maris Kreizman

The Best Minds - Jonathan Rosen

The Best Books of 2023 Atlantic

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

The 10 Best Books of 2023 Slate: Laura Miller

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Best Literary Fiction of 2023 Library Journal

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

The 20 Best Books of 2023 Esquire

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory - Tim Alberta

The Best Books of 2023 Economist

King - Jonathan Eig

The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker

The Bee Sting - Paul Murray

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

Best Fiction of 2023 The Booker Prize

After Sappho - Selby Wynn Schwartz

100 Notable Books of 2023 New York Times

When Crack Was King - Donovan X. Ramsey

Best Books of 2023 New York Public Library

Our Strangers - Lydia Davis

Best Fiction of 2023 Financial Times

Hello Beautiful - Ann Napolitano

Top 10 Books of 2023 Chicago Public Library

The Wager - David Grann

The Best Nonfiction of 2023 BookPage

Blackouts - Justin Torres

The Best Fiction of 2023 BookPage

A Living Remedy - Nicole Chung

Best Nonfiction of 2023 Powell's Books

The Laughter - Sonora Jha

Best Fiction of 2023 Powell's Books

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Best Books of 2023 Book Riot

Blackouts - Justin Torres

Fiction 2023 National Book Award

The Rediscovery of America - Ned Blackhawk

Nonfiction 2023 National Book Award