Year-End Lists

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2023
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The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Slate: Dan Kois The 10 Best Books of 2023

Blackouts - Justin Torres

Them Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023

Absolution - Alice McDermott

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

Lone Women - Victor LaValle

Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis Five Best Novels of 2023

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Vulture: Maris Kreizman The Best Books of 2023

How to Say Babylon - Safiya Sinclair

Atlantic The Best Books of 2023

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

Slate: Laura Miller The 10 Best Books of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

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

Fire Weather - John Vaillant

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 2023 Award

After Sappho - Selby Wynn Schwartz

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2023

Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

New York Public Library Best Books of 2023

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

Financial Times Best Fiction of 2023

All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2023

The Wager - David Grann

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2023

Bellies - Nicola Dinan

BookPage The Best Fiction of 2023

Quietly Hostile - Samantha Irby

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2023

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

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2023

Whalefall - Daniel Kraus

Book Riot Best Books of 2023

Blackouts - Justin Torres

National Book Award Fiction 2023

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