Year-End Lists

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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

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

The Best Books of 2023 Economist

Fire Weather - John Vaillant

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

Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

Best Books of 2023 New York Public Library

The Guest - Emma Cline

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

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

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

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

The 10 Best Books of 2023 Washington Post

Monsters - Claire Dederer

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023 Washington Post

Age of Vice - Deepti Kapoor

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023 Washington Post

Happiness Falls - Angie Kim

Best Novels of 2023 Oprah Daily

Cuddy - Benjamin Myers

Best Fiction of 2023 Goldsmiths Prize

The Rediscovery of America - Ned Blackhawk

10 Best Books of 2023 Publishers Weekly

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Fiction 2023 Kirkus Prize

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