Year-End Lists

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

Books
Ilium - Lea Carpenter

Vogue The Best Books of 2023

Crooked Plow - Itamar Vieira Junior

Verso Books The Year 2023 in 10 Books

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism - Martin Wolf

Foreign Affairs The Best of Books 2023

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

Boston Globe Books We Loved in 2023

Eastbound - Maylis de Kerangal

Vanity Fair Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023

Lone Women - Victor LaValle

Paste The Best Novels of 2023

Whalefall - Daniel Kraus

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune 10 Best Books for 2023

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023

How to Say Babylon - Safiya Sinclair

Maureen Corrigan: NPR Top 10 Books of 2023

Terrace Story - Hilary Leichter

Dan Kois: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2023

Blackouts - Justin Torres

Them Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023

Absolution - Alice McDermott

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

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Hillary Kelly: Los Angeles Times Five Best Novels of 2023

Loot - Tania James

Mark Athitakis: Los Angeles Times Five Best Novels of 2023

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Maris Kreizman: New York The Best Books of 2023

The Best Minds - Jonathan Rosen

Atlantic The Best Books of 2023

The Best Minds - Jonathan Rosen

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2023

Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2023

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

Esquire The 20 Best Books of 2023

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

Economist The Best Books of 2023

Ordinary Notes - Christina Sharpe

New Yorker The Best Books of 2023

The Bee Sting - Paul Murray

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2023

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

The Booker Prize 2023 Award