Year-End Lists

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

Books
Enter Ghost - Isabella Hammad

Boston Globe Books We Loved in 2023

a "Working Life" - Eileen Myles

Vanity Fair Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023

All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby

Paste The Best Novels of 2023

Whalefall - Daniel Kraus

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli 10 Best Books for 2023

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Time: Annabel Gutterman The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

Time: Annabel Gutterman The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023

How to Say Babylon - Safiya Sinclair

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan Top 10 Books of 2023

Terrace Story - Hilary Leichter

Slate: Dan Kois The 10 Best Books of 2023

Blackouts - Justin Torres

Them Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023

Wednesday's Child - Yiyun Li

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

The Country of the Blind - Andrew Leland

Atlantic The Best Books of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Slate: Laura Miller 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

The Rediscovery of America - Ned Blackhawk

New Yorker The Best Books of 2023

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2023

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

The Booker Prize 2023 Award

The Bee Sting - Paul Murray

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