Year-End Lists

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2023 Books

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023

08 December 2023

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023, as published by Time Magazine

[see also The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 • The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022 • The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 • The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021 • The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021]

  1. Biography of X
    Catherine Lacey
  2. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
    James McBride
  3. Our Share of Night
    Mariana Enriquez
  4. The Bee Sting
    Paul Murray
  5. The Vaster Wilds
    Lauren Groff
  6. Temple Folk
    Aaliyah Bilal
  7. Tom Lake
    Ann Patchett
  8. The Hive and the Honey
    Paul Yoon
  9. Y/N
    Esther Yi
  10. Tremor
    Teju Cole

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