Year-End Lists

Jane Ciabattari: The Top 10 Books of 2013 as published by BBC Culture

[see also 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

1. Americanah
   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3. The Book of My Lives
   Aleksandar Hemon
4. The Flamethrowers
   Rachel Kushner
5. The Woman Upstairs
   Claire Messud
6. The Son
   Philipp Meyer
7. Sparta
   Roxana Robinson
8. Tenth of December
   George Saunders
9. The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
   Bob Shacochis
10. Mary Coin
    Marisa Silver

The New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2013

[see also The 10 Best Books of 2022 • 100 Notable Books of 2022 • The 10 Best Books of 2021 • 100 Notable Books of 2021 • The 10 Best Books of 2020 • 100 Notable Books of 2020 • 100 Notable Books of 2019 • The 10 Best Books of 2019 • 10 Best Books of 2018 • 100 Notable Books of 2018 • 100 Notable Books of 2017 • 10 Best Books of 2017 • 10 Best Books of 2016 • 10 Best Books of 2015 • The 10 Best Books of 2014 • 100 Notable Books of 2012 • 10 Best Books of 2012 • 100 Notable Books of 2011 • Ten Best Books of 2011]

Fiction

• Americanah
  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• The Flamethrowers
  Rachel Kushner
• The Goldfinch
  Donna Tartt
• Life After Life
  Kate Atkinson
• Tenth of December
  George Saunders

Nonfiction

• After the Music Stopped

  The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
  Alan S. Blinder
• Days of Fire

  Bush and Cheney in the White House
  Peter Baker
• Five Days at Memorial

  Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
  Sheri Fink
• The Sleepwalkers

  How Europe Went to War in 1914
  Christopher Clark
• Wave
  Sonali Deraniyagala

The Washington Post: Top 10 Books of 2013

[see also 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022 • 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022 • The 10 Best Books of 2022 • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 • 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021 • The 10 Best Books of 2021 • 10 Best Books of 2020 • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020 • 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020 • Best Books of 2019 • 10 Best Books of 2018 • 100 Notable Books of 2018 • 10 Best Books of 2017 • The 10 Best Books of 2016 • 10 Best Books of 2015 • The Ten Best Books of 2014 • The 10 Best Books of 2012]

Nonfiction

• Book of Ages

  The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
  Jill Lepore
• Drink

  The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol
  Ann Dowsett Johnston
• Going Clear

  Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
  Lawrence Wright
• The Guns at Last Light

  The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
  Rick Atkinson
• Thank You for Your Service
  David Finkel

Fiction

• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
  Anthony Marra
• The Good Lord Bird
  James McBride
• How the Light Gets In
  Louise Penny
• The Son
  Philipp Meyer
• The Woman Upstairs
  Claire Messud

National Book Award: Fiction 2013

[see also Fiction 2022 • Nonfiction 2022 • Fiction 2021 • Nonfiction 2021 • Fiction 2020 • Nonfiction 2020 • Fiction 2019 • Nonfiction 2019 • Fiction 2018 • Nonfiction 2018 • Fiction 2017 • Nonfiction 2017 • Fiction 2016 • Nonfiction 2016 • Nonfiction 2013]

Winner

• The Good Lord Bird
  James McBride

Finalists

• The Flamethrowers
  Rachel Kushner
• The Lowland
  Jhumpa Lahiri
• Bleeding Edge
  Thomas Pynchon
• Tenth of December
  George Saunders

Longlist

• Pacific
  Tom Drury
• The End of the Point
  Elizabeth Graver
• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
  Anthony Marra
• Someone
  Alice McDermott
• Fools
  Joan Silber

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2013

[see also Fiction 2022 • Nonfiction 2022 • Fiction 2021 • Nonfiction 2021 • Fiction 2020 • Nonfiction 2020 • Fiction 2019 • Nonfiction 2019 • Fiction 2018 • Nonfiction 2018 • Fiction 2017 • Nonfiction 2017 • Fiction 2016 • Nonfiction 2016 • Fiction 2013]

Winner

• The Unwinding

  An Inner History of the New America
  George Packer

Finalists

• Book of Ages

  The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
  Jill Lepore
• Hitler's Furies

  German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
  Wendy Lower
• The Internal Enemy

  Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832
  Alan Taylor
• Going Clear

  Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
  Lawrence Wright

Longlist

• Finding Florida

  The True History of the Sunshine State
  T.D. Allman
• Facing the Wave

  A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
  Gretel Ehrlich
• The Wolf and the Watchman

  A Father, a Son, and the CIA
  Scott C. Johnson
• Freedom National

  The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
  James Oakes
• Duke

  A Life of Duke Ellington
  Terry Teachout

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2013

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

Winner

• The Luminaries
  Eleanor Catton

Shortlist

• We Need New Names
  NoViolet Bulawayo
• Harvest
  Jim Crace
• The Lowland
  Jhumpa Lahiri
• A Tale for the Time Being
  Ruth Ozeki
• The Testament Of Mary
  Colm Tóibín

Longlist

• Five Star Billionaire
  Tash Aw
• The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
  Eve Harris
• The Kills
  Richard House
• Unexploded
  Alison MacLeod
• TransAtlantic
  Colum McCann
• Almost English
  Charlotte Mendelson
• The Spinning Heart
  Donal Ryan

Women's Prize for Fiction: 2013

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

Winner

• May We Be Forgiven
  A.M. Homes

Shortlist

• Where'd You Go, Bernadette
  Maria Semple
• NW
  Zadie Smith
• Life After Life
  Kate Atkinson
• Bring Up the Bodies
  Hilary Mantel
• Flight Behavior
  Barbara Kingsolver

Longlist

• Alif The Unseen
  G. Willow Wilson
• Lamb
  Bonnie Nadzam
• How Should a Person Be?
  Sheila Heti
• The People of Forever Are Not Afraid
  Shani Boianjiu
• Mateship With Birds
  Carrie Tiffany
• The Forrests
  Emily Perkins
• Honour
  Elif Shafak
• Gone Girl
  Gillian Flynn
• The Marlowe Papers
  Ros Barber
• The Innocents
  Francesca Segal
• The Light Between Oceans
  M.L. Stedman
• The Red Book
  Deborah Copaken Kogan
• Ignorance
  Michèle Roberts
• A Trick I Learned from Dead Men
  Kitty Aldridge