Year-End Lists

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

2023
Brainwyrms - Alison Rumfitt

Dazed The Best Novels of 2023

A Memoir of My Former Self - Hilary Mantel

New Statesman The 20 Best Books of 2023

Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld

USA Today Best Books of 2023

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Autostraddle: Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya The Top 12 Queer Novels of 2023

Crook Manifesto - Colson Whitehead

Town & Country The Best Books of 2023

Poverty, by America - Matthew Desmond

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2023

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Harper’s Bazaar The 45 Best New Books of 2023

Loot - Tania James

Nerdette The 12 Best Books of 2023

Whalefall - Daniel Kraus

Shelf Awareness 2023 Best Books of the Year

Working Girl - Sophia Giovannitti

Passerby Best Books of 2023

A Fever in the Heartland - Timothy Egan

California Review of Books 10 Best Books of 2023

A Living Remedy - Nicole Chung

Electric Lit Best Nonfiction of 2023

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

Electric Lit Best Novels of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Vox: Constance Grady The Very Best Books of 2023

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

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

Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

Boston Globe Books We Loved in 2023

Tom Lake - Ann Patchett

Vanity Fair Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023

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

Paste The Best Novels of 2023

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

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

Monsters - Claire Dederer

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan Top 10 Books of 2023