Year-End Lists

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2023
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Blackouts - Justin Torres

Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023 Them

Wednesday's Child - Yiyun Li

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

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Five Best Novels of 2023 Los Angeles Times: Hillary Kelly

Same Bed Different Dreams - Ed Park

Five Best Novels of 2023 Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

The Best Books of 2023 Vulture: Maris Kreizman

The Country of the Blind - Andrew Leland

The Best Books of 2023 Atlantic

Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

The 10 Best Books of 2023 Slate: Laura Miller

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Best Literary Fiction of 2023 Library Journal

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

The 20 Best Books of 2023 Esquire

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

The Best Books of 2023 Economist

Fire Weather - John Vaillant

The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker

The Bee Sting - Paul Murray

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

Best Fiction of 2023 The Booker Prize

Enter Ghost - Isabella Hammad

100 Notable Books of 2023 New York Times

Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

Best Books of 2023 New York Public Library

The Guest - Emma Cline

Best Fiction of 2023 Financial Times

Tom Lake - Ann Patchett

Top 10 Books of 2023 Chicago Public Library

King - Jonathan Eig

The Best Nonfiction of 2023 BookPage

Happiness Falls - Angie Kim

The Best Fiction of 2023 BookPage

Quietly Hostile - Samantha Irby

Best Nonfiction of 2023 Powell's Books

The Guest - Emma Cline

Best Fiction of 2023 Powell's Books

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Best Books of 2023 Book Riot

Blackouts - Justin Torres

Fiction 2023 National Book Award

The Rediscovery of America - Ned Blackhawk

Nonfiction 2023 National Book Award

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