Year-End Lists

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2023
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Mobility - Lydia Kiesling

Slate: Dan Kois The 10 Best Books of 2023

Open Throat - Henry Hoke

Them Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023

Absolution - Alice McDermott

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

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Los Angeles Times: Hillary Kelly Five Best Novels of 2023

Commitment - Mona Simpson

Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis Five Best Novels of 2023

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Vulture: Maris Kreizman The Best Books of 2023

Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

Atlantic The Best Books of 2023

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

Slate: Laura Miller The 10 Best Books of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2023

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

Esquire The 20 Best Books of 2023

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

Economist The Best Books of 2023

Fire Weather - John Vaillant

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

Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

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

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

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2023

A Fever in the Heartland - Timothy Egan

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2023

Tom Lake - Ann Patchett

BookPage The Best Fiction of 2023

How to Say Babylon - Safiya Sinclair

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2023

In Memoriam - Alice Winn

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2023

Hijab Butch Blues - Lamya H.

Book Riot Best Books of 2023

Blackouts - Justin Torres

National Book Award Fiction 2023

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