Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Books

Electric Lit: Best Novels of 2023

20 December 2023

Forgive Me Not - Jennifer Baker

Electric Lit: Best Novels of 2023

[see also Best Nonfiction of 2023Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022Favorite Novels of 2022Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021Favorite Novels of 2021Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020Favorite Novels of 202015 Best Novels of 201915 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019]

The Top 5 Novels of The Year

Other Favorite Novels

Vox: Constance Grady: The Very Best Books of 2023

20 December 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Constance Grady: The Very Best Books of 2023, as published by Vox, organized by when they were published and alphabetized by the authors' names

[see also 202220202019]

Second Half of the Year

First Half of the Year, Fiction

First Half of the Year, Nonfiction

Vogue: The Best Books of 2023

19 December 2023

A Memoir of My Former Self - Hilary Mantel

Vogue: The Best Books of 2023

[see also 202020192015]

Verso Books: The Year 2023 in 10 Books

18 December 2023

Crooked Plow - Itamar Vieira Junior

Verso Books: The Year 2023 in 10 Books. "Deepen your understanding..."

[see also 2017]

Foreign Affairs: The Best of Books 2023

17 December 2023

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism - Martin Wolf

Foreign Affairs: The Best of Books 2023

Editors' Picks

Political and Legal

Military and Scientific and Technological

The United States

Western Europe

Western Hemisphere

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics

Middle East

Asia and Pacific

Africa

Boston Globe: Books We Loved in 2023

15 December 2023

Terrace Story - Hilary Leichter

The Boston Globe: Books We Loved in 2023, published along with lists of favorite middle grade and young adult books

[see also 20212020]

Fiction

Nonfiction

Vanity Fair: Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023

15 December 2023

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Vanity Fair: Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023

[see also 20222020]

Paste: The Best Novels of 2023

14 December 2023

Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward

Paste Magazine: The Best Novels of 2023

[see also 20222010s20182017]

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: 10 Best Books for 2023

12 December 2023

Motherland - Paula Ramón

Christopher Borrelli: 10 Best Books for 2023, as published by The Chicago Tribune, in no particular order. "Or make that 12, if you include a trio that shouldn’t work at all," he writes.

[see also 20222021202020192018]

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 2023The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021]