Year-End Lists

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

Books
The Wren, the Wren - Anne Enright

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

The Country of the Blind - Andrew Leland

The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker

Eastbound - Maylis de Kerangal

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

Best Fiction of 2023 The Booker Prize

Kairos - Jenny Erpenbeck

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

Absolution - Alice McDermott

Top 10 Books of 2023 Chicago Public Library

King - Jonathan Eig

The Best Nonfiction of 2023 BookPage

Bellies - Nicola Dinan

The Best Fiction of 2023 BookPage

How to Say Babylon - Safiya Sinclair

Best Nonfiction of 2023 Powell's Books

The Guest - Emma Cline

Best Fiction of 2023 Powell's Books

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

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

Loot - Tania James

The 10 Best Books of 2023 Washington Post

Pageboy - Elliot Page

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023 Washington Post

Lone Women - Victor LaValle

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023 Washington Post

Happiness Falls - Angie Kim

Best Novels of 2023 Oprah Daily

Cuddy - Benjamin Myers

Best Fiction of 2023 Goldsmiths Prize

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

10 Best Books of 2023 Publishers Weekly

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Fiction 2023 Kirkus Prize