Year-End Lists

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

Books
Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

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

Small Worlds - Caleb Azumah Nelson

Boston Globe Books We Loved in 2023

Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

Vanity Fair Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023

Lone Women - Victor LaValle

Paste The Best Novels of 2023

Monsters - Claire Dederer

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune 10 Best Books for 2023

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023

Monsters - Claire Dederer

Maureen Corrigan: NPR Top 10 Books of 2023

Mobility - Lydia Kiesling

Dan Kois: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2023

Blackouts - Justin Torres

Them Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023

Wednesday's Child - Yiyun Li

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

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Hillary Kelly: Los Angeles Times Five Best Novels of 2023

Same Bed Different Dreams - Ed Park

Mark Athitakis: Los Angeles Times Five Best Novels of 2023

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Maris Kreizman: New York The Best Books of 2023

The Country of the Blind - Andrew Leland

Atlantic The Best Books of 2023

Fire Weather - John Vaillant

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2023

The Wren, the Wren - Anne Enright

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

Ordinary Notes - Christina Sharpe

New Yorker The Best Books of 2023

Eastbound - Maylis de Kerangal

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2023

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

The Booker Prize 2023 Award