Year-End Lists

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

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2023

Our Migrant Souls - Héctor Tobar

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

BookPage The Best Fiction of 2023

A Living Remedy - Nicole Chung

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2023

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

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2023

Land of Milk and Honey - C Pam Zhang

Book Riot Best Books of 2023

Blackouts - Justin Torres

National Book Award Fiction 2023

The Rediscovery of America - Ned Blackhawk

National Book Award Nonfiction 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2023

When Crack Was King - Donovan X. Ramsey

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023

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

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023

Happiness Falls - Angie Kim

Oprah Daily Best Novels of 2023

Cuddy - Benjamin Myers

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2023

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2023

Our Migrant Souls - Héctor Tobar

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2023

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

Women's Prize Fiction 2023

Marzahn, mon amour - Katja Oskamp

Dublin Literary Award 2023

God's Children Are Little Broken Things - Arinze Ifeakandu

Dylan Thomas Prize 2023

The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2023

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

San Francisco Chronicle Favorite Books of 2022

South to America - Imani Perry

The Stacks Podcast: Traci Thomas Best Books of 2022

Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh

The Stacks Podcast: Andrew Limbong Best Books of 2022

Strangers to Ourselves - Rachel Aviv

Wired The 12 Best Books of 2022

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