Year-End Lists

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

Books
Mobility - Lydia Kiesling

Dan Kois: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2023

Bellies - Nicola Dinan

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

Lone Women - Victor LaValle

Mark Athitakis: Los Angeles Times Five Best Novels of 2023

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Maris Kreizman: New York The Best Books of 2023

How to Say Babylon - Safiya Sinclair

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

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory - Tim Alberta

Economist The Best Books of 2023

Ordinary Notes - Christina Sharpe

New Yorker The Best Books of 2023

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

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2023

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

The Booker Prize 2023 Award

The Unsettled - Ayana Mathis

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2023

The Bee Sting - Paul Murray

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

The Wager - David Grann

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

Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward

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