Year-End Lists

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

Books
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Constance Grady: Vox The Very Best Books of 2023

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home - Lorrie Moore

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

Terrace Story - Hilary Leichter

Boston Globe Books We Loved in 2023

Eastbound - Maylis de Kerangal

Vanity Fair Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023

All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby

Paste The Best Novels of 2023

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

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune 10 Best Books for 2023

One or Several Deserts - Carter St. Hogan

Dennis Cooper Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 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

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Maureen Corrigan: NPR Top 10 Books of 2023

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Dan Kois: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2023

Bellies - Nicola Dinan

Them Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023

Absolution - Alice McDermott

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

Commitment - Mona Simpson

Mark Athitakis: Los Angeles Times Five Best Novels of 2023

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Maris Kreizman: New York The Best Books of 2023

We Are a Haunting - Tyriek White

The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize

Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

Atlantic The Best Books of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2023

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

Esquire The 20 Best Books of 2023

The Bee Sting - Paul Murray

Economist The Best Books of 2023