It’s that time of the year when newspapers and magazines publish their ‘Best of 2023’ lists. Lists usually begin appearing early November and keep going until the end of the year – I will keep adding as they are published.
The Best of 2023 According to #ALLTHELISTS will be coming very, very soon – stay tuned! (See previous lists here).
Publishers Weekly – Best Books 2023
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2023
Vulture – Best Books of 2023
Vogue – The Best Books of 2023 So Far
Slate – The 10 Best Books of 2023
Readings – The Best Books of 2023
Esquire – The 20 Best Books of 2023
Indigo – Best Books of 2023
Washington Post – 10 Best Books of 2023 and this list of 50 Best Fiction Books.
Hapers Bazaar – The 45 Best New Books of 2023 You Won’t Put Down
The New York Public Library – Best Books of 2023
Financial Times Best Books of 2023 (fiction) and (literary nonfiction)
TIME 100 Must-Read Books of 2023
Kirkus Reviews – Best of 2023
Real Simple – The 60 Best Books of 2023
The Conversation – Best Books of 2023
Amazon – Top 100 of 2023
Apple – Top Books of 2023
The Guardian – Best Books of 2023 and the 25 Best Australian Books
Australian Financial Review – The Best Books of 2023
Book Riot – Best Books of 2023
NPR – Best Books 2023
Australian Book Review – Books of the Year 2023
Lithub – The 38 Best Books of 2023
The New Yorker – The Best Books of 2023
Powell’s Best Books of 2023
Oprah Daily – The Best Books of 2023
ABC Australia – The best new books released in 2023
The Telegraph – The 50 Best Books of 2023 (pay-walled)
The Economist – Best Books of 2023 (pay-walled)
The Smithsonian – The Best Books of 2023
Barnes & Noble – The Best Books of 2023
Los Angeles Times – The 13 best novels (and 2 best short story collections) of 2023
The Atlantic – The 10 Best Books of 2023
Library Journal – Best Literary Fiction of 2023
The Booker Prize – Best Fiction of 2023
Chicago Public Library – Top 10 Books of 2023
BookPage – Best Books of 2023
Reader’s Digest – The Best 15 Books of 2023
New York Post – Best Books of 2023
Vanity Fair – The 20 Best Books of 2023
Paste – The Best Novels of 2023
People Picks the Top 10 Books of 2023
Five Books – The Best Books of 2023
Red – The 10 Best Books of 2023
She Reads – Best Books of 2023
…and there will be more to come.
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Gasp, I suppose I’ll have to do this too.
Every year I think, no, I’m not doing it, and every year I think, well, I did it last year so I suppose I’d better.
Because I compile a huge spreadsheet of all the books listed in these lists (for the upcoming Best of the Best list), I have started marking the books that I somehow missed during the year or didn’t even know about, and that I want to read… needless to say the TBR stack will EXPLODE over the next few weeks.
ha! Wait till you see mine.
I’m sitting here harvesting titles for the long list, and I’m thinking, yes, that one goes into the shortlist, so does that, and that, and that…
And that one’s the winner… oh, maybe I should have a co-winner… hmmm, last year I had three in a tie, maybe I’ll do that again….
Imagine me as a lit award judge, I’d drive the others crazy!
Where’s The Kate List?
Will be coming in the next few days 🙂
Sorry..left 2023 behind..now scouring the Most Anticipated 2024 lists!
Here it is: https://anzlitlovers.com/2023/12/18/2023-anzlitlovers-australian-and-new-zealand-best-books-of-the-year/
I looked at the NY Library’s top ten for adults, but nothing there was even slightly familiar. I’m officially out of the loop.
I look forward to your best of the best, maybe down towards no.99 there’ll be a book I vaguely recognise.
I don’t care much for these lists, because they almost always pass over indie and self-published books, some of which are better than those published by the big 4/5.
Thanks for this Kate … I am doing just an Aussie one tonight, as I usually do, but look forward to seeing your super-duper list.
I love when you do this! Thank you once again.
Such a lot of effort, Kate. Thanks, as ever.
Thank you for all the lists. I will probably not check them all, but at least some of them. I tend to have read very few of books on lists, since the usually contain new books. Somehow, I am still on my TBRs and read very few new books. Hopefully, I can be inspired by the lists as well.
Wish you a Happy New Reading Year!