LibGuides: Best Books of 2023: Best Book Lists

New York Times 10 Best

Fiction

The Bee Sting. Paul Murray

Chain-Gang All-Star. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Eastbound. Maylis de Kerangal

The Fraud. Zadie Smith

North Woods. Daniel Mason

Nonfiction

The Best Minds. Jonathan Rosen

Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs. Kerry Howley

Fire Weather. John Vaillant

Master Slave Husband Wife. Ilyon Woo

Some People Need Killing. Patricia Evangelista

Source: nyt.com

Booker Prize
The leading literary award in the English-speaking world, which has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over 50 years. Awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
National Book Awards
The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best literature in Amercan, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in American culture.
National Book Critics Circle Award
To be announced in January! Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism.
Nobel Prize in Literature
awarded to Annie Ernaux "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory"
Pulitzer Prizes

The 10 Best California Books of 2023, NYT
These new works of fiction and nonfiction vividly render the state’s past and present.
Book Riot
Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America, designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
Five Books Best Books of 2023
Five Books asks experts to recommend the five best books in their subject and explain their selection in an interview.
Goodreads Choice Awards
The only major book awards decided by readers.
The Guardian
For a Canadian perspective. Guardian critics pick the year’s best fiction, politics, science, children’s books and more.
Library Journal
147 titles across 15 categories offer reads of solace and community, insight and joy.
NPR
Use NPR's Book Concierge to mix and match filters and years to explore 2500 recommendations from NPR staff and trusted critics.
Shelf Awareness
Shelf Awareness for Readers helps readers discover the 25 best books of the week, as chosen by booksellers, librarians and other industry experts, plus has news about books and authors, author interviews, and more.
Smithsonian Scholars
Every year, Smithsonian magazine invites dozens of Smithsonian Institution professionals to share what they found most enticing of the year’s best books.