The New York Times Notable Books of the YearFiction2023

Given by The New York Times Book Review

Other Names: The New York Times Book Review's A Selection of Noteworthy Titles, The New York Times Book Review's Books for Christmas (1933-1941), The New York Times Book Review's Christmas Checklist (1947-1948), The New York Times Book Review's A Christmas Guide for Readers (1949 - 1968), The New York Times Book Review's Other Outstanding Books of the Year (1969), The New York Times Book Review's A Selected List From Books of the Year (1970), The New York Times Book Review's A Selection of the Best Books of the Year (1978-1979), A New York Times Notable Book
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The New York Times Book Review's annual list of "Notable Books", currently numbering 100.


Links to the lists on the NYT website:
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Categories:
All, American Scene (36), Art (13), Art & Architecture (2), Art, Music & Popular Culture (6), Arts, Drama, Music (8), Autobiography & Biography (75), Belles Lettres (3), Biography (13), Children's Books (8), Crime (1), Current Affairs & Social Comment (10), Education (4), Essays & Criticism (17), Essays and Belles-Lettres (1), Essays, Letters & Criticism (5), Fiction (336), Fiction & Poetry (402), Fiction - Comics/Graphics (2), Fiction - Poetry (1), Fiction - Stories (16), Fiction - Thrillers (5), Fiction/Poetry (53), History (5), Humor (2), Music (1), Nonfiction (602), Nonfiction - Biography (2), Nonfiction - Biography - Current Affairs (1), Nonfiction - Biography - History (4), Nonfiction - Biography - Sports (2), Nonfiction - Comics/Graphics (1), Nonfiction - Current Affairs (8), Nonfiction - Essays (4), Nonfiction - Foreign Affairs (2), Nonfiction - History (28), Nonfiction - History - Current Affairs (2), Nonfiction - History - Memoir (1), Nonfiction - History - Sports (1), Nonfiction - Memoir (55), Nonfiction - Memoir - Comics/Graphics (1), Nonfiction - Science (10), Nonfiction - Science - History (1), Nonfiction - Sociology (1), Nonfiction - Sociology - Current Affairs (1), Poetry (10), Politics (1), Religion (18), Science & Social Science (1), Science Fiction (1), Thriller (1), Travel, Adventure (2), No Category (197)
Years:
All, 2023 (50), 2021 (45), 2020 (46), 2019 (38), 2018 (37), 2016 (1), 2003 (1), 1992 (2), 1982 (3), 1962 (3), 1957 (47), 1955 (8), 1951 (8), 1947 (41), 1946 (1), 1943 (1), 1942 (1), 1939 (1), 1933 (1)
WorkYear
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Literary Dystopia
2023
Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkley
Short Stories
2023
The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
Dystopia, Social Satire
2023
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
Graphic Novel, Horror
2023
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Climate Fiction
2023
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Fantasy
2023
Monica by Daniel Clowes
Graphic Novel
2023
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Southern Thriller
2023
Forbidden Notebook by Alba De Céspedes
Historical Fiction
2023
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Horror
2023
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Horror
2023
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
Historical Fiction
2023
A House for Alice by Diana Evans
Family Saga
2023
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Fantasy, Romance
2023
Not Even the Dead by Juan Gómez Bárcena
Historical Fiction
2023
Kantika by Elizabeth Graver
Historical Fiction
2023
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Psychological Fiction
2023
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Historical Fiction
2023
The Iliad by Homer
Very Famous Poem - Emily Wilson translation
2023
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Wealthy Family Saga
2023
Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal
Psychological Fiction
2023
Holly by Stephen King
Horror-Tinged Thriller
2023
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Thriller
2023
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Satire
2023
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
Experimental Fiction
2023
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Horror, Historical Fiction
2023
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
Climate Fiction
2023
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Coming-of-Age
2023
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Historical Fiction
2023
The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis
Historical Fiction
2023
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Literary Fiction, Mystery
2023
The Nursery: A Novel by Szilvia Molnar
Psychological Fiction
2023
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Family Saga
2023
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Family Saga
2023
Take What You Need by Idra Novey
Psychological Fiction
2023
A History of Burning by Janika Oza
Historical Fiction
2023
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
Experimental Fiction
2023
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Family Saga
2023
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Historical Fiction
2023
The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Coming-of-Age, Mystery
2023
After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
Historical Fiction
2023
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
Romance
2023
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Historical Fiction
2023
Blackouts by Justin Torres
Experimental Fiction
2023
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Fantasy
2023
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Historical Fiction, Family Saga
2023
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Crime
2023
Y/N: A Novel by Esther Yi
A Story of Obsession
2023
From From: Poems by Monica Youn
Poetry
2023
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Climate Fiction
2023

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