The New York Times Notable Books of the Year2023

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
100 Works 75,840 Books 1,901 Reviews 4.0
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 (54), 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 (100), 2022 (100), 2021 (100), 2020 (100), 2019 (100), 2018 (100), 2017 (100), 2016 (100), 2015 (49), 2014 (21), 2013 (2), 2012 (100), 2011 (6), 2010 (100), 2009 (100), 2008 (100), 2007 (100), 2006 (99), 2005 (2), 2004 (4), 2003 (6), 2002 (4), 2001 (4), 2000 (5), 1999 (1), 1998 (7), 1997 (4), 1996 (18), 1995 (2), 1994 (8), 1993 (3), 1992 (5), 1991 (4), 1989 (13), 1988 (12), 1987 (25), 1986 (1), 1982 (28), 1981 (2), 1979 (1), 1977 (1), 1975 (9), 1972 (10), 1971 (66), 1970 (2), 1969 (2), 1968 (1), 1962 (3), 1961 (7), 1960 (2), 1959 (3), 1957 (70), 1955 (14), 1951 (35), 1949 (1), 1948 (1), 1947 (59), 1946 (1), 1943 (1), 1942 (1), 1939 (1), 1933 (2)
Announced:
November 2023: 2023 Recent
WorkCategoryYear
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Literary Dystopia
Fiction2023
Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkley
Short Stories
Fiction2023
The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
Dystopia, Social Satire
Fiction2023
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
Graphic Novel, Horror
Fiction2023
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Climate Fiction
Fiction2023
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Fantasy
Fiction2023
Monica by Daniel Clowes
Graphic Novel
Fiction2023
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Southern Thriller
Fiction2023
Forbidden Notebook by Alba De Céspedes
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Horror
Fiction2023
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Horror
Fiction2023
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
A House for Alice by Diana Evans
Family Saga
Fiction2023
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Fantasy, Romance
Fiction2023
Not Even the Dead by Juan Gómez Bárcena
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
Kantika by Elizabeth Graver
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Psychological Fiction
Fiction2023
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
The Iliad by Homer
Very Famous Poem - Emily Wilson translation
Fiction2023
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Wealthy Family Saga
Fiction2023
Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal
Psychological Fiction
Fiction2023
Holly by Stephen King
Horror-Tinged Thriller
Fiction2023
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Thriller
Fiction2023
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Satire
Fiction2023
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
Experimental Fiction
Fiction2023
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Horror, Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
Climate Fiction
Fiction2023
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Coming-of-Age
Fiction2023
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Literary Fiction, Mystery
Fiction2023
The Nursery: A Novel by Szilvia Molnar
Psychological Fiction
Fiction2023
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Family Saga
Fiction2023
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Family Saga
Fiction2023
Take What You Need by Idra Novey
Psychological Fiction
Fiction2023
A History of Burning by Janika Oza
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
Experimental Fiction
Fiction2023
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Family Saga
Fiction2023
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Coming-of-Age, Mystery
Fiction2023
After Sappho: A Novel by Selby Wynn Schwartz
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
Romance
Fiction2023
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Historical Fiction
Fiction2023
Blackouts by Justin Torres
Experimental Fiction
Fiction2023
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Fantasy
Fiction2023
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Historical Fiction, Family Saga
Fiction2023
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Crime
Fiction2023
Y/N: A Novel by Esther Yi
A Story of Obsession
Fiction2023
From From: Poems by Monica Youn
Poetry
Fiction2023
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Climate Fiction
Fiction2023
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
Science
Nonfiction2023
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta
Religion, Politics
Nonfiction2023
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell
Philosophy, History
Nonfiction2023
Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J. Bass
World War II
Nonfiction2023
Spoken Word: A Cultural History by Joshua Bennett
Art, History
Nonfiction2023
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk
U.S. History
Nonfiction2023
A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages by Carmela Ciuraru
Biography
Nonfiction2023
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer
Art, Pop Culture
Nonfiction2023
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Sociology
Nonfiction2023
The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality by William Egginton
Philosophy, Biography
Nonfiction2023
Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance by Jeremy Eichler
World War II, Music
Nonfiction2023
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
Biography
Nonfiction2023
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista
Investigative Reporting
Nonfiction2023
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
Biography
Nonfiction2023
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb
Science
Nonfiction2023
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann
Shipwreck!
Nonfiction2023
Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman
Arctic Exploration
Nonfiction2023
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State by Kerry Howley
The Deep State
Nonfiction2023
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang
Pop Culture
Nonfiction2023
The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise by Pico Iyer
Memoir, Philosopy
Nonfiction2023
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
Science, Investigative Reporting
Nonfiction2023
The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul by Isabel Kershner
Middle East History
Nonfiction2023
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix
U.S. History
Nonfiction2023
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
Politics
Nonfiction2023
Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street; One Hundred Years in the Neighborhood That Refused to Be Erased by Victor Luckerson
U.S. History
Nonfiction2023
A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder by Mark O'Connell
True Crime
Nonfiction2023
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever by Prudence Peiffer
Art History
Nonfiction2023
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera-Garza
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
Schoenberg: Why He Matters by Harvey Sachs
Biography
Nonfiction2023
Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman
Pop Culture
Nonfiction2023
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet
Politics
Nonfiction2023
Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe
Sociology
Nonfiction2023
Up Home: One Girl's Journey by Ruth J. Simmons
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America by Saket Soni
Investigative Reporting
Nonfiction2023
Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B. Stewart
Media
Nonfiction2023
My Name is Barbra {book} by Barbra Streisand
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church by Rachel L. Swarns
U.S. History
Nonfiction2023
Sink: A Memoir by Joseph Earl Thomas
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music by Henry Threadgill
Memoir
Nonfiction2023
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” by Héctor Tobar
Sociology
Nonfiction2023
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
Science
Nonfiction2023
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence by David Waldstreicher
Biography
Nonfiction2023
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
U.S. History
Nonfiction2023
Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo
Biography, True Crime
Nonfiction2023
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike
Science
Nonfiction2023

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