Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2023

1.
Tom Lake
Tom Lake 3.94 avg rating — 453,933 ratings
2.
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful 4.14 avg rating — 496,710 ratings
3.
Let Us Descend
Let Us Descend 3.69 avg rating — 36,009 ratings
4.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars 4.12 avg rating — 82,509 ratings
5.
The Guest
The Guest 3.28 avg rating — 107,000 ratings
6.
The House of Doors
The House of Doors 4.11 avg rating — 20,529 ratings
7.
The Madstone
The Madstone 4.11 avg rating — 3,096 ratings
8.
Open Throat
Open Throat 4.02 avg rating — 21,168 ratings
9.
Up With the Sun
Up With the Sun 3.66 avg rating — 565 ratings
10.
After the Funeral and Other Stories
After the Funeral and Other Stories 3.81 avg rating — 2,162 ratings
11.
After Sappho
After Sappho 3.50 avg rating — 5,950 ratings
12.
Age of Vice
Age of Vice 3.61 avg rating — 33,096 ratings
13.
Barbara Isn't Dying Yet
Barbara Isn't Dying Yet 3.75 avg rating — 2,503 ratings
14.
Birnam Wood
Birnam Wood 3.80 avg rating — 50,421 ratings
15.
Blackouts
Blackouts 3.74 avg rating — 11,082 ratings
16.
Confidence
Confidence 3.60 avg rating — 1,786 ratings
17.
Crook Manifesto
Crook Manifesto 3.86 avg rating — 19,445 ratings
18.
Dayswork
Dayswork 3.75 avg rating — 1,166 ratings
19.
Devil Makes Three
Devil Makes Three 3.82 avg rating — 754 ratings
20.
Enter Ghost
Enter Ghost 4.12 avg rating — 9,976 ratings
21.
Family Meal
Family Meal 3.52 avg rating — 10,172 ratings
22.
Family Lore
Family Lore 3.52 avg rating — 21,210 ratings
23.
The Faraway World: Stories
The Faraway World: Stories 3.88 avg rating — 1,693 ratings
24.
The Fraud
The Fraud 3.27 avg rating — 32,177 ratings
25.
A Haunting on the Hill
A Haunting on the Hill 3.32 avg rating — 10,451 ratings
26.
The House on Via Gemito
The House on Via Gemito 3.66 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
27.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,747 ratings
28.
I Have Some Questions for You
I Have Some Questions for You 3.59 avg rating — 134,224 ratings
29.
I Will Greet the Sun Again
I Will Greet the Sun Again 3.84 avg rating — 2,485 ratings
30.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam 4.51 avg rating — 64,430 ratings
31.
Lone Women
Lone Women 3.70 avg rating — 34,432 ratings
32.
The Most Secret Memory of Men
The Most Secret Memory of Men 4.18 avg rating — 14,573 ratings
33.
My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 9,960 ratings
34.
My Name Is Iris
My Name Is Iris 3.36 avg rating — 1,163 ratings
35.
The New Naturals
The New Naturals 2.84 avg rating — 991 ratings
36.
No One Prayed Over Their Graves
No One Prayed Over Their Graves 3.58 avg rating — 462 ratings
37.
Old God's Time
Old God's Time 3.82 avg rating — 17,523 ratings
38.
Our Share of Night
Our Share of Night 4.26 avg rating — 53,985 ratings
39.
The Reformatory
The Reformatory 4.45 avg rating — 50,556 ratings
40.
Same Bed Different Dreams
Same Bed Different Dreams
by: Ed Park
3.75 avg rating — 2,628 ratings
41.
Small Mercies
Small Mercies 4.28 avg rating — 68,353 ratings
42.
Straw Dogs of the Universe
Straw Dogs of the Universe
by: Ye Chun
4.06 avg rating — 625 ratings
43.
The Sunset Crowd
The Sunset Crowd 3.38 avg rating — 1,770 ratings
44.
Tremor
Tremor
by: Teju Cole
3.66 avg rating — 2,427 ratings
45.
The Unsettled
The Unsettled 3.52 avg rating — 3,263 ratings
46.
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine 2.84 avg rating — 1,996 ratings
47.
Victory City
Victory City 3.76 avg rating — 13,934 ratings
48.
Vintage Contemporaries
Vintage Contemporaries
by: Dan Kois
3.52 avg rating — 1,395 ratings
49.
The Wren, the Wren
The Wren, the Wren 3.52 avg rating — 13,697 ratings
50.
The World and All That It Holds
The World and All That It Holds 3.85 avg rating — 2,244 ratings