New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2023

1.
Yellowface
Yellowface 3.74 avg rating — 900,191 ratings
2.
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives 4.36 avg rating — 14,145 ratings
3.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 3.93 avg rating — 294,204 ratings
4.
North Woods
North Woods 4.11 avg rating — 92,947 ratings
5.
Tom Lake
Tom Lake 3.94 avg rating — 453,536 ratings
6.
King: A Life
King: A Life 4.65 avg rating — 11,031 ratings
7.
Bright Young Women
Bright Young Women 3.99 avg rating — 205,776 ratings
8.
The Covenant of Water
The Covenant of Water 4.42 avg rating — 280,377 ratings
9.
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful 4.14 avg rating — 496,249 ratings
10.
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World 4.20 avg rating — 31,262 ratings
11.
Pageboy
Pageboy 3.73 avg rating — 72,694 ratings
12.
How to Say Babylon
How to Say Babylon 4.44 avg rating — 28,348 ratings
13.
The Bee Sting
The Bee Sting 3.89 avg rating — 113,500 ratings
13.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars 4.12 avg rating — 82,412 ratings
15.
Birnam Wood
Birnam Wood 3.80 avg rating — 50,389 ratings
16.
A Guest in the House
A Guest in the House 4.05 avg rating — 8,805 ratings
17.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 183,010 ratings
18.
Kantika
Kantika 4.05 avg rating — 5,843 ratings
19.
Ordinary Notes
Ordinary Notes 4.54 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
20.
Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears 4.08 avg rating — 5,404 ratings
21.
All the Sinners Bleed
All the Sinners Bleed 4.21 avg rating — 98,325 ratings
22.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder 4.17 avg rating — 184,866 ratings
23.
Biography of X
Biography of X 3.82 avg rating — 14,613 ratings
24.
Blackouts
Blackouts 3.74 avg rating — 11,066 ratings
25.
The Deluge
The Deluge 4.23 avg rating — 5,593 ratings
26.
Eastbound
Eastbound 3.96 avg rating — 7,915 ratings
26.
From From: Poems
From From: Poems 4.13 avg rating — 351 ratings
28.
Enter Ghost
Enter Ghost 4.12 avg rating — 9,953 ratings
28.
A History of Burning
A History of Burning 4.13 avg rating — 5,341 ratings
30.
Holly (Holly Gibney #3)
Holly (Holly Gibney #3) 4.08 avg rating — 169,753 ratings
31.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,602 ratings
32.
The Most Secret Memory of Men
The Most Secret Memory of Men 4.18 avg rating — 14,559 ratings
33.
Land of Milk and Honey
Land of Milk and Honey 3.51 avg rating — 21,850 ratings
34.
Pineapple Street
Pineapple Street 3.55 avg rating — 203,137 ratings
35.
The Reformatory
The Reformatory 4.45 avg rating — 50,399 ratings
36.
Our Share of Night
Our Share of Night 4.26 avg rating — 53,925 ratings
37.
The Nursery
The Nursery 3.74 avg rating — 2,760 ratings
38.
We Could Be So Good
We Could Be So Good 4.27 avg rating — 17,577 ratings
39.
Take What You Need
Take What You Need 3.51 avg rating — 5,056 ratings
40.
Y/N
Y/N
by: Esther Yi
2.92 avg rating — 8,172 ratings
41.
The Unsettled
The Unsettled 3.52 avg rating — 3,261 ratings
42.
Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street
Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street 4.36 avg rating — 763 ratings
43.
Western Lane
Western Lane 3.49 avg rating — 10,125 ratings
44.
Witness: Stories
Witness: Stories 3.74 avg rating — 1,472 ratings
44.
The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions 4.03 avg rating — 16,355 ratings
46.
Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia 4.29 avg rating — 1,448 ratings
47.
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope 4.01 avg rating — 2,040 ratings
48.
The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality 4.25 avg rating — 1,404 ratings
49.
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence 3.79 avg rating — 274 ratings
50.
Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy
Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy 3.75 avg rating — 6,089 ratings
51.
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” 4.27 avg rating — 2,030 ratings
52.
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide 4.29 avg rating — 2,267 ratings
53.
After Sappho
After Sappho 3.50 avg rating — 5,950 ratings
54.
Kairos
Kairos 3.36 avg rating — 21,772 ratings
55.
Crook Manifesto
Crook Manifesto 3.86 avg rating — 19,438 ratings
56.
Forbidden Notebook
Forbidden Notebook 4.23 avg rating — 13,807 ratings
57.
The Fraud
The Fraud 3.27 avg rating — 32,149 ratings
58.
A House for Alice
A House for Alice 3.37 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
59.
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Ink Blood Sister Scribe 4.01 avg rating — 59,853 ratings
60.
Lone Women
Lone Women 3.70 avg rating — 34,411 ratings
61.
Monica
Monica 3.92 avg rating — 5,146 ratings
62.
The New Naturals
The New Naturals 2.84 avg rating — 991 ratings
63.
Not Even the Dead
Not Even the Dead 3.68 avg rating — 475 ratings
64.
The Saint of Bright Doors
The Saint of Bright Doors 3.68 avg rating — 6,070 ratings
65.
Same Bed Different Dreams
Same Bed Different Dreams
by: Ed Park
3.75 avg rating — 2,625 ratings
66.
This Other Eden
This Other Eden 3.77 avg rating — 20,237 ratings
67.
Victory City
Victory City 3.76 avg rating — 13,926 ratings
68.
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church 4.11 avg rating — 1,491 ratings
69.
Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World
Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World 3.79 avg rating — 1,267 ratings
70.
Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media 3.80 avg rating — 1,176 ratings
71.
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State 3.79 avg rating — 4,732 ratings
72.
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet 4.43 avg rating — 3,175 ratings
73.
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History 3.81 avg rating — 507 ratings
74.
Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music
Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music 4.32 avg rating — 272 ratings
75.
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science 4.41 avg rating — 3,046 ratings
76.
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World 4.33 avg rating — 10,381 ratings
77.
The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America 4.52 avg rating — 929 ratings
78.
The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
by: Pico Iyer
3.61 avg rating — 2,176 ratings
79.
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism 4.41 avg rating — 15,665 ratings
80.
The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul
The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul 4.05 avg rating — 392 ratings
81.
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice 4.32 avg rating — 18,713 ratings
82.
Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages
Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages 3.56 avg rating — 988 ratings
83.
A Living Remedy: A Memoir
A Living Remedy: A Memoir 3.99 avg rating — 5,896 ratings
84.
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
by: Ilyon Woo
3.98 avg rating — 17,456 ratings
85.
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma 3.71 avg rating — 19,589 ratings
86.
My Name Is Barbra
My Name Is Barbra 4.18 avg rating — 19,995 ratings
87.
Poverty, by America
Poverty, by America 4.27 avg rating — 56,632 ratings
88.
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History 4.15 avg rating — 2,181 ratings
89.
Schoenberg: Why He Matters
Schoenberg: Why He Matters 3.89 avg rating — 138 ratings
90.
Sink: A Memoir
Sink: A Memoir 3.68 avg rating — 1,844 ratings
91.
The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever
The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever 4.13 avg rating — 445 ratings
92.
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country 4.19 avg rating — 8,603 ratings
93.
Spoken Word: A Cultural History
Spoken Word: A Cultural History 3.80 avg rating — 125 ratings
94.
A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder
A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder 3.73 avg rating — 2,473 ratings
95.
Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance 4.52 avg rating — 716 ratings
96.
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War 4.02 avg rating — 2,406 ratings
97.
Up Home: One Girl's Journey
Up Home: One Girl's Journey 3.99 avg rating — 2,184 ratings
98.
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds 4.15 avg rating — 6,296 ratings
99.
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life 4.10 avg rating — 10,878 ratings
100.
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
by: Paul Kix
4.53 avg rating — 921 ratings