2023 Shortlisted Fiction

1.
Blackouts
Blackouts 3.74 avg rating — 11,072 ratings
2.
The End of Drum-Time
The End of Drum-Time 3.92 avg rating — 4,271 ratings
3.
Temple Folk
Temple Folk 3.71 avg rating — 1,543 ratings
4.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars 4.12 avg rating — 82,439 ratings
5.
Sundial
Sundial 3.79 avg rating — 23,882 ratings
6.
Daphne
Daphne 3.38 avg rating — 5,824 ratings
7.
Reluctant Immortals
Reluctant Immortals 3.50 avg rating — 3,134 ratings
8.
The Fervor
The Fervor 3.62 avg rating — 5,102 ratings
9.
These Days
These Days 3.68 avg rating — 2,976 ratings
10.
The New Life
The New Life
by: Tom Crewe
3.75 avg rating — 5,980 ratings
11.
The Bee Sting
The Bee Sting 3.89 avg rating — 113,542 ratings
12.
Western Lane
Western Lane 3.49 avg rating — 10,125 ratings
13.
Prophet Song
Prophet Song 4.04 avg rating — 74,019 ratings
14.
This Other Eden
This Other Eden 3.77 avg rating — 20,240 ratings
15.
If I Survive You
If I Survive You 3.68 avg rating — 12,951 ratings
16.
Study for Obedience
Study for Obedience 3.01 avg rating — 12,816 ratings
17.
Still Born
Still Born 4.13 avg rating — 23,474 ratings
18.
Time Shelter
Time Shelter 3.75 avg rating — 25,196 ratings
19.
Standing Heavy
Standing Heavy
by: Gauz
3.59 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
20.
The Gospel According to the New World
The Gospel According to the New World 2.97 avg rating — 918 ratings
21.
Whale
Whale 3.94 avg rating — 4,106 ratings
22.
Boulder (Triptych, #2)
Boulder (Triptych, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 14,137 ratings
23.
The Mountain in the Sea
The Mountain in the Sea 3.90 avg rating — 32,176 ratings
24.
Spear
Spear 4.07 avg rating — 8,500 ratings
25.
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 113,929 ratings
26.
The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 674,559 ratings
27.
The Devil Takes You Home
The Devil Takes You Home 3.67 avg rating — 12,383 ratings
28.
Gangland
Gangland 4.11 avg rating — 2,622 ratings
29.
Like a Sister
Like a Sister 3.25 avg rating — 13,865 ratings
30.
Devil House
Devil House 3.20 avg rating — 15,707 ratings
31.
Or Else
Or Else
by: Joe Hart
3.98 avg rating — 16,856 ratings
32.
Don't Know Tough
Don't Know Tough 3.66 avg rating — 3,638 ratings
33.
Notes on an Execution
Notes on an Execution 4.05 avg rating — 129,207 ratings
34.
The Furrows
The Furrows 3.21 avg rating — 5,318 ratings
35.
All the Lovers in the Night
All the Lovers in the Night 3.69 avg rating — 45,159 ratings
36.
The Other Name: Septology I-II
The Other Name: Septology I-II
by: Jon Fosse
4.05 avg rating — 5,818 ratings
37.
Dr. No
Dr. No 3.70 avg rating — 7,075 ratings
38.
Bliss Montage: Stories
Bliss Montage: Stories
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 24,240 ratings
39.
The Spare Man
The Spare Man 3.72 avg rating — 7,146 ratings
40.
Nettle & Bone
Nettle & Bone 4.09 avg rating — 125,268 ratings
41.
Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 52,051 ratings
42.
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 297,795 ratings
43.
The Kaiju Preservation Society
The Kaiju Preservation Society 3.98 avg rating — 67,210 ratings
44.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 3.57 avg rating — 37,720 ratings
45.
Metronome
Metronome 3.67 avg rating — 3,896 ratings
46.
The Coral Bones
The Coral Bones 4.10 avg rating — 279 ratings
47.
The Anomaly
The Anomaly 3.80 avg rating — 64,502 ratings
48.
Plutoshine
Plutoshine 3.83 avg rating — 486 ratings
49.
The Red Scholar's Wake
The Red Scholar's Wake 3.21 avg rating — 2,469 ratings
50.
Venomous Lumpsucker
Venomous Lumpsucker 3.81 avg rating — 6,102 ratings
51.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam 4.51 avg rating — 64,364 ratings
52.
The Book of Goose
The Book of Goose
by: Yiyun Li
3.69 avg rating — 19,268 ratings
53.
Trust
Trust 3.81 avg rating — 154,231 ratings
54.
The Immortal King Rao
The Immortal King Rao 3.66 avg rating — 4,092 ratings
55.
Trespasses
Trespasses 3.97 avg rating — 46,043 ratings
56.
The Whalebone Theatre
The Whalebone Theatre 4.04 avg rating — 36,008 ratings
57.
The Satsuma Complex
The Satsuma Complex 3.68 avg rating — 60,010 ratings
58.
The Rabbit Hutch
The Rabbit Hutch 3.51 avg rating — 36,285 ratings
59.
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry 4.28 avg rating — 1,676,132 ratings
60.
Honey & Spice
Honey & Spice 3.91 avg rating — 42,732 ratings
61.
Fire Rush
Fire Rush 3.77 avg rating — 2,975 ratings
62.
The Marriage Portrait
The Marriage Portrait 4.01 avg rating — 187,110 ratings
63.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead 4.47 avg rating — 704,989 ratings
64.
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution 4.16 avg rating — 398,215 ratings
65.
Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale 4.09 avg rating — 320,075 ratings
66.
Love Marriage
Love Marriage 3.89 avg rating — 18,861 ratings
67.
Stone Blind: Medusa's Story
Stone Blind: Medusa's Story 3.79 avg rating — 71,089 ratings
68.
Young Mungo
Young Mungo 4.38 avg rating — 80,468 ratings
69.
How to Kill Your Family
How to Kill Your Family 3.52 avg rating — 170,756 ratings
70.
Sunday’s Child (The Rockwood Chronicles, #4)
Sunday’s Child (The Rockwood Chronicles, #4) 4.55 avg rating — 1,167 ratings
71.
The Island of Missing Trees
The Island of Missing Trees 4.15 avg rating — 147,577 ratings
72.
The Keeper of Stories
The Keeper of Stories 4.05 avg rating — 53,821 ratings
73.
The Summer That Changed Us
The Summer That Changed Us 4.39 avg rating — 3,166 ratings
74.
Verity
Verity 4.30 avg rating — 3,543,709 ratings
75.
The Twyford Code
The Twyford Code 3.60 avg rating — 31,836 ratings
76.
Bamburgh (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #19)
Bamburgh (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #19)
by: L.J. Ross
4.46 avg rating — 18,753 ratings
77.
Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)
Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1) 3.29 avg rating — 16,685 ratings
78.
The Paris Apartment
The Paris Apartment 3.65 avg rating — 675,510 ratings
79.
Wrong Place Wrong Time
Wrong Place Wrong Time 3.97 avg rating — 429,389 ratings
80.
Pod
Pod 3.63 avg rating — 3,397 ratings
81.
Black Butterflies
Black Butterflies 4.23 avg rating — 11,430 ratings