Time Magazine: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2023

1.
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful 4.14 avg rating — 496,713 ratings
2.
I Do Everything I'm Told
I Do Everything I'm Told 4.09 avg rating — 1,115 ratings
3.
Yellowface
Yellowface 3.74 avg rating — 901,522 ratings
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From From: Poems
From From: Poems 4.13 avg rating — 351 ratings
5.
The Guest
The Guest 3.28 avg rating — 107,001 ratings
6.
Let Us Descend
Let Us Descend 3.69 avg rating — 36,009 ratings
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Kairos
Kairos 3.36 avg rating — 21,803 ratings
8.
Our Share of Night
Our Share of Night 4.26 avg rating — 53,985 ratings
9.
The Talk
The Talk 4.64 avg rating — 3,763 ratings
10.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder 4.17 avg rating — 185,078 ratings
11.
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 — 2,270 ratings
12.
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez 3.53 avg rating — 11,777 ratings
13.
Wandering Souls
Wandering Souls 4.13 avg rating — 16,360 ratings
14.
Y/N
Y/N
by: Esther Yi
2.92 avg rating — 8,181 ratings
15.
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
16.
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy 4.35 avg rating — 11,062 ratings
17.
A Living Remedy: A Memoir
A Living Remedy: A Memoir 3.99 avg rating — 5,898 ratings
18.
Above Ground
Above Ground 4.55 avg rating — 4,548 ratings
19.
Absolution
Absolution 3.76 avg rating — 27,266 ratings
20.
After Sappho
After Sappho 3.50 avg rating — 5,950 ratings
21.
After the Funeral and Other Stories
After the Funeral and Other Stories 3.81 avg rating — 2,162 ratings
22.
All Souls: Poems
All Souls: Poems 3.66 avg rating — 120 ratings
23.
All the Sinners Bleed
All the Sinners Bleed 4.21 avg rating — 98,549 ratings
24.
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 — 1,268 ratings
25.
August Blue
August Blue 3.65 avg rating — 11,996 ratings
26.
The Bee Sting
The Bee Sting 3.89 avg rating — 113,718 ratings
27.
Big Swiss
Big Swiss 3.68 avg rating — 128,926 ratings
28.
Biography of X
Biography of X 3.82 avg rating — 14,630 ratings
29.
Birnam Wood
Birnam Wood 3.80 avg rating — 50,421 ratings
30.
Blackouts
Blackouts 3.74 avg rating — 11,082 ratings
31.
Chrome Valley: Poems
Chrome Valley: Poems 4.18 avg rating — 239 ratings
32.
The Covenant of Water
The Covenant of Water 4.42 avg rating — 280,672 ratings
33.
Crook Manifesto
Crook Manifesto 3.86 avg rating — 19,445 ratings
34.
The Deadline
The Deadline 4.31 avg rating — 545 ratings
35.
Desertion
Desertion 3.90 avg rating — 2,138 ratings
36.
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World 4.20 avg rating — 31,317 ratings
37.
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation 3.78 avg rating — 3,694 ratings
38.
The End of Drum-Time
The End of Drum-Time 3.92 avg rating — 4,275 ratings
39.
Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates
Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates 4.34 avg rating — 694 ratings
40.
Family Lore
Family Lore 3.52 avg rating — 21,210 ratings
41.
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World 4.33 avg rating — 10,396 ratings
42.
The Future
The Future 3.85 avg rating — 21,754 ratings
43.
Ghost Music
Ghost Music
by: An Yu
3.49 avg rating — 5,294 ratings
44.
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness 4.15 avg rating — 11,318 ratings
45.
The Great Reclamation
The Great Reclamation 4.02 avg rating — 3,711 ratings
46.
The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race
The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race 4.07 avg rating — 542 ratings
47.
Greek Lessons
Greek Lessons
by: Han Kang
3.61 avg rating — 34,591 ratings
48.
The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
by: Pico Iyer
3.61 avg rating — 2,175 ratings
49.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 3.93 avg rating — 294,466 ratings
50.
The Hive and the Honey: Stories
The Hive and the Honey: Stories
by: Paul Yoon
3.71 avg rating — 1,196 ratings
51.
Holding Pattern
Holding Pattern
by: Jenny Xie
3.16 avg rating — 3,275 ratings
52.
Holler, Child: Stories
Holler, Child: Stories 4.13 avg rating — 897 ratings
53.
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind 3.71 avg rating — 1,730 ratings
54.
How to Say Babylon
How to Say Babylon 4.44 avg rating — 28,372 ratings
55.
I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance, and History
I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance, and History 3.85 avg rating — 113 ratings
56.
I Have Some Questions for You
I Have Some Questions for You 3.59 avg rating — 134,224 ratings
57.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,748 ratings
58.
I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country
I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country 4.40 avg rating — 2,327 ratings
59.
King: A Life
King: A Life 4.65 avg rating — 11,034 ratings
60.
Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go
Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go
by: Cleo Qian
3.92 avg rating — 392 ratings
61.
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice 4.32 avg rating — 18,755 ratings
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Lone Women
Lone Women 3.70 avg rating — 34,432 ratings
63.
The Male Gazed
The Male Gazed 3.48 avg rating — 742 ratings
64.
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 — 17,470 ratings
65.
Mobility
Mobility 3.68 avg rating — 2,201 ratings
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Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
by: Ava Chin
3.99 avg rating — 1,207 ratings
67.
My Name Is Barbra
My Name Is Barbra 4.18 avg rating — 20,008 ratings
68.
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary 4.36 avg rating — 2,240 ratings
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North Woods
North Woods 4.11 avg rating — 93,112 ratings
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Nothing Special
Nothing Special 3.02 avg rating — 2,737 ratings
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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
72.
Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir
Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir 3.62 avg rating — 2,027 ratings
73.
Pageboy
Pageboy 3.73 avg rating — 72,717 ratings
74.
Pineapple Street
Pineapple Street 3.55 avg rating — 203,227 ratings
75.
The Postcard
The Postcard 4.35 avg rating — 35,744 ratings
76.
Poverty, by America
Poverty, by America 4.27 avg rating — 56,678 ratings
77.
The Rachel Incident
The Rachel Incident 4.07 avg rating — 122,603 ratings
78.
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution 3.85 avg rating — 1,657 ratings
79.
Ripe
Ripe 3.60 avg rating — 29,504 ratings
80.
River Sing Me Home
River Sing Me Home 3.98 avg rating — 30,317 ratings
81.
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 — 8,614 ratings
82.
Spare
Spare 3.84 avg rating — 415,608 ratings
83.
Temple Folk
Temple Folk 3.71 avg rating — 1,543 ratings
84.
Terrace Story
Terrace Story 3.55 avg rating — 5,382 ratings
85.
Thin Skin: Essays
Thin Skin: Essays 3.97 avg rating — 692 ratings
86.
This Other Eden
This Other Eden 3.77 avg rating — 20,245 ratings
87.
The Three of Us
The Three of Us 2.91 avg rating — 7,495 ratings
88.
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death 4.17 avg rating — 1,926 ratings
89.
To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul
To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul 4.02 avg rating — 393 ratings
90.
Tom Lake
Tom Lake 3.94 avg rating — 453,935 ratings
91.
Tremor
Tremor
by: Teju Cole
3.66 avg rating — 2,427 ratings
92.
The Vaster Wilds
The Vaster Wilds 3.76 avg rating — 40,762 ratings
93.
The Vegan
The Vegan 3.18 avg rating — 943 ratings
94.
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine 2.84 avg rating — 1,996 ratings
95.
Victory City
Victory City 3.76 avg rating — 13,934 ratings
96.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library 4.05 avg rating — 99,200 ratings
97.
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era 4.34 avg rating — 5,900 ratings
98.
The Wren, the Wren
The Wren, the Wren 3.52 avg rating — 13,697 ratings
99.
You Could Make This Place Beautiful
You Could Make This Place Beautiful 4.04 avg rating — 35,305 ratings
100.
The Young Man
The Young Man 3.58 avg rating — 15,358 ratings