Kirkus Review's Best Fiction Books of 2013

1.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,379 ratings
2.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,977 ratings
3.
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 613,901 ratings
4.
Joyland
Joyland 3.93 avg rating — 173,507 ratings
5.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,477 ratings
6.
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 584,651 ratings
7.
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 129,516 ratings
8.
The Dinner
The Dinner 3.21 avg rating — 172,461 ratings
9.
The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating — 95,698 ratings
10.
Light of the World (Dave Robicheaux, #20)
Light of the World (Dave Robicheaux, #20) 4.07 avg rating — 7,433 ratings
11.
Never Go Back (Jack Reacher, #18)
Never Go Back (Jack Reacher, #18)
by: Lee Child
4.09 avg rating — 83,303 ratings
12.
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells 3.87 avg rating — 4,265 ratings
13.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating — 37,224 ratings
14.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,683 ratings
15.
Night Film
Night Film 3.78 avg rating — 94,535 ratings
16.
Lookaway, Lookaway
Lookaway, Lookaway 3.17 avg rating — 3,297 ratings
17.
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy 3.49 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
18.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating — 84,460 ratings
19.
Harvest
Harvest
by: Jim Crace
3.58 avg rating — 9,363 ratings
20.
Blood & Beauty (The Borgias #1)
Blood & Beauty (The Borgias #1) 3.70 avg rating — 11,524 ratings
21.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating — 55,466 ratings
22.
The Son
The Son 4.03 avg rating — 37,217 ratings
23.
Visitation Street
Visitation Street 3.43 avg rating — 8,246 ratings
24.
The Land Across
The Land Across 3.44 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
25.
Archangel
Archangel 3.76 avg rating — 754 ratings
25.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,038 ratings
27.
The Light in the Ruins
The Light in the Ruins 3.68 avg rating — 29,902 ratings
28.
Longbourn
Longbourn
by: Jo Baker
3.67 avg rating — 61,406 ratings
29.
A Commonplace Killing
A Commonplace Killing 3.36 avg rating — 1,135 ratings
30.
Dirty Love
Dirty Love 3.53 avg rating — 3,839 ratings
31.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia 3.82 avg rating — 23,502 ratings
32.
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels, #2)
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 33,954 ratings
33.
TransAtlantic
TransAtlantic 3.83 avg rating — 26,896 ratings
33.
Life After Life
Life After Life 3.33 avg rating — 4,790 ratings
35.
Someone
Someone 3.78 avg rating — 19,775 ratings
36.
The Flamethrowers
The Flamethrowers 3.51 avg rating — 23,700 ratings
37.
The Returned
The Returned 3.31 avg rating — 15,898 ratings
38.
Bleeding Edge
Bleeding Edge 3.61 avg rating — 13,748 ratings
39.
The Woman Upstairs
The Woman Upstairs 3.31 avg rating — 33,469 ratings
40.
Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories
Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories
by: Ron Rash
4.03 avg rating — 2,785 ratings
41.
Silken Prey (Lucas Davenport, #23)
Silken Prey (Lucas Davenport, #23) 4.23 avg rating — 23,854 ratings
42.
The Accursed
The Accursed 3.24 avg rating — 6,256 ratings
43.
Fools: Stories
Fools: Stories 3.73 avg rating — 935 ratings
44.
Quiet Dell
Quiet Dell 3.33 avg rating — 2,678 ratings
45.
Something More Than Night
Something More Than Night 3.57 avg rating — 1,816 ratings
46.
The Daylight Gate
The Daylight Gate 3.41 avg rating — 6,682 ratings
47.
Asunder
Asunder 3.43 avg rating — 763 ratings
48.
The House of Rumour
The House of Rumour 3.42 avg rating — 710 ratings
49.
The Blind Man's Garden
The Blind Man's Garden 3.77 avg rating — 1,970 ratings
50.
Traveling Sprinkler (The Paul Chowder Chronicles #2)
Traveling Sprinkler (The Paul Chowder Chronicles #2) 3.70 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
51.
Lexicon
Lexicon
by: Max Barry
3.91 avg rating — 39,633 ratings
52.
Written in Red (The Others, #1)
Written in Red (The Others, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 63,875 ratings
53.
The Night of the Comet
The Night of the Comet 3.65 avg rating — 415 ratings
54.
Box Office Poison (Linnet Ellery, #2)
Box Office Poison (Linnet Ellery, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 736 ratings
55.
Breaking Point (Joe Pickett, #13)
Breaking Point (Joe Pickett, #13)
by: C.J. Box
4.38 avg rating — 20,561 ratings
56.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,066 ratings
57.
Ten Things I've Learnt About Love
Ten Things I've Learnt About Love 3.29 avg rating — 2,011 ratings
58.
No One Could Have Guessed the Weather
No One Could Have Guessed the Weather 2.73 avg rating — 906 ratings
59.
The Crocodile
The Crocodile 3.99 avg rating — 2,495 ratings
60.
The October List
The October List 3.48 avg rating — 9,871 ratings
61.
A Thousand Pardons
A Thousand Pardons 3.24 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
62.
Ghosts of Bungo Suido (World War II Navy, #2)
Ghosts of Bungo Suido (World War II Navy, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 1,156 ratings
63.
Deep Space (Star Carrier, #4)
Deep Space (Star Carrier, #4) 3.98 avg rating — 2,335 ratings
64.
Pacific
Pacific
by: Tom Drury
3.72 avg rating — 744 ratings
65.
Midnight
Midnight 3.24 avg rating — 104 ratings
66.
Havisham
Havisham 3.10 avg rating — 1,506 ratings
67.
Schroder
Schroder 3.45 avg rating — 4,843 ratings
68.
The Shadow Tracer
The Shadow Tracer 3.84 avg rating — 2,145 ratings
69.
The End of the Point
The End of the Point 3.21 avg rating — 2,231 ratings
70.
A Duke Never Yields (Affairs by Moonlight, #3)
A Duke Never Yields (Affairs by Moonlight, #3) 3.51 avg rating — 703 ratings
71.
Transcendental (Transcendental Trilogy, #1)
Transcendental (Transcendental Trilogy, #1) 3.33 avg rating — 752 ratings
72.
The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure
The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure 3.37 avg rating — 4,446 ratings
73.
Enon
Enon 3.40 avg rating — 3,135 ratings
74.
The Best Man (Blue Heron, #1)
The Best Man (Blue Heron, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 31,103 ratings
75.
Hidden Heritage: A Lottie Albright Mystery (Lottie Albright Mystery #3)
Hidden Heritage: A Lottie Albright Mystery (Lottie Albright Mystery #3) 3.53 avg rating — 74 ratings
76.
Good People
Good People 3.34 avg rating — 397 ratings
77.
Spirit of Steamboat (Walt Longmire, #9.1)
Spirit of Steamboat (Walt Longmire, #9.1) 4.28 avg rating — 9,823 ratings
78.
Nine Days
Nine Days 3.72 avg rating — 2,513 ratings
79.
Nightrise (Philip Dryden, #6)
Nightrise (Philip Dryden, #6)
by: Jim Kelly
3.84 avg rating — 255 ratings
80.
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 286,768 ratings
81.
Dream Eyes (Dark Legacy, #2)
Dream Eyes (Dark Legacy, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 6,944 ratings
82.
Angel Baby
Angel Baby 3.69 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
83.
The Salinger Contract
The Salinger Contract 3.54 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
84.
The Infatuations
The Infatuations 3.56 avg rating — 13,896 ratings
85.
The Night Guest
The Night Guest 3.45 avg rating — 6,082 ratings
86.
As She Left It
As She Left It 3.57 avg rating — 1,444 ratings
87.
Want Not
Want Not 3.68 avg rating — 2,990 ratings
88.
The Extinction Club
The Extinction Club 3.54 avg rating — 418 ratings
89.
The Collector of Lost Things
The Collector of Lost Things 3.46 avg rating — 713 ratings
90.
The Other Typist
The Other Typist 3.55 avg rating — 19,303 ratings
91.
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul 3.54 avg rating — 2,015 ratings
92.
A Fatal Likeness (Charles Maddox, #3)
A Fatal Likeness (Charles Maddox, #3) 3.35 avg rating — 869 ratings
93.
Bear is Broken (Leo Maxwell #1)
Bear is Broken (Leo Maxwell #1) 3.22 avg rating — 747 ratings
94.
Tatiana (Arkady Renko, #8)
Tatiana (Arkady Renko, #8) 3.78 avg rating — 5,592 ratings
95.
Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2)
Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 5,820 ratings
96.
The Luckiest Lady in London
The Luckiest Lady in London 3.85 avg rating — 12,223 ratings
97.
Blood Oranges (Siobhan Quinn, #1)
Blood Oranges (Siobhan Quinn, #1) 3.23 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
98.
The Center of the World: A Novel of J. M. W. Turner and His Lost Painting
The Center of the World: A Novel of J. M. W. Turner and His Lost Painting 3.57 avg rating — 221 ratings
99.
The Assembler of Parts
The Assembler of Parts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 994 ratings
100.
The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles, #1)
The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 16,845 ratings