NPR’s Best Books of 2023


This list is not only a well-designed bit of internet, but it’s got a lot of breadth and depth. I usually find a handful of books that went under my radar. It’s generally my favourite list because it’s sortable and interactive.

I was surprised to see that I’ve read 15 of the books on this list already:

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo

The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul Tremblay

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World by John Vaillant

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

Mobility by Lydia Kiesling

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir by Beth Nguyen

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

I’ve linked the ones I really enjoyed to my reviews on this site.

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Update: Easter egg, while I was digging around the code for a specific image, I spotted this: