If you were to judge a year solely by its books, you'd have to say 2023 was outstanding; but, in a different sense, book banning efforts have also been outstanding this year. This year's 10 best books list is an affirmation of the pleasures of reading widely and freely:
Nonfiction
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Fiction
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home: A Novel by Lorrie Moore
Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Absolution by Alice McDermott
Blackouts by Justin Torres
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