# The New York Times' 10 best books of 2023

The ten books the New York Times Book Review picked as the best of 2023: five fiction and five non-fiction.

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- Jan 28, 2024 · riff_old
- https://even.best/en/l/1631/the-new-york-times-10-best-books-of-2023

## Top 10

1. **The Bee Sting — Paul Murray** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fiction.
2. **Chain-Gang All-Stars — Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fiction.
3. **Eastbound — Maylis de Kerangal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fiction.
4. **The Fraud — Zadie Smith** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fiction.
5. **North Woods — Daniel Mason** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fiction.
6. **The Best Minds — Jonathan Rosen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Non-fiction.
7. **Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs — Kerry Howley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Non-fiction.
8. **Fire Weather — John Vaillant** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Non-fiction.
9. **Master Slave Husband Wife — Ilyon Woo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Non-fiction.
10. **Some People Need Killing — Patricia Evangelista** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Non-fiction.

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