Thrilling! 7 NYTBR “10 Best of 2023” Our Publications
Courtesy of New York Times. Image: María Jesús Contreras.
And then were ten.
The New York Times Book Review presents its “10 Best Books of 2023.” 7 of them are ours, drawn from its 42 PRH “Notables” announced previously.
The “10 Best” list, online now, will be published in Book Review’s December 10 issue.
We are honored by our authors’ honors.
FICTION
“In This Satire, Televised Blood Baths Offer Prisoners a Path to Freedom. You can’t applaud Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s thrilling debut novel, “Chain-Gang All-Stars,” without getting blood on your hands.”
“Zadie Smith Makes 1860s London Feel Alive, and Recognizable. “The Fraud,” is based on a celebrated 19th-century criminal trial, but it keeps one eye focused clearly on today’s political populism.”
“The Story of a House and Its Occupants Over 3 Centuries. Daniel Mason’s novel “North Woods” is a survey of American history told in a hodgepodge of forms and genres.”
NONFICTION
“Superachiever, Schizophrenic, Killer: Tracing a Friend’s Decline. Jonathan Rosen pieces together how he and his brilliant classmate diverged after Westchester, Yale and enviable careers.”
“In “Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs,” Kerry Howley explores how the erosion of privacy has fueled conspiracy theories and the national security state.”
“In “Fire Weather,” the journalist John Vaillant makes the case that the catastrophic — and inevitable — 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire was a sign of things to come.”
“The new book by the Philippine journalist Patricia Evangelista recounts her investigation into the campaign of extrajudicial murders under former President Rodrigo Duterte.”
Caption quotes from the TBR.