PW Best Books of 2023

Announcing the Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2023! 

TOP 10

BIOGRAPHY OF X by Catherine Lacey

FLEE NORTH: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland by Scott Shane

ORDINARY NOTES by Christina Sharpe

THE TALK by Darrin Bell

FICTION

AUGUST BLUE by Deborah Levy

BEYOND THE DOOR OF NO RETURN by David Diop and Sam Taylor

COMPANY by Shannon Sanders

MYSTERY/THRILLER

ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S.A. Cosby

THE EDEN TEST by Adam Sternbergh

POETRY

ALL SOULS by Saskia Hamilton

FROM FROM: Poems by Monica Youn

ROMANCE

EVERY DUKE HAS HIS DAY by Suzanne Enoch

I AM AYAH: The Way Home by Donna Hill

SF/FANTASY/HORROR

SOME DESPERATE GLORY by Emily Tesh

THE WATER OUTLAWS by S.L. Huang

COMICS

ROAMING by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

NONFICTION

KING: A Life by Jonathan Eig

WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

RELIGION

ZERO AT THE BONE: Fifty Entries Against Despair by Christian Winman

YOUNG ADULT

BLOOD DEBTS by Terry J. Benton-Walker