The 10 Best Books of 2023

by The Washington Post

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Fiction

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray, 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride, 2023

Loot

Tania James, 2023

The MANIAC

Benjamin Labatut, 2023

North Woods

Daniel Mason, 2023

Nonfiction

The Bathysphere Book

Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair, 2023

Judgment at Tokyo

World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

Gary J. Bass, 2023

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig, 2023

The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts

The True Story of The Bondwoman's Narrative

Gregg Hecimovich, 2023