Oprah Daily: Best Novels of 2023

This was a spectacular year for fiction. Some of our most beloved authors returned with books that reminded us why we fell in love with them in the first place (good to see you again, Melissa Broder and Alice McDermott!) while other books introduced us to voices we didn’t know we longed for until we encountered them on the page. Get ready for a range of styles, from propulsive mysteries to family dramas to historical reckonings to sci-fi spectaculars. All of them capture characters in their full (and sometimes hilarious) humanity and offer insights that will stick with you long after you’ve finished the last chapter. Let us know on Oprah Daily and Oprah’s Book Club socials which lines stuck with you, which stories broke your heart or made you laugh out loud, and which books made you want to go back to the beginning and start all over again.