As 2023 winds down, now is the time we look at the best books of the year. And Barnes & Noble has already released the best books of 2023. Keep reading to find out which books made their list!
Making the best books of the year list in October might be too early for some people. But Barnes & Noble would say otherwise. For the most part, I would say that they are onto something. Few publications like to release books in November or December.
And if another good book is released during this time, you can always update their list. Barnes & Noble wants to beat everyone and they have. So how does their list hold up?
I like their picks and have little complaints. While I would have liked to see some of my favorite novels on this list, I know how jam-packed this year was. As a book lover, I am all for a lot of great books being released. It will take a few years to get through many of the books released this year. You can see the full list below!
Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of 2023
Fiction
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
- Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
- Hello Beautiful (Oprah’s Book Club) by Ann Napolitano
- Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
- Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
- The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland
- The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
- I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
- Chain Gang All Stars: A Novel by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Mystery
- Zero Days by Ruth Ware
- The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
- After That Night (Will Trent Series #11) by Karin Slaughter
- The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
- The Raging Storm (Detective Matthew Venn Novel #3) by Ann Cleeves
- The Only One Left: A Novel by Riley Sager
- Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
- All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel by S. A. Cosby
- You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
- Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
Sci-Fi
- Starter Villain by John Scalzi
- Light Bringer (Red Rising Series) by Pierce Brown
- Fractal Noise: A Fractalverse Novel by Christopher Paolini
- Star Bringer by Tracy Wolff, Nina Croft
- From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars) by Olivie Blake, Saladin Ahmed, Charlie Jane Anders, Fran Wilde, Mary Kenney
- Translation State by Ann Leckie
- The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
- On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane
- Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
- The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
Romance
- The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy
- Wildfire by Hannah Grace
- Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score
- Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- A Soul of Ash and Blood: A Blood and Ash Novel by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
- The Long Game by Elena Armas
- Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
- The Wall of Winnipeg and Me: A Novel by Mariana Zapata