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The Guardian's Best Books of 2023

Here is a list of the Guardian's best books of the year 2023. How many of these books have you read?
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Absolution (Alice Mcdermott)
Absolution
1
Alice Mcdermott
The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life (Theresa May)
The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life
2
Theresa May
After the Funeral and Other Stories (Tessa Hadley)
After the Funeral and Other Stories
3
Tessa Hadley
Age of Vice (Deepti Kapoor)
Age of Vice
4
Deepti Kapoor
All the Sinners Bleed (S. A. Crosby)
All the Sinners Bleed
5
S. A. Crosby
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried
6
Tiya Miles
Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson (Sally H. Jacobs)
Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson
7
Sally H. Jacobs
The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild (Mathias Énard)
The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild
8
Mathias Énard
Art Exposed (Julian Spalding)
Art Exposed
9
Julian Spalding
August Blue (Deborah Levy)
August Blue
10
Deborah Levy
Bad Diaspora Poems (Momtaza Mehri)
Bad Diaspora Poems
11
Momtaza Mehri
Balladz (Sharon Olds)
Balladz
12
Sharon Olds
The Bandit Queens (Parini Shroff)
The Bandit Queens
13
Parini Shroff
Bazball: The Inside Story of a Test Cricket Revolution (Lawrence Booth & Nick Hoult)
Bazball: The Inside Story of a Test Cricket Revolution
14
Lawrence Booth & Nick Hoult
Bear's Big Dreaming (Michael Rosen)
Bear's Big Dreaming
15
Michael Rosen
The Bee Sting (Paul Murray)
The Bee Sting
16
Paul Murray
Before the Light Fades: A Memoir of Grief & Resistance (Natasha Walter)
Before the Light Fades: A Memoir of Grief & Resistance
17
Natasha Walter
Begin Again (Oliver Jeffers)
Begin Again
18
Oliver Jeffers
The Best Minds (Jonathan Rosen)
The Best Minds
19
Jonathan Rosen
Beware the Woman (Megan Abbott)
Beware the Woman
20
Megan Abbott
Birnam Wood (Eleanor Catton)
Birnam Wood
21
Eleanor Catton
The Black British Quiz Book (Prtyhere)
The Black British Quiz Book
22
Prtyhere
Black Punk Now (James Spooner)
Black Punk Now
23
James Spooner
Black River (Nilanjana Roy)
Black River
24
Nilanjana Roy
Black Thorn (Sarah Hilary)
Black Thorn
25
Sarah Hilary
Blood of the Virgin (Sammy Harkham)
Blood of the Virgin
26
Sammy Harkham
Boy Parts (Eliza Clark)
Boy Parts
27
Eliza Clark
Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency (Sadiq Khan)
Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency
28
Sadiq Khan
Bright Fear (Mary Jean Chan)
Bright Fear
29
Mary Jean Chan
Brooklyn's Last Secret (Leslie Stein)
Brooklyn's Last Secret
30
Leslie Stein
Brown Girls (Daphne Palasi Andreades)
Brown Girls
31
Daphne Palasi Andreades
The Burnout (Sophie Kinsella)
The Burnout
32
Sophie Kinsella
Cahokia Jazz (Francis Spufford)
Cahokia Jazz
33
Francis Spufford
Cane, Corn & Gully (Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa)
Cane, Corn & Gully
34
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa
Caret (Adam Mars-Jones)
Caret
35
Adam Mars-Jones
Case Sensitive (A K Turner)
Case Sensitive
36
A K Turner
Catch Your Death (Ravena Guron)
Catch Your Death
37
Ravena Guron
The Christmas Appeal (Janice Hallett)
The Christmas Appeal
38
Janice Hallett
The Circumference of the World (Lavie Tidhar)
The Circumference of the World
39
Lavie Tidhar
Close to Home (Michael Magee)
Close to Home
40
Michael Magee
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