The best books of 2023

We are reflecting on a year of reading by tallying up the books that we just can’t stop thinking about. Two professional readers – Miwa Messer, host of Barnes & Noble’s book podcast Poured Over, and Andrew Limbong, host of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast – join us to share their best of the year lists. Here are the books mentioned in the episode. For pictures, links and more details, head to our website! Andrew’s picks:‘Landscapes’ by Christine Lai‘Poverty by America’ by Matthew Desmond‘Roaming’ by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki‘Ringmaster’ by Abraham Josephine RiesmanMiwa’s picks:‘Loot’ by Tania James‘Ordinary Notes’ by Christina Sharpe‘Open Throat’ by Henry Hoke‘Chain Gang All-Stars’ by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahGreta’s picks:‘The Vaster Wilds’ by Lauren Groff‘The Country of the Blind’ by Andrew Leland‘The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi’ by Shannon Chakraborty‘Same Bed Different Dreams’ by Ed ParkListener picks: ‘The Fragile Threads of Power’ by V.E. Schwab‘Shrines of Gaiety’ by Kate Atkinson‘Land of Milk and Honey’ by C Pam Zhang ‘In the Lives of Puppets’ by TJ Klune‘Monsters’ by Claire Dederer‘Black River Orchard’ by Chuck Wendig See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.