It’s that time of year: After months of reading, arguing and (sometimes) happily agreeing, the Book Review’s editors have come up with their picks for the 10 Best Books of 2023. On this week’s podcast, Gilbert Cruz reveals the chosen titles — five fiction, five nonfiction — and talks with some of the editors who participated in the process.
Here are the books discussed on this week’s episode:
“The Bee Sting,” by Paul Murray
“Chain-Gang All-Stars,” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
“Eastbound,” by Maylis de Kerangal
“The Fraud,” by Zadie Smith
“North Woods,” by Daniel Mason
“The Best Minds,” by Jonathan Rosen
“Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs,” by Kerry Howley
“Fire Weather,” by John Vaillant
“Master Slave Husband Wife,” by Ilyon Woo
“Some People Need Killing,” by Patricia Evangelista
We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review’s podcast in general. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.
Soon, you’ll need a subscription to keep full access to this show, and to other New York Times podcasts, on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Don’t miss out on exploring all our shows covering politics, pop culture and much more. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts.
Among the Trolls
The Life of Thomas Edison
John Lithgow on His Satirical Poems
Thomas Chatterton Williams on ‘Unlearning Race’
Are Cheap Clothes Ruining the Planet?
Ben Lerner's New Novel and the Politics of Language
Samantha Power on What She's Learned
Two Times Reporters on ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’
Bringing Down Harvey Weinstein
Trump, TV and America
The Ruining of the American West
The Politicization of Academic Life
Jia Tolentino on Life With the Internet
Toni Morrison's Legacy
The Fight for the Supreme Court
Fiction About Unprecedented Situations
Colson Whitehead Talks About 'The Nickel Boys'
George F. Will on Conservatism’s Homelessness
Picking the Best Memoirs Since 1969
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Talks About Her First Novel
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Ander Louis Podcast
Strong Sense of Place
Scott Sigler Slices: DEATH IS BLACK
A Princess of Mars
Anne of Avonlea
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Podcast
Slate Books