new yorker’s best books of 2023

1. "The Mirror & The Light" by Hilary Mantel
2. "The City We Became" by N.K. Jemisin
3. "The Glass Hotel" by Emily St. John Mandel
4. "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett
5. "Apeirogon" by Colum McCann
6. "Deacon King Kong" by James McBride
7. "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi
8. "Homeland Elegies" by Ayad Akhtar
9. "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson
10. "The Cold Millions" by Jess Walter.