Year archive

Best books of 2013

Books selected by independent literary juries and editorial teams in 2013, gathered into one transparent, source-linked reading list. The chronology uses the award year for prizes and list year for editorial recommendations.

Selections
220
Authors
219
Lists & prizes
15

Showing 145–192 of 220

2013Young readers

The Apprentices

Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr

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2013Fiction & literature

The Best Man

Kristan Higgins

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2013Mystery & crime

The Circle

Dave Eggers

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2013Mystery & crime

The Infatuations

Javier Marias, translated by Margaret Jull Costa

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2013Fiction & literature

The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri

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