Each spring, the New York Times (NYT) book staff begins their task of compiling the most exceptional books they have read throughout the present year. According to the book staff’s article detailing this momentous task, “Things can get heated. We spar, we persuade and (above all) we agonize until the very end, when we vote and arrive at 10 books — five fiction and five nonfiction.”Here are the New York Times Best Books of 2023:1) “The Bee Sting” by Paul Murray is a tale about an Irish family grappling with crisis. “This is a book that showcases one family’s incredible love and resilience even as their world crumbles around them,” the NYT book staff noted. “This powerful book,” according to the NYT staff, “mostly covers the years between 2016 and 2022, when Rodrigo Duterte was president of the Philippines and pursued a murderous campaign of extrajudicial killings.”Overall, the New York Times Best Books of 2023 showcases some of the best literary works of the past year.

Source: New York Times January 24, 2024 20:53 UTC