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The Spectator's Best Books of 2023

Here is a list of The Spectator's (UK) best books of the year 2023. How many of these have you read?
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All Souls (Saskia Hamilton)
All Souls
1
Saskia Hamilton
An Honourable Exit (Vuillard)
An Honourable Exit
2
Vuillard
Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther (Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones)
Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther
3
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
The Bee Sting (Paul Murray)
The Bee Sting
4
Paul Murray
Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities (Rakib Ehsan)
Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities
5
Rakib Ehsan
Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-90 (Katja Hoyer)
Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-90
6
Katja Hoyer
A Bird in Winter (Louise Doughty)
A Bird in Winter
7
Louise Doughty
Birnam Wood (Eleanor Catton)
Birnam Wood
8
Eleanor Catton
Brooklyn Crime Novel (Jonathan Lethem)
Brooklyn Crime Novel
9
Jonathan Lethem
Buying Silence (David Hooper)
Buying Silence
10
David Hooper
Courting India (Nandini Das)
Courting India
11
Nandini Das
Cursed Bread (Sophie MacKintosh)
Cursed Bread
12
Sophie MacKintosh
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama (Nathan Thrall)
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
13
Nathan Thrall
Death of a Lesser God (Vaseem Khan)
Death of a Lesser God
14
Vaseem Khan
Disobedient (Elizabeth Fremantle)
Disobedient
15
Elizabeth Fremantle
Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud (Ben McKenzie)
Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
16
Ben McKenzie
Edward J. Dent: A Life of Words and Music (Karen Arrandale)
Edward J. Dent: A Life of Words and Music
17
Karen Arrandale
Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time (Kapka Kassabova)
Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time
18
Kapka Kassabova
Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism (Philip J. Stern)
Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism
19
Philip J. Stern
Erotic Vagrancy: Everything About Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor (Roger Lewis)
Erotic Vagrancy: Everything About Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
20
Roger Lewis
Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports (James Harkin)
Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports
21
James Harkin
Father and Son (Jonathan Raban)
Father and Son
22
Jonathan Raban
Foreign Bodies Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations (Simon Schama)
Foreign Bodies Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
23
Simon Schama
The Forgers (Roger Moorhouse)
The Forgers
24
Roger Moorhouse
Forgotten Warriors (Srah Percy)
Forgotten Warriors
25
Srah Percy
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain (Julian Jackson)
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain
26
Julian Jackson
Frank Exchanges (Frank Whitbourn & David Wood)
Frank Exchanges
27
Frank Whitbourn & David Wood
The Fraud (Zadie Smith)
The Fraud
28
Zadie Smith
The Full English (Stuart Maconie)
The Full English
29
Stuart Maconie
The Future Future (Adam Thirlwell)
The Future Future
30
Adam Thirlwell
Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land (Jacob Mikanowski)
Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land
31
Jacob Mikanowski
The Guest (Emma Cline)
The Guest
32
Emma Cline
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival (Daniel Finkelstein)
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
33
Daniel Finkelstein
I Love Russia: Reporting From a Lost Country (Elena Kostyuchenko)
I Love Russia: Reporting From a Lost Country
34
Elena Kostyuchenko
Ian Fleming (Nicholas Shakespeare)
Ian Fleming
35
Nicholas Shakespeare
The Iliad (Homer/Emily Wilson)
The Iliad
36
Homer/Emily Wilson
In Ascension (Martin Macinnes)
In Ascension
37
Martin Macinnes
In Memoriam (Alice Winn)
In Memoriam
38
Alice Winn
Israelophobia (Jake Wallis Simons)
Israelophobia
39
Jake Wallis Simons
It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth (Remi Adekoya)
It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth
40
Remi Adekoya
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