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