NYT's 100 Notable Books of 2023

Each year, NYT staff pore over thousands of new books, seeking out the best novels, memoirs, biographies, poetry collections, stories and more. Here are the 2023 standouts, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
 

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1. The Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder

Book cover for "The Wager"
Star rating for The Wager
Author:
Grann, David
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook, Playaway
Description:
"On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all...