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 unsettled

Book cover for "The unsettled"
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Author:
Mathis, Ayana
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"From the moment Ava Carson and her ten-year-old son, Toussaint, arrive at the Glenn Avenue Family Shelter in Philadelphia, Ava is already plotting a way out. She is repulsed by the shelter's squalid conditions: the filthy bathrooms, the barely edible food, and the shifty night security guard. She is determined to rescue her son from the perils and indignities of that place, and to save herself from the complicated past that led them there."--cover....