The New Statesman’s 20 best books of 2023
Our choice of the year’s essential fiction and non-fiction.
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Our choice of the year’s essential fiction and non-fiction.
ByThere’s fantasy, folklore and friendship in the best new books for young readers.
ByWriters exploit and rebel against their parents – but can never escape them.
ByA collection of essays on gaming confirms the rich complexity of an art form that remains widely misunderstood.
ByFor readers and writers, novels require enormous effort. Why do we persist in seeking meaning in their pages?
ByThe history of the elegy reveals how the poetry of grief has the power to trouble, console and unite.
ByChildren are ravenously hungry for ideas. We writers have a duty to provide them.
ByIn creating wild and strange new worlds, the German film-maker reveals the truth of our own.
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