
The best fiction books for 2023
The year’s publishing highlights, including new novels by Salman Rushdie, Diana Evans and Eleanor Catton.
ByDiscover the best contemporary literature with the New Statesman’s expert reviews. From debut novels to short stories and literary veterans, get inspired here.
The year’s publishing highlights, including new novels by Salman Rushdie, Diana Evans and Eleanor Catton.
ByHer new novel raises the question: is the genre code for a thriller that simply isn’t very thrilling?
ByRushdie’s new novel, completed before his attack, is a fable that displays his overweening faith in narrative.
ByAlso featuring Tomorrow Perhaps the Future by Sarah Watling and Away From Beloved Lover by Dee Peyok.
ByThe latest show to profit from our obsession with dystopia reveals the limits of the genre.
ByAlso featuring Pegasus by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud and Sensational by Ashley Ward.
ByThe Shards, the author’s first novel in 13 years, is an Eighties-set autofiction thriller that plays on our cultural addiction…
ByThis under-powered story of a morbid teenage friendship in rural France cannot avoid comparisons to the Neapolitan Quartet.
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