The best books of 2023 so far

There's no shortage of best-books-of-2023-so-far lists out there, and unlike with the end of the year, no one pulls together a list to rule them all (at least that I've found).

And while some sites do a ranking, others simply share a collection of the best, or break them down by genre or category.

So choose whichever one suits you best and see whether your tastes line up with these publications' ...

• Amazon's 20 best books of 2023 so far (ranked)

• Barnes & Noble's best books of 2023 so far (sorted by prompts)

• The New York Times Book Review's best books so far (updated monthly, sorted by prompts)

• TIME's best books of 2023 so far (mixture)

• Vulture's best books of 2023 so far (organized by US publication date)

And in case you missed it ... feel free to tell us the best book you've read so far this year, on our Facebook post — no need for it to be a 2023 publication, though!