A literary look back at 2023

A new year is right around the corner, which means taking stock of the year that was, for many of us.

And the literary world is no exception.

Here are looks back at 2023 from various bookish blogs and websites.

• Literary Hub and Electric Literature both compiled their most popular stories.

• Lit Hub staffers also picked their favorite stories published on the site and counted down the biggest bookish stories of the year in three segments: 50 to 31, 30 to 11, and 10 to 1.

• Book Riot examined the year's highs and lows of book bans and challenges.

• And finally, Lit Hub pulled together one big list of major literary award winners throughout the year.