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The Economist - Best Books of 2023

Dive into a curated collection of 2023's most compelling reads, handpicked by The Economist's editors. For the full list and insights from The Economist, you can visit the original webpage here:
https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/12/01/the-best-books-of-2023-as-chosen-by-the-economist

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

2023 • 28 Readers 4.1

A Thread of Violence

A Thread of Violence
ByMark O'Connell

2023 • 6 Readers • 277 pages 3.5

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Best Things First
ByBjorn Lomborg

2023

Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

2022 • 4 Readers

Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

2023 • 14 Readers • 153 pages 4.7

Emperor of Rome

Emperor of Rome
ByMary Beard

2023 • 32 Readers • 431 pages 3.8

Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age

2023 • 2 Readers • 241 pages

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High Caucasus
ByTom Parfitt

2023

Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming
ByNicholas Shakespeare

2023 • 1 Reader • 886 pages 5

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In Her Nature
ByRachel Hewitt

2023

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Into the Amazon
ByLarry Rohter

2023 • 2 Readers

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J. L. Austin
ByM. W. Rowe

2023 • 2 Readers • 681 pages

Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

2023 • 14 Readers • 913 pages

Kairos

Kairos
ByJenny Erpenbeck

2021 • 54 Readers • 336 pages 3.4

King: A Life

King: A Life
ByJonathan Eig

2023 • 57 Readers 4.5

Magisteria

Magisteria
ByNick Spencer

2023 • 2 Readers • 480 pages

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

2023 • 25 Readers • 513 pages 4.3

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Milton Friedman
ByJennifer Burns

2023 • 1 Reader

Monet

Monet
ByJackie Wullschlager

North Woods

North Woods
ByDaniel Mason

2023 • 171 Readers • 385 pages 4.3

On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe

2023 • 13 Readers • 352 pages 4.5

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

2023 • 244 Readers • 17h 7m 4.3

Pandora’s Box

Pandora’s Box
ByPeter Biskind

2023 • 2 Readers • 279 pages 4

Prophet Song

Prophet Song
ByPaul Lynch

2023 • 216 Readers • 279 pages 4.4

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Revolutionary Spring
ByChristopher Clark

2023 • 4 Readers • 897 pages

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Sailing Alone
ByRichard J. King

2024 • 1 Reader

Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building

2023 • 25 Readers • 480 pages 4

Soldier Sailor

Soldier Sailor
ByClaire Kilroy

2023 • 25 Readers • 214 pages 4.4

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Some People Need Killing
ByPatricia Evangelista

2023 • 4 Readers • 449 pages 5

Sparks

Sparks
ByIan Johnson

2023 • 4 Readers • 404 pages 5

Still Pictures

Still Pictures
ByJanet Malcolm

2023 • 174 pages

The Bee Sting

The Bee Sting
ByPaul Murray

2022 • 280 Readers • 736 pages 4.4

The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

2023 • 14 Readers • 529 pages 4

The Coming Wave

The Coming Wave
ByMustafa Suleyman

2023 • 38 Readers • 353 pages 3.8

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2023 • 1 Reader • 584 pages

The Fraud

The Fraud
ByZadie Smith

2023 • 88 Readers • 483 pages 3.4

The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results

2023 • 11 Readers • 329 pages 3

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

2023 • 27 Readers • 400 pages 4

The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

2023 • 9 Readers • 417 pages 4.5

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

26 Readers • 508 pages 4.1

The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

2023 • 6 Readers • 640 pages 4

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

2023 • 545 Readers • 9 pages 4.1

Time to Think

Time to Think
ByHannah Barnes

2023 • 2 Readers • 576 pages

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

2023 • 89 Readers • 384 pages 4.5

Unscripted

Unscripted
ByJames B Stewart,Rachel Abrams

2023 • 30 Readers • 425 pages 3.9

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2023 • 7 Readers • 273 pages

Western Lane

Western Lane
ByChetna Maroo

2023 • 40 Readers • 109 pages 3.5

Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

2023 • 11 Readers • 465 pages 2