The Best Books of 2023, According to Amazon

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Today Amazon released its list of the best books of the year. The list has 100 books that have been hand-selected by Amazon’s team of editors, who have combed through over a thousand books. The books are divided into 12 categories that include biographies and memoirs, nonfiction, cookbooks, history, romance, science fiction and fantasy, YA, children’s books, and more.

cover of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The list includes some books by writing veterans, some bestsellers — like the mega hit The Fourth Wing — as well as some debuts from lesser known authors. The best book of all of the them, though, is James McBride’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. Sarah Gelmen, Amazon Books’ editorial director said, “…it was James McBride’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store that our team unanimously fell in love with, wanting to spend time with the residents of Pottstown, Pennsylvania’s Chicken Hill neighborhood long after the last page was turned. Centered on a mysterious murder, it is, at its heart, a story of how powerful communities can be and what it means to be American, and it’s also a hopeful (and sometimes hilarious) reminder of our own capacity for kindness and compassion.”