Best Books of 2013 Year-End Honors by Book Best Books of 2013 Honors by Book - Fiction Ranking (updated feb 5 2014) 01/31/2014: ALA Notable Books for Fiction 2014 01/13/2014: 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists for Fiction 12/04/2013: TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books of 2013 12/04/2013: New York Times 10 Best Books of 2013 Fiction 11/27/2013: New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 11/20/2013: The Good Lord Bird wins the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction 11/07/2013: Amazon Top 10 Literature & Fiction of 2013 | Best Books of 2013 11/02/2013: Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013 10/16/2013: 2013 National Book Award Finalists for Fiction 10/15/2013: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton wins the 2013 Man Booker Prize 09/10/2013: 2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Top 10 Fiction Life After Life by Kate Atkinson April 2, 2013 1783 reviews (544p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #3 Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #4 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Library Journal Best Books 2013: More of the Best (19) TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #1 Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2013: Fiction (10) Economist Books of the Year: Fiction (8) ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt October 22, 2013 3744 reviews (784p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #1 Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #1 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Economist Books of the Year: Fiction (8) ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Tenth of December by George Saunders January 8, 2013 647 reviews (272p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #4 Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #7 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 National Book Award Finalist TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #2 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra May 7, 2013 329 reviews (400p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #49 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Top 10 #8 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Library Journal Best Books 2013: The Top Ten Washington Post Best Books of 2013 (10) ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri September 24, 2013 602 reviews (352p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #7 Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #13 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 National Book Award Finalist Man Booker Prize Finalist TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #4 Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2013: Fiction (10) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Son by Philipp Meyer May 28, 2013 832 reviews (576p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #5 Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #8 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Library Journal Best Books 2013: More of the Best (19) Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2013: Fiction (10) Washington Post Best Books of 2013 (10) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Good Lord Bird by James McBride August 20, 2013 268 reviews (432p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #44 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Top 10 #10 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 National Book Award Winner Washington Post Best Books of 2013 (10) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner April 2, 2013 155 reviews (400p) Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 National Book Award Finalist TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #3 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert October 1, 2013 885 reviews (512p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #27 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #5 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer April 9, 2013 922 reviews (480p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #6 Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #12 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #8 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Under the Radar Schroder by Amity Gaige February 5, 2013 151 reviews (272p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #76 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Submergence by J. 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Ledgard August 22, 2013 36 reviews (208p) Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Library Journal Best Books 2013: More of the Best (19) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis September 3, 2013 74 reviews (640p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #10 Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #16 Library Journal Best Books 2013: The Top Ten Booklist Top of the List Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo May 21, 2013 146 reviews (304p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #93 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Man Booker Prize Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Local Souls by Allan Gurganus September 23, 2013 30 reviews (352p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #54 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Other Notable Fiction Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell February 12, 2013 96 reviews (256p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #40 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid March 5, 2013 164 reviews (240p) Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki March 12, 2013 303 reviews (432p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #43 Man Booker Prize Finalist National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout March 26, 2013 1096 reviews (336p) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page All That Is by James Salter April 2, 2013 199 reviews (304p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #37 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud April 30, 2013 462 reviews (272p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #21 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Washington Post Best Books of 2013 (10) ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Southern Cross the Dog by Bill Cheng May 7, 2013 44 reviews (336p) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie May 14, 2013 454 reviews (496p) New York Times 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler May 30, 2013 296 reviews (320p) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Library Journal Best Books 2013: More of the Best (19) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page TransAtlantic by Colum McCann June 4, 2013 377 reviews (320p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #63 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez August 1, 2013 163 reviews (288p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #8 Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #14 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon August 6, 2013 50 reviews (208p) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara August 13, 2013 90 reviews (384p) Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Top 10 #5 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Night Film by Marisha Pessl August 20, 2013 605 reviews (624p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #72 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat August 27, 2013 100 reviews (256p) Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Library Journal Best Books 2013: The Top Ten ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood September 3, 2013 277 reviews (416p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #65 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Enon by Paul Harding September 10, 2013 76 reviews (256p) ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Dissident Gardens by Jonathan Lethem September 10, 2013 100 reviews (384p) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Someone by Alice McDermott September 10, 2013 237 reviews (240p) Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon September 17, 2013 150 reviews (496p) Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Fiction (16) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Library Journal Best Books 2013: The Top Ten National Book Award Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Doctor Sleep by Stephen King September 24, 2013 4938 reviews (544p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #66 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Dirty Love by Andre Dubus III October 7, 2013 55 reviews (304p) New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Circle by Dave Eggers October 8, 2013 775 reviews (504p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #32 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton October 15, 2013 522 reviews (848p) Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 100 Editors' Picks #24 New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 Man Booker Prize Winner Economist Books of the Year: Fiction (8) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips October 15, 2013 76 reviews (464p) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Sea of Hooks by Lindsay Hill November 1, 2013 6 reviews (349p) Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2013: Top 10 #1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Don't understand the data above? 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