Eric Karl Anderson | Best Books of 2023 (according to The Times) @EricKarlAnderson | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
I noticed in The Times that they've selected their best books of the year so I have a look through their choices for fiction from 2023. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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Books discussed & purchase links:

Soldier Sailor – Claire Kilroy
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571381142

The Bee Sting – Paul Murray
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241353950

Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783784257

Ordinary Human Failings – Megan Nolan
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787332508

Absolutely & Forever – Rose Tremain
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784745202

The New Life – Tom Crewe
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784744694

The Wren, The Wren – Anne Enright
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334601

Yellowface – RF Kuang
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008532772

Kairos – Jenny Erpenbeck
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783786121

Caret – Adam Mars-Jones
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571280063

The Hero of This Book – Elizabeth McCracken
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334281

Old God's Time – Sebastian Barry
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571332779

Enter Ghost – Isabella Hammad
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334069

The Wide World – Pierre Lemaitre (translated by Frank Wynne)
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781472292124

Victory City – Salman Rushdie
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787333444

The Fraud – Zadie Smith
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241336991

The Happy Couple – Naoise Dolan
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781474613491

In Ascension – Martin MacInnes
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781838956240

Cuddy – Benjamin Myers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526631503


My full reviews of some of these books:

The Bee Sting – Paul Murray
youtube.com/watch?v=Rqf2XM3P9Sc

Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton
youtube.com/watch?v=icU7pjJcUb0

The New Life – Tom Crewe
youtube.com/watch?v=q7D5ZHffUb4

The Fraud – Zadie Smith
lonesomereader.com/blog/2023/7/29/the-fraud-by-zadie-smith

In Ascension – Martin MacInnes
youtube.com/watch?v=3pkRjJ54iXk


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:58 Soldier Sailor
2:13 The Bee Sting
3:01 Birnam Wood
3:56 Ordinary Human Failings
4:42 Absolutely and Forever
5:22 The New Life
7:00 The Wren The Wren
7:59 Yellowface
8:56 Kairos
9:25 Caret
10:22 The Hero of This Book
11:07 Old God's Time
12:13 Enter Ghost
13:00 The Wide World
13:36 Victory City
14:35 The Fraud
15:49 The Happy Couple
16:34 In Ascension
18:01 Cuddy
19:15 Conclusion

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