Best Fictional Families of 2023

by Ramona Ausubel

An amazing amount of humor, pizazz, wisdom, and wonder packed into a story that is essentially about processing grief. Full review >

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by Chris Bachelder & Jennifer Habel

A remarkable, unusually rewarding work. Full review >

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by Michael Cunningham

This subtle, sensitively written family story proves poignant and quietly powerful. Full review >

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by Anne Enright

Tender and truthful as ever, Enright offers a beguiling journey to selfhood. Full review >

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by Angie Kim

The claim that a book will change your life often seems like exaggeration. Here the potential is real. Full review >

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by Ayana Mathis

An affecting and carefully drawn story of a family on the brink. Full review >

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by Paul Murray

A grim and demanding and irresistible anatomy of misfortune. Full review >

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by Jess Row

A deeply ambitious saga that takes on many of the thorniest questions of 21st-century American life. Full review >

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by Ann Patchett

Poignant and reflective, cementing Patchett’s stature as one of our finest novelists. Full review >

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by Bryan Washington

Washington brilliantly commits to his style and preoccupations in a novel about the often winding journey to family. Full review >

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