Top Book Recommendations of 2023

The staff of The Verge shares their favorite books from 2023, including a fantasy novel about a woman and her son learning to trust their instincts, a dystopian novel set in a bleak urban landscape, a chronicle of the gaming industry by John Romero, a book on the addiction of gambling, and a supernatural detective story with a touch of Big Tech. Other recommendations include a fictional story about video game developers, a YA novel about a young man with the Sight, a book on the history of video games, and an instructional art book on drawing.