2023's Top Books: A Comprehensive Guide

Vox's book critic recommends the best books from the second half of 2023, including "Chain-Gang All-Stars" by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, an action-packed allegory of America's prison system, "Loved and Missed" by Susie Boyt, a deceptively simple novel about a grandmother and her granddaughter, "The Last Language" by Jennifer duBois, a fictional story based on a real court case, "The Marriage Question" by Clare Carlisle, a biography of George Eliot centered around the theme of marriage, and "The Upstairs Delicatessen" by Dwight Garner, a memoir about food and books.