Book to the future
We've rounded up a select few of 2023's major titles (apologies to those who missed the cut but this article may otherwise have ended up longer than War and Peace).
Emma Saunders, arts and entertainment reporter, BBC News
Bloody hell! We've only just recovered from the fifty best books of 2022, and the year still has a few days left in which to read them, yet Emma Saunders is already trying to steal a march on Rebecca Laurence and Lindsay Baker for 2023.
Touting a select few
—if forty-five books, give or take, can be considered few
—luscious literary offerings
, Saunders has had to rein in her enthusiasm for next year's bookfest. Dauntingly enough, the selection she presents is just the tip of the iceberg.
Clearly, for those of us you who truly cherish a page-turner, the excitement could be even greater. Especially if War and Peace is a little too brief for your liking, but you're feeling jaded after having reread À la Recherche du Temps Perdu for the umpteenth time. (nerd)
Since none of these books have been released yet, it's unclear how Saunders has judged them to be of note, other than the publishers telling her so. The acid test will come when these titles are actually read and critiqued by less excitable and more thoughtful reviewers, whose weighty assessments will be gathered and regurgitated by Laurence and Baker.
That's what we're waiting for. Innit?