Observation
December 20, 2023
The Best Books of 2023, Part I
By Elliott Abrams, Cynthia Ozick, Neil Rogachevsky, Dr. Ruth WisseFeaturing prime ministers, kidnappings, popes, silences, exiled shadows, portraits, intellectual origins, the best minds, and more.
To mark the close of 2023, we asked several of our writers to name the best books they’ve read this year, and briefly to explain their choices. Some of their answers appear below. The rest will be appear tomorrow. (Unless otherwise noted, all books were published in 2023. Classic books are listed by their original publication dates.)