2023 Preview: Fiction Books

Happy New Year! We’ve moved past the “looking back” phase of 2022 and are on to the “looking ahead” phase of 2023. Here are 10 fiction titles to keep an eye out for. Deepti Kapoor’s Age of Vice (Riverhead, Jan. 3) tells the story of Ajay, a poor boy from Uttar Pradesh who goes to work for a rich, ruthless family. Soon he’s made to take the fall for a crime he didn’t commit. “It doesn’t take long for the reader to become invested in the Mario Puzo–esque drama,” says our review.