The Best Books of Winter 2023

Welcome back to another year in books. Already, 2023 has yielded a massive bounty of extraordinary new reads—in fact, the stacks are towering over us here in the Esquire books department. If your New Year’s resolution was to read more, then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve rounded up our favorite books of Winter 2023, which range from debut works by emerging voices to new outings for canonical writers. Our favorite books of the season delve into everything from prisons to utopias, slashers to ghost stories, and American dreaming to American failures.