Our 51 Favorite Books of 2023

Declare certain books “the best”? Such hubris! But there's something special about these, and we hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

Never Let Me Go

Reveling in a recent stay at the Book House.

Monday Night Open-Mic

Join poet Alexa Patrick in Arlington on Mon., Nov. 27th, at 8 p.m.!

Authors on Audio: Ilyon Woo

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.

An Interview with Steve Zeitlin

The poet talks tragedy, Holocaust jokes, and the power of humor to help us endure.

War and (My) Remembrance

Finding the words to write about tragedy.

Raquel Willis in Conversation with Alexis McGill Johnson

The author of The Risk It Takes to Bloom comes to DC on Tues., Nov. 21st, at 7 p.m.!

On Poetry: November 2023

New collections to make life more lyrical.