NYT 100 Notable Books 2023 - Fiction
NYT 100 Notable Books 2023 - Fiction names 100 books; ReadingRate holds 18 of them, listed here. The most approachable of them is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (difficulty 33/100, about 6.6 hours); the hardest is Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park (63/100).
- Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton (2023) — difficulty 52/100, about 8.5 hours
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (2023) — difficulty 39/100, about 12 hours
- Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (2023) — difficulty 41/100, about 8.5 hours
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (2022) — difficulty 33/100, about 6.6 hours
- North Woods by Daniel Mason (2023) — difficulty 57/100, about 8.3 hours
- Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry (2023) — difficulty 58/100, about 4.7 hours
- Prophet Song by Paul Lynch (2023) — difficulty 60/100, about 5.2 hours
- Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park (2023) — difficulty 63/100, about 9.5 hours
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (2022) — difficulty 51/100, about 1.3 hours
- The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (2025) — difficulty 57/100, about 12 hours
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (2023) — difficulty 62/100, about 19 hours
- The Fraud by Zadie Smith (2023) — difficulty 60/100, about 8.6 hours
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (2023) — difficulty 49/100, about 7 hours
- The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff (2023) — difficulty 52/100, about 4.7 hours
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (2023) — difficulty 44/100, about 5.9 hours
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (2022) — difficulty 45/100, about 8.6 hours
- Western Lane by Chetna Maroo (2023) — difficulty 60/100, about 3.3 hours
- Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (2023) — difficulty 50/100, about 6 hours
Questions
- How many books are on NYT 100 Notable Books 2023 - Fiction?
- 100. ReadingRate holds 18 of them, each with how hard it is to read and how long it takes.
- Which book on NYT 100 Notable Books 2023 - Fiction is the easiest to read?
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, difficulty 33/100, about 6.6 hours. The hardest is Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park, at 63/100.
- How long would it take to read every book on NYT 100 Notable Books 2023 - Fiction?
- About 140 hours for the 18 books ReadingRate measures, at 250 words a minute adjusted for each book's difficulty: 70 days at two hours a day.
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