{"id":9180,"date":"2023-12-22T12:50:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T12:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9180"},"modified":"2023-12-22T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T12:50:47","slug":"the-16-best-books-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9180","title":{"rendered":"The 16 Best Books of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It\u2019s hard to find something pithy to say about 2023, a year of dissonant extremes, when wildfires devoured Canadian forests<\/a>, Twitter withered into X<\/a>, the Titan submersible imploded<\/a> into infamy, Silicon Valley\u2019s power players rejoiced<\/a> over the rise of generative AI, scientists cheered Crispr treatment breakthroughs, peace activists became terrorist-attack victims, and the world despaired over the thousands of children killed in Gaza<\/a>. It\u2019s not a tidy time. It is, frequently, a painful one.<\/p>\n

Appropriate, then, that this was a year for unwieldy, searching, big-swing books. Doorstoppers and sagas rose to the moment, providing insight into an increasingly inscrutable world even when they couldn\u2019t provide comfort. As always, this is an idiosyncratic, incomplete, and subjective list, the result of one person\u2019s avid but disorganized reading schedule. But these are WIRED’s best books of 2023. Here\u2019s hoping this list helps you find your next great read.<\/p>\n

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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives<\/em><\/p>\n

by Siddharth Kara<\/strong><\/p>\n

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