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This year’s best books, chosen by Monitor reviewers, pay close attention to history and its lessons for the present – and the future.

The Citizen will be gifting FIVE lucky readers an Exclusive Books voucher valued at R350 each this December.

It’s been a roller coaster of a year. Thankfully, we’ve had novels to whisk us to days gone by, even if those eras had their own highs and lows.

This year’s picks transport readers to mountain peaks, out to sea and back in time

As we enter the last month of 2023, let's take a quick recap of some of the best books of the year, as per New York Times:

In the middle of a New England forest, a yellow house and the land on which it sits holds 200 years of personal and political history. This sweeping saga is author Daniel Mason’s latest novel, “North Woods,” the December selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.”

This year’s picks transport readers to mountain peaks, out to sea and back in time | Culture

With New England-based authors and/or plots, these 2023 releases and new-in-paperback titles enthrall.

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s standout fiction and nonfiction.

They’re here!