Best books of 2023: our experts share the books that have stayed with them

By Jen Webb, Executive Dean (interim) Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
Anna Clark, Professor in Public History, University of Technology Sydney
Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
Carol Lefevre, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
Dennis Altman, VC Fellow, La Trobe University
Edwina Preston, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne
Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
Hugh Breakey, Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law. President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics., Griffith University
Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
Julienne van Loon, Associate Professor in Creative Writing, School of Culture & Communication, The University of Melbourne
Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University
Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
Oscar Davis, Indigenous Fellow - Assistant Professor in Philosophy and History, Bond University
Peter Mares, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
Tanya Latty, Associate professor, University of Sydney
Tom Doig, Lecturer in Creative Writing, The University of Queensland
Tony Hughes-d'Aeth, Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney

Plan your summer reading or catch up on what you missed with The Conversation’s selection of the best books of the year.

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~	How collaboration from across Canada, and the world, is helping fight the Alberta wildfires

~	Video game performers are becoming Hollywood stars in their own right − and are on strike to be paid and protected accordingly

~	Paris Olympics: Canada’s soccer drone scandal highlights the need for ethics education

~	World News in Brief: Historic Palestine monastery on World Heritage in Danger List, rights office condemnation as Ghana upholds anti-gay law, free jailed Russian activist

~	Nearly half of children born in Wales in 2002-3 classed as having special educational needs – this may have negatively affected their attainment

~	Bosses are increasingly forcing workers back into the office – but evidence suggests it could backfire

~	Commonly used drug may extend women’s fertility, claim researchers – here’s what you need to know about rapamycin

~	The first farmers often made landscapes more biodiverse – our research could have lessons for rewilding today

~	An artist has stolen a coin from the British Museum as part of a performance piece – but is the artwork ethical?

~	Books That Shook the Business World: The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken