2023's best books: Victorian sex, apocalypse and Prince Harry

<p>Our literary editors give us the lowdown on what they’ve been reading this last year - from steamy sex to the end of the world - and what should be on your Christmas gift list.</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.</em></p><p><strong>Guests</strong>:</p><ul><li>Robbie Millen, Literary Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.</li><li>Johanna Thomas-Corr, Chief Literary Critic, The Times and The Sunday Times.</li></ul><p><strong>Host</strong>: Luke Jones</p><p><strong>For the full list of Times &amp; Sunday Times best books of the year, read more: </strong><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-books-2023-gmbb8spb3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-books-2023-gmbb8spb3</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong></strong>You can buy every book on the list at <a href="https://timesbookshop.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">timesbookshop.co.uk</a></p><p>Prophet Song - Paul Lynch</p><p>The Wren, The Wren - Anne Enright</p><p>Ordinary Human Failings - Megan Nolan</p><p>The Bee Sting - Paul Murray</p><p>Old God’s Time - Sebastian Barry</p><p>Soldier Sailor - Claire Kilroy</p><p>The Future - Naomi Alderman</p><p>Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton</p><p>Fire Weather - John Vaillant</p><p>Politics on the Edge - Rory Stewart</p><p>But What Can I Do? - Alastair Campbell</p><p>How Westminster Works… And Why It Doesn’t - Ian Dunt</p><p>Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver</p><p>The New Life - Tom Crewe</p><p>Spare - Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex</p><p>The Woman In Me - Britney Spears</p><p>My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand</p><p>Paris: The Memoir - Paris Hilton</p><p>Erotic Vagrancy - Roger Lewis</p><p>The Earth Transformed - Peter Frankopan</p><p>Pathogenesis - Jonathan Kennedy</p><p>Eve - Cat Bohannon</p><p>The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst</p><p>Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh</p><p>I Capture the Castle - Dodie