t the end of December, for the sixth time, PEN Ukraine members compile a list of publications that became their reader's discoveries during the year. Traditionally, the list includes prose and poetry novelties, translations, non-fiction, works for children, art publications and humanities. This year's selection includes 179 books.

The purpose of our list is to summarise the bookish year of 2023 and to thank Ukrainian publishers, writers, compilers, translators, editors, journalists, illustrators, scholars, and all those who help literature and book publishing in our country to continue and develop in difficult times of war.