<p><b>Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2023 by <i>Time</i> (#1)<i>, Vulture,</i> and <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, and one of the Best Books of 2023 by <i>T</i></b><b><i>he New York Times</i>, the <i>New Yorker, </i>NPR, the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, <i>Vanity Fair</i>, <i>Esquire, </i>the <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, <i>Kirkus</i>, <i>Lit Hub</i>, and Amazon<i>. </i></b><b>National Bestseller. Winner of the 2023 Brooklyn Library Prize and longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize. </b><b>A <i>New York Times Book Review </i>Editors' Choice.</b><br><b><br>"A major novel, and a notably audacious one." </b><b>-Dwight Garner, <i>The New York Times </i></b><br><br><b>"It feels fairly rare for a novel to be hugely intelligent and moving and fun in equal measure, but with <i>Biography of X</i>, Catherine Lacey somehow-magically-makes the nearly impossible look easy." </b><b>-Lauren Groff</b><br><b><br>From one of our fiercest stylists, a roaring epic chronicling the life, time