2023 Year in Books

December 19, 2023
150 Books
Stats
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All books featured in The Hardcover 2023 Year in Books. This spans all categories and mentions including: top 10 of 2023, top 10 overall, top 5 by month, top 10 from a few genres, a couple of trends we saw and a most saved books releasing in 2024.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Cold People Tom Rob Smith	3.07	7 reads
Meru S. B. Divya	3.94	10 reads
Lords of Uncreation Adrian Tchaikovsky	4.19	45 reads
A Rival Most Vial R. K. Ashwick	4.29	7 reads
Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life Jason Blakely	3.5	2 reads
100 Places to See After You Die Ken Jennings	4.5	2 reads
Le Syndrome Magneto Benjamin Patinaud	3.75	2 reads
The Second Chance Year Melissa Wiesner	3.82	12 reads
Not Your Pucking Girl Sheridan Anne	2.25	4 reads
Fly with Me Andie Burke	3.8	7 reads
Plot Twist Erin La Rosa	3.5	4 reads
Final Offer Lauren Asher	3.97	73 reads
Wind and Truth Brandon Sanderson	5	0 reads
The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett	4.41	87 reads
Bride Ali Hazelwood	3.72	165 reads
Ruthless Vows Rebecca Ross	4.06	113 reads
Fathomfolk Eliza Chan	3	8 reads
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands Heather Fawcett	4.27	75 reads
A Fragile Enchantment Allison Saft	3.69	20 reads
The Familiar Leigh Bardugo	3.77	69 reads
The Bride Bet Tessa Dare	0	0 reads
House of Flame and Shadow Sarah J. Maas Valérie Janssen (Translator)	3.98	127 reads
Defiant Brandon Sanderson	4.36	102 reads
The Blood Gift N.E. Davenport	3.8	6 reads
The Bone Shard War Andrea Stewart	3.63	13 reads
The Crimson Fortress Akshaya Raman	0	0 reads
Fox Snare Yoon Ha Lee	0	0 reads
He Who Drowned the World Shelley Parker-Chan	4.19	29 reads
The Book That Wouldn't Burn Mark Lawrence	4.05	77 reads
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross Ulrike Gerstner (Translator)	4.13	262 reads
The Stolen Heir Holly Black	4.1	54 reads
Godkiller Hannah Kaner	3.94	99 reads
The Internet Con Cory Doctorow	4.08	14 reads
Extremely Online Taylor Lorenz	4	4 reads
You Deserve a Tech Union Ethan Marcotte	5	2 reads
The Coming Wave Mustafa Suleyman	3.9	7 reads
Unmasking AI Joy Buolamwini	5	1 read
The Worlds I See Fei-Fei Li	0	0 reads
I, Human Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic	0	0 reads
Shortcomings Adrian Tomine	3.22	21 reads
The Cabin at the End of the World Paul Tremblay	3.37	151 reads
The Buccaneers Edith Wharton	3.25	4 reads
The Color Purple Alice Walker	4.12	269 reads
Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam	3.2	124 reads
The End We Start From Megan Hunter	2.75	7 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.01	1,255 reads
Poor Things Alasdair Gray	4	36 reads
Hallowe'en Party Agatha Christie	3.38	88 reads
Nimona Noelle Stevenson	4.31	216 reads
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume	3.72	100 reads
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr	4.2	479 reads
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann	4.08	242 reads
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus	4.08	370 reads
Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston	3.97	543 reads
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins	3.66	474 reads
Silent Coup Claire Provost Matt Kennard	3	1 read
War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine Norman Solomon	5	1 read
The Overlooked Americans Elizabeth Currid-Halkett	4	1 read
When We Walk By Kevin F. Adler Donald W. Burnes	5	2 reads
Wasteland Oliver Franklin-Wallis	4.83	3 reads
Catastrophic Incentives Jeff Schlegelmilch Ellen Carlin	4.5	2 reads
Mass Supervision: Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom Vincent Schiraldi	5	1 read
Blood & Steel Helen Scheuerer	4	8 reads
A Curse for True Love Stephanie Garber	3.75	70 reads
A Fire in the Flesh Jennifer L. Armentrout	4	18 reads
How Does It Feel? Jeneane O'Riley	3	11 reads
Counting the Cost Jill Duggar Derick Dillard Craig Borlase	3.9	39 reads
The Golden Enclaves Naomi Novik	4.1	177 reads
The Centre Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi	3.42	29 reads
Translation State Ann Leckie	4.17	51 reads
Some Desperate Glory Emily Tesh	4	55 reads
The Sun and the Star Mark Oshiro Rick Riordan	4.25	20 reads
Warrior Girl Unearthed Angeline Boulley	4.33	13 reads
Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says About the End Bart D. Ehrman	3.67	3 reads
Pageboy: A Memoir Elliot Page	3.56	68 reads
A Long Time Coming Meghan Quinn	4.23	16 reads
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love Lex Croucher	3.68	24 reads
Cleat Cute Meryl Wilsner	4.08	18 reads
In the Likely Event Rebecca Yarros	3.75	14 reads
Radiant Sin Katee Robert	3.83	23 reads
Untethered Sky Fonda Lee	3.79	58 reads
Lone Women Victor LaValle	3.79	41 reads
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Jesse Q. Sutanto	3.95	102 reads
All the Sinners Bleed S. A. Cosby	4.32	62 reads
The Faithless C.L. Clark	4.04	13 reads
Chain Gang All Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah	4.04	58 reads
Maame Jessica George	3.99	39 reads
Age of Vice Deepti Kapoor	4.08	22 reads
Murtagh Christopher Paolini	4.04	38 reads
Nemesis Jeremy Robinson	4.83	6 reads
Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood	3.84	95 reads
System Collapse Martha Wells	4.16	233 reads
Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros	3.92	463 reads
Wreck the Halls Tessa Bailey	3.64	28 reads
Hopeless Elsie Silver	4.12	32 reads
Making It So: A Memoir Patrick Stewart	4.44	23 reads
The Woman in Me Britney Spears	4	205 reads
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid	3.47	70 reads
Holly Stephen King	3.9	79 reads
Things We Left Behind Lucy Score	4.19	40 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Cold People Tom Rob Smith	3.07	7 reads
Meru S. B. Divya	3.94	10 reads
Lords of Uncreation Adrian Tchaikovsky	4.19	45 reads
A Rival Most Vial R. K. Ashwick	4.29	7 reads
Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life Jason Blakely	3.5	2 reads
100 Places to See After You Die Ken Jennings	4.5	2 reads
Le Syndrome Magneto Benjamin Patinaud	3.75	2 reads
The Second Chance Year Melissa Wiesner	3.82	12 reads
Not Your Pucking Girl Sheridan Anne	2.25	4 reads
Fly with Me Andie Burke	3.8	7 reads
Plot Twist Erin La Rosa	3.5	4 reads
Final Offer Lauren Asher	3.97	73 reads
Wind and Truth Brandon Sanderson	5	0 reads
The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett	4.41	87 reads
Bride Ali Hazelwood	3.72	165 reads
Ruthless Vows Rebecca Ross	4.06	113 reads
Fathomfolk Eliza Chan	3	8 reads
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands Heather Fawcett	4.27	75 reads
A Fragile Enchantment Allison Saft	3.69	20 reads
The Familiar Leigh Bardugo	3.77	69 reads
The Bride Bet Tessa Dare	0	0 reads
House of Flame and Shadow Sarah J. Maas Valérie Janssen (Translator)	3.98	127 reads
Defiant Brandon Sanderson	4.36	102 reads
The Blood Gift N.E. Davenport	3.8	6 reads
The Bone Shard War Andrea Stewart	3.63	13 reads
The Crimson Fortress Akshaya Raman	0	0 reads
Fox Snare Yoon Ha Lee	0	0 reads
He Who Drowned the World Shelley Parker-Chan	4.19	29 reads
The Book That Wouldn't Burn Mark Lawrence	4.05	77 reads
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross Ulrike Gerstner (Translator)	4.13	262 reads
The Stolen Heir Holly Black	4.1	54 reads
Godkiller Hannah Kaner	3.94	99 reads
The Internet Con Cory Doctorow	4.08	14 reads
Extremely Online Taylor Lorenz	4	4 reads
You Deserve a Tech Union Ethan Marcotte	5	2 reads
The Coming Wave Mustafa Suleyman	3.9	7 reads
Unmasking AI Joy Buolamwini	5	1 read
The Worlds I See Fei-Fei Li	0	0 reads
I, Human Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic	0	0 reads
Shortcomings Adrian Tomine	3.22	21 reads
The Cabin at the End of the World Paul Tremblay	3.37	151 reads
The Buccaneers Edith Wharton	3.25	4 reads
The Color Purple Alice Walker	4.12	269 reads
Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam	3.2	124 reads
The End We Start From Megan Hunter	2.75	7 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.01	1,255 reads
Poor Things Alasdair Gray	4	36 reads
Hallowe'en Party Agatha Christie	3.38	88 reads
Nimona Noelle Stevenson	4.31	216 reads
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume	3.72	100 reads
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr	4.2	479 reads
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann	4.08	242 reads
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus	4.08	370 reads
Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston	3.97	543 reads
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins	3.66	474 reads
Silent Coup Claire Provost Matt Kennard	3	1 read
War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine Norman Solomon	5	1 read
The Overlooked Americans Elizabeth Currid-Halkett	4	1 read
When We Walk By Kevin F. Adler Donald W. Burnes	5	2 reads
Wasteland Oliver Franklin-Wallis	4.83	3 reads
Catastrophic Incentives Jeff Schlegelmilch Ellen Carlin	4.5	2 reads
Mass Supervision: Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom Vincent Schiraldi	5	1 read
Blood & Steel Helen Scheuerer	4	8 reads
A Curse for True Love Stephanie Garber	3.75	70 reads
A Fire in the Flesh Jennifer L. Armentrout	4	18 reads
How Does It Feel? Jeneane O'Riley	3	11 reads
Counting the Cost Jill Duggar Derick Dillard Craig Borlase	3.9	39 reads
The Golden Enclaves Naomi Novik	4.1	177 reads
The Centre Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi	3.42	29 reads
Translation State Ann Leckie	4.17	51 reads
Some Desperate Glory Emily Tesh	4	55 reads
The Sun and the Star Mark Oshiro Rick Riordan	4.25	20 reads
Warrior Girl Unearthed Angeline Boulley	4.33	13 reads
Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says About the End Bart D. Ehrman	3.67	3 reads
Pageboy: A Memoir Elliot Page	3.56	68 reads
A Long Time Coming Meghan Quinn	4.23	16 reads
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love Lex Croucher	3.68	24 reads
Cleat Cute Meryl Wilsner	4.08	18 reads
In the Likely Event Rebecca Yarros	3.75	14 reads
Radiant Sin Katee Robert	3.83	23 reads
Untethered Sky Fonda Lee	3.79	58 reads
Lone Women Victor LaValle	3.79	41 reads
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Jesse Q. Sutanto	3.95	102 reads
All the Sinners Bleed S. A. Cosby	4.32	62 reads
The Faithless C.L. Clark	4.04	13 reads
Chain Gang All Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah	4.04	58 reads
Maame Jessica George	3.99	39 reads
Age of Vice Deepti Kapoor	4.08	22 reads
Murtagh Christopher Paolini	4.04	38 reads
Nemesis Jeremy Robinson	4.83	6 reads
Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood	3.84	95 reads
System Collapse Martha Wells	4.16	233 reads
Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros	3.92	463 reads
Wreck the Halls Tessa Bailey	3.64	28 reads
Hopeless Elsie Silver	4.12	32 reads
Making It So: A Memoir Patrick Stewart	4.44	23 reads
The Woman in Me Britney Spears	4	205 reads
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid	3.47	70 reads
Holly Stephen King	3.9	79 reads
Things We Left Behind Lucy Score	4.19	40 reads

2023 Year in Books

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