We’ve gathered the most popular books in 2023 for a look back at the year! In each of our monthly newsletters, we share the top two most-viewed titles on the Reading Group Choices site for that month.
Here are the titles — a mix of fiction and nonfiction — that caught our readers’ attention from January to December: the most popular books in 2023. Do you remember these great reads? See if they match your own group’s most popular books…
January
1. Prize Women
by Caroline Lea
2. The Mitford Affair
by Marie Benedict
February
1. The Confidante
by Christopher C. Gorham
2. The Ways We Hide
by Kristina McMorris
March
1. The Lonely Hearts Book Club
by Lucy Gilmore
2. The Island of Missing Trees
by Elif Shafak
April
1. The Gifts
by Liz Hyder
2. Where Coyotes Howl
by Sandra Dallas
May
1. The Nurse’s Secret
by Amanda Skenandore
2. The Night Flowers
by Sara Herchenroether
June
1. The House of Lincoln
by Nancy Horan
2. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
by Satoshi Yagisawa & Eric Ozawa (Translator)
July
1. Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge
by Spencer Quinn
2. When We Were Bright and Beautiful
by Jillian Medoff
August
1. One Summer in Savannah
by Terah Shelton Harris
2. Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang
September
1. Fair Rosaline
by Natasha Solomons
2. The Heart of It All
by Christian Kiefer
October
1. Midnight is the Darkest Hour
by Ashley Winstead
2. A Brilliant Life
by Rachelle Unreich
November
1. The Last Supper Club
by Matthew Batt
2. We All Want Impossible Things
by Catherine Newman
December
1. All the Little Bird-Hearts
by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
2. Unfinished Woman
by Robyn Davidson
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And for more top picks, browse our Most-Viewed on the RGC Website for 2023!