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Most Read Books of the 2023 Reading Challenge
With the 2023 Goodreads Reading Challenge in its final lap, the time has come for a sneak peek at this year’s page-turning action. For instance, which books have been most popular with readers in this year’s challenge? It’s pretty fascinating, actually.
But first, some raw numbers. According to our latest count, more than 7.6 million readers across the globe participated in this year’s challenge, pledging to read more than 330 million books. Wow. We tried to calculate the total number of pages read, using average book length, but it crashed the supercomputer here at Goodreads World Headquarters.
As for the books themselves, we’ve listed below the top titles marked as Read (as opposed to Want to Read) by those who signed up for the challenge. Some takeaways: Rebecca Yarros’ surprise sensation Fourth Wing took the top overall spot, highlighting a big year for fantasy-romance novels in general. You’ll also find a lot of familiar author names haunting the top side of the list: Hoover and Henry, Maas and Michaelides.
Click around and you’ll find a little bit of everything—from mysteries to memoirs, queer fantasy to insightful contemporary fiction. And, of course, plenty of romance, with everyone from book nerds to hockey players finding love and/or lust. Oh, also: magical realism concerning octopi.
Check out this year’s list, add anything promising to your Want to Read shelf, and feel free to continue the conversation in the comments section. Congratulations to all of this year’s participants! Book nerds, assemble!
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What were some of your favorite books you read this year? Tell us all about it in the comments below!
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Jessica
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Dec 05, 2023 02:54PM
Wow... Read six of these. A record for me! 😂😜
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I read 8 of these, but I think some of them were from last year's challenge.
I’ve read 22 of these, not all this year. Some favourites this year were Lessons in Chemistry, Yellowface, and Fourth Wing.
I’ve read 20, but not all this year. Several others are on my TR list.
I've ready 28 of these, I'm shocked lol
I've read 5 of these some from previous year.
Read 18 of them and have lots more on my want to read list!!
I’ve only read one of these, but several others are on my tbr!
I’ve read two of these, those being A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and The Inheritance Games, and they are absolute amazing books!
19 of them and some are still on my Tbr list
I've read 17 of these <33it was an amazing year in books!!!
15 of them for me! 3 more I’m currently reading for planning to finish this month!
Wow! Just 5 of them. Maybe I should read some popular books 📚📚📚📚😉😉😉😉
Read 9 (some last year) & Nine still remain on my TBR list . Started making reading a priority again . So I’m slowly getting current .
Damn I’ve read 12 but some are from 2022 challenge.
I’ve read 15 of these this year and am currently reading another 2 at the moment
I've read 23 overall, with 7 being from this year. There are a lot of great books on this list!
I read 17 of these and my thoughts are that i don’t get the hype of Daisy Jones & the six, The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo was so overrated, I LOVED Acotar series and I’m obsessed. And i think that i am the only one who thinks that i didn’t like Millie in the Housemaid book.
17 of those this year, and I have 5 on my shelf and some others on my TBR!
Read 16 of these, but still “Want To Read” quite a few more!
This was a great year for books! I read 9 of these. But most of the others I have marked to read in the future! Thanks for sharing the titles we read the most. I love knowing what others are reading!
I have read two (not in this year though) from this list and one of them was a DNF.
