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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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Dec 23, 2023 02:07AM
Read twenty, and that’s how u know that you’re a follower lol
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I've read 3 of these (one of them being a complete disaster), not very into trendy books 🙂
Guau, ¡0! Todo un récord: más de 120 libros leídos este año y ni una sola coincidencia. No está mal, ¿verdad?
I have only read 4 but want to read more!!! on my evergrowing TBR
I read one of these books this year - well, listened to it as an audio book. :') (And it was not even good)And I read The Song of Achilles a few years ago.
i read 14! but majority are from 2022 tho and also, so many books from here are in my tbr
I read 13 of these , the ones that I read were really good
I started my reading obsession this year and it was all down to ACOTAR
I have read none of the books on this list. Very few comments from males. Would it be possible to have a list of the most read books read by men?
I`ve read four of these. Song of Archilles lays on top of my sub for next year
23 but not all of them I read this year I was fully expecting the usual 3 lmao
I’ve read 3. Started reading Fourth Wing but DNF… wasn’t my jam.
One - but it was a really good one. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
I only read 1 that wasn't this year. I'll take that as a victory for me!
I've read 7 and only one of them was from last year's challenge! So 6 this year, I'm taking it as a win
I’ve read 11 of these and many are of the others are still on my want to read list! 😍
I’ve read 15 of these! 🤯 Libby and audiobooks have transformed my reading habits. Excited to add a few more of these to my list for 2024.
I read 11 of these books but mainly because I read with a book club! Love that my book club makes me read books I may not normally read.
I got ten, but I only read two of them this year.
I read 24 of these! I enjoyed them all but Book Lovers was a favorite! A Court of Thorn and Roses began an obsession of Sarah J Maas.
I read 4 off this list this year!Happy Place - Emily Henry - I rated 3 stars
I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy - I rated 4 stars
It Ends With Us - Colleen Hoover - I rated 3 stars
Verity - Colleen Hoover - I rated 5 stars
Feel free to add me as a friend and check out my reviews!
I’ve read 11 of these but not all this year : favs this year were Daisy Jones and Lessons in Chemistry. Cannot get on the CH trend.
I read 26 of these and not all were that good.
I’ve read 24, though not all this year, and several more are on my TBR!
Read 8 of these this year. Looks like I need to add some to my 2024 want to read list
I've read nine of these books. I'm pretty impressed with myself!
This was my first year reading and I read 11 of these have a bunch of them on my shelves waiting to be read
I’ve read 18 of these. Some of my favorites were Lessons in Chemistry, The Silent Patient, and Remarkably Bright Creatures.
I’ve read 210 books for my challenge year but only 1 of these lol Guess I March to my own drum lol
3 here but didn’t see any others in interested in.
Arianna wrote: "Soo y'all. We're gonna try Red, White, And Royal Blue 'cause it's everywhere. I've seen some good and bad ratings."I was on the fence about that book too! let me know if its good!
Ive read 11 with 4 on my TBR list. Lessons in Chemistry and Love hypothesis were probably my top 2!
Surprising myself with 10!! (Not all read in 2023 though :-) )
