The most popular fiction books of 2023

Fiction is every story that someone made up. Novels, short stories and tales of all kinds live here, from fantasy epics and murder mysteries to quiet books about ordinary lives. What they share is invention: the people and events come from an author's imagination, even when the setting is real. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

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Little Stranger
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Little Stranger

Leigh Rivers

2023 · 2027 edition

272 pages

Go as a River
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Go as a River

Shelley Read, Шелли Рид

2023 · 2025 edition

320 pages

Holly
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Holly

Stephen King

2023 · 2025 edition

592 pages

Hell Bent
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Hell Bent

Leigh Bardugo

Published 2023

481 pages

Hello Stranger
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Hello Stranger

Katherine Center, Сентер Кетрін

Published 2023

323 pages

Orbital
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Orbital

Samantha Harvey

2023 · 2024 edition

137 pages

Big Swiss
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Big Swiss

Jen Beagin

Published 2023

352 pages

The Villa
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The Villa

Rachel Hawkins, Рейчел Гокінс

Published 2023

276 pages

Same Time Next Summer
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Same Time Next Summer

Annabel Monaghan, Аннабель Монаган

Published 2023

320 pages