The most popular gender books of 2023

Books about gender ask what it means to be a woman or a man, and who decided. Expectations at home, at work and in love are examined in novels, memoirs and essays. Some are angry, some are funny, and all of them make the familiar look newly strange. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

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Happy Place
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Happy Place

Emily Henry

Published 2023

400 pages

Yellowface
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Yellowface

R. F. Kuang

Published 2023

322 pages

Yours Truly
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Yours Truly

Abby Jimenez

Published 2023

398 pages

Caught Up
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Caught Up

Liz Tomforde

Published 2023

392 pages

Meet Me at the Lake
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Meet Me at the Lake

Carley Fortune, كارلي فورتشن, نهى الشاذلي

Published 2023

313 pages

Check & Mate
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Check & Mate

Ali Hazelwood

2023 · 2026 edition

352 pages

Final Offer
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Final Offer

Lauren Asher

Published 2023

578 pages