The most popular heartwarming books of 2023

Heartwarming books restore your faith in people. Strangers help each other, lonely characters find friends and small kindnesses change lives. You close the last page with a lump in your throat and a smile. Perfect when you need reminding that the world has good in it. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

See also Feel-good fiction

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Happy Place
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Happy Place

Emily Henry

Published 2023

400 pages

Check & Mate
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Check & Mate

Ali Hazelwood

2023 · 2026 edition

352 pages

Funny Story
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Funny Story

Emily Henry

2023 · 2025 edition

408 pages

Hello Doctor
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Hello Doctor

Kelsie Hoss

Published 2023

410 pages

Hex Education
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Hex Education

Maureen Kilmer

Published 2023

336 pages

Gap Papa
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Gap Papa

Utakata

2023 · 2025 edition

180 pages

West Girls
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West Girls

Laura Elizabeth Woollett

Published 2023

256 pages

The Ex Factor
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The Ex Factor

Harini Srinivasan

Published 2023

194 pages

Stealing Home
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Stealing Home

Grace Reilly

Published 2023

409 pages