The most popular personality books of 2023

Books on personality ask what makes each of us different. Traits, temperament, intelligence and character are explored through research and through well-known models and tests. Read them to understand yourself, the people you live and work with, and how much of who we are can change. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

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One for Joy
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One for Joy

Tom Albrighton

Published 2023

334 pages

Grit
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Grit

Harvard Business Review, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Misty Copeland, Angela L. Duckworth, Shannon Huffman Polson

Published 2023

160 pages

How We Got By
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How We Got By

Julia Rothman, Shaina Feinberg

Published 2023

346 pages