Kobo’s Picks For The Best Books Of 2023

Every year, Kobo releases its hand-picked list of best books every year in different categories. And, here are Kobo’s best books of 2023:

Crime & Mystery

• The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
• All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
• A Death at the Party by Amy Stuart
• Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead
• The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

Literary Fiction

• River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta
• Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
• My Nemesis by Charmaine Craig
• Ghost Music by An Yu
• Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
• Maame by Jessica George
• Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
• Rouge by Mona Awad
• Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
• In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas
• The Mythmakers by Keziah Weir
• Happy Place by Emily Henry

Speculative Fiction

• Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
• Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
• Chlorine by Jade Song
• The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
• Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
• A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
• A Queen of Thieves & Chaos by K. A. Tucker

Biography, memoir, and other true stories

• Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson
• The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
• Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones
• The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey
• Congratulations, The Best Is Over! by R. Eric Thomas
• Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast by John Vaillant

Argument, explanation, and big ideas

• Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby
• Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run by Martinus Evans
• Dear Dolly: Collected Wisdom by Dolly Alderton
• Black Friend: Essays by Ziwe
• You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
• Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food by Chris van Tulleken
• Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer