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Goodreads Hit Books of 2023 (So Far, That Is)

We're halfway through the new year, believe it or not. Time flies when you're reading!

At any rate, that means it's time for our annual midyear check-in, where we suss out Goodreads members' most popular books of the year so far. As always, these selections are based on the total number of reader reviews and which titles are making their way to Goodreads members' Want to Read shelves.

This time around, we've sorted out the top nine books in each of the usual-suspect categories, in order of popularity. So, glancing below, you'll see that Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful currently holds the top spot in contemporary fiction. The genre designations can get a little blurry, but we do the best we can.

Scroll down to find the top nine books in historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror, romance, young adult, and nonfiction. This can be a fun jumping-off page and a place to get a sense of what's resonating in the culture. Haunted houses, androids, and insomnia, eviden
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Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
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Yellowface (R.F. Kuang)
Yellowface (R.F. Kuang)
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Someone Else's Shoes (Jojo Moyes)
Someone Else's Shoes (Jojo Moyes)
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Maame (Jessica George)
Maame (Jessica George)
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Pineapple Street (Jenny Jackson)
Pineapple Street (Jenny Jackson)
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The Collected Regrets of Clover (Mikki Brammer)
The Collected Regrets of Clover (Mikki Brammer)
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Big Swiss (Jen Beagin)
Big Swiss (Jen Beagin)
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Adelaide (Genevieve Wheeler)
Adelaide (Genevieve Wheeler)
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Birnam Wood (Eleanor Catton)
Birnam Wood (Eleanor Catton)
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Weyward (Emilia Hart)
Weyward (Emilia Hart)
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The House of Eve (Sadeqa Johnson)
The House of Eve (Sadeqa Johnson)
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River Sing Me Home (Eleanor Shearer)
River Sing Me Home (Eleanor Shearer)
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The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
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The House Is on Fire (Rachel Beanland)
The House Is on Fire (Rachel Beanland)
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Hang the Moon (Jeanette Walls)
Hang the Moon (Jeanette Walls)
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Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? (Crystal Smith Paul)
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? (Crystal Smith Paul)
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The Trackers (Charles Frazier)
The Trackers (Charles Frazier)
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women (Lisa See)
Lady Tan's Circle of Women (Lisa See)
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All the Dangerous Things (Stacy Willingham)
All the Dangerous Things (Stacy Willingham)
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The Housemaid's Secret (Freida McFadden)
The Housemaid's Secret (Freida McFadden)
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What Lies in the Woods (Kate Alice Marshall)
What Lies in the Woods (Kate Alice Marshall)
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I Have Some Questions for You (Rebecca Makkai)
I Have Some Questions for You (Rebecca Makkai)
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Jesse Q. Sutanto)
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Jesse Q. Sutanto)
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Homecoming (Kate Morton)
Homecoming (Kate Morton)
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The Maid's Diary (Loreth Anne White)
The Maid's Diary (Loreth Anne White)
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I Will Find You (Harlan Coben)
I Will Find You (Harlan Coben)
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The Bandit Queens (Parini Shroff)
The Bandit Queens (Parini Shroff)
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Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros)
Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros)
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Hell Bent (Leigh Bardugo)
Hell Bent (Leigh Bardugo)
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A Day of Fallen Night (Samantha Shannon)
A Day of Fallen Night (Samantha Shannon)
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Emily Wilde Book 1: Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries (Heather Fawcett)
Emily Wilde Book 1: Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries (Heather Fawcett)
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Tress of the Emerald Sea (Brandon Sanderson)
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Brandon Sanderson)
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Atalanta (Jennifer Saint)
Atalanta (Jennifer Saint)
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Witch King (Martha Wells)
Witch King (Martha Wells)
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Victory City (Salman Rushdie)
Victory City (Salman Rushdie)
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Clytemnestra (Costanza Casati)
Clytemnestra (Costanza Casati)
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In the Lives of Puppets (TJ Klune)
In the Lives of Puppets (TJ Klune)
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The Ferryman (Justin Cronin)
The Ferryman (Justin Cronin)
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Chain-Gang All-Stars (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Chain-Gang All-Stars (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
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Ascension (Nicholas Binge)
Ascension (Nicholas Binge)
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