While there is no single definitive list of the top 5 best-selling books in 2023, as different sources may use different criteria and methodologies, here are a few of the books that consistently appear on various best-seller lists:
1. Iron Flame: THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON, FOURTH WING* (The Empyrean)
THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (November, 2023) AND THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE BESTSELLING GLOBAL PHENOMENON, FOURTH WING!
Don’t miss out on the series that the world can’t stop talking about:
‘An absolute romantasy sensation . . . Yarros is the true inheritor of Harry Potter and inspires Hunger Games levels of devotion’ – Guardian
‘Fear not, levels of fighting, rebelliousness and all-round sexiness are still sky-high’ – Daily Mail
‘Iron Flame is on course to set the world alight’ – Glamour
‘Yarros had me hooked from the first chapter’ – Mail on Sunday
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She survived her first year at Basgiath War College . . . but the danger is only beginning.
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is – unless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits, and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.
But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.
Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College – and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
Reviews for Fourth Wing
‘Pure escapism – think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades’ THE SUN
‘We weren’t expecting to become obsessed with Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing, but we very much are – and we’re not alone . . .’ SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
‘I couldn’t put it down!’ MILLIE BOBBY BROWN
‘This book contains an addictive, drug like essence that will make you relinquish all responsibility until the very last word. Do not say I didn’t warn you’ GLAMOUR
‘Throw in an enemies-to-lovers plotline, some life-threatening trials and the threat of war in the outside world, and you’ve got yourself a deliciously gripping dish, which I downed in one sitting’ STYLIST
‘2024 is the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese calendar. Dive into a fantasy narrative featuring these mythical, winged creatures.’ POP SUGAR
‘If I can convince you to read one book I recommend it would be this one’ READER REVIEW
‘I didn’t sleep, I didn’t eat, and when I finished, I had the overwhelming urge to just start it all over again‘ READER REVIEW
‘This book is probably the best fantasy book I have ever read’ READER REVIEW
‘FIVE. FREAKING. STARS. There is no universe where I could give this book any less of a rating’ READER REVIEW
‘There are some stories you read and enjoy but every so often you come across one that just obliterates everything and takes over your entire being within a few pages and becomes your world and personality. Well, this is the one’ READER REVIEW
‘The world building in this was phenomenal. I lived, breathed and became a part of the college’ READER REVIEW
‘You know when you finish a book, and it leaves an ache in your chest because it was so good, and now it’s over? That’s exactly how I feel after finishing Fourth Wing’ READER REVIEW
OTHER BOOKS IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES
– FOURTH WING
– IRON FLAME
*Rebecca Yarros’s Iron Flame was a New York Times and Sunday Times Number One bestseller in hardback in the second week of November 2023
About the Author
Rebecca Yarros is the USA Today bestselling author of over fifteen novels, including The Things We Leave Unfinished and The Last Letter. “A gifted storyteller” (Kirkus), she is also the recipient of the Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence for Eyes Turned Skyward from her Flight and Glory series.
Rebecca loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for over twenty years. She’s the mother of six children, and is currently surviving the teenage years with three of her four hockey-playing sons. When she’s not writing, you can find her at the hockey rink or sneaking in some guitar time while guzzling coffee. She and her family live in Colorado with their stubborn English bulldogs, two feisty chinchillas, and a Maine Coon kitten named Artemis, who rules them all.
2. The Woman In Me [Paper Back]
About the author
Dr.CeeVee is the Pen name of Dr.Chandra Vadhana R, an award-winning serial entrepreneur, social scientist, and success coach. Apart from being a Poet, she is also a voice artist and music lover. She runs multiple businesses including the SheSight Magazine, Pracol – the e-commerce platform for selling women-made products, Peaks Academy – an online coaching company and a non-profit organisation named Prayaana Labs. She is a feminist and is an invited speaker in many national and international forums.
About the book
This poetry collection is all about the different emotions: the pains and the joy of being a woman. At business, she is a powerful leader, yet these poems reveal her softer self. She believes that her true femininity is reflected in these poems: the love, the mystery, and the vulnerabilities of being a woman come out in many of these poems.
Reviews
A book of poems from the heart, which touch the very soul
– Rashmi Bansal
India’s Best Selling Author of Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
3. FOURTH WING: DISCOVER THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NUMBER ONE GLOBAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON!* (The Empyrean)
Don’t miss out on the series that everyone can’t stop talking about!
‘Pure escapism – think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades’ -The Sun
‘We weren’t expecting to become obsessed with Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing, but we very much are – and we’re not alone . . .’ -Sunday Times Style
‘I couldn’t put it down!’ -Millie Bobby Brown
‘This book contains an addictive, drug like essence that will make you relinquish all responsibility until the very last word. Do not say I didn’t warn you’ -Glamour
‘Yarros had me hooked from the first chapter’ -Mail on Sunday
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Welcome to the brutal and elite world of Basgiath War College . . .
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general – also known as her tough-as-talons mother – has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away . . . because dragons don’t bond to ‘fragile’ humans. They incinerate them.
With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter – like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom’s protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
Everyone at Basgiath has an agenda, and every night could be your last. So, sleep with one eye open because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
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OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION READERS HAVE ALREADY GIVEN FOURTH WING FIVE STARS. ARE YOU READY TO ENTER THE WORLD OF BASGIATH WAR COLLEGE?
‘If I can convince you to read one book I recommend it would be this one’
‘I didn’t sleep, I didn’t eat, and when I finished, I had the overwhelming urge to just start it all over again‘
‘This book is probably the best fantasy book I have ever read’
‘FIVE. FREAKING. STARS. There is no universe where I could give this book any less of a rating’
‘There are some stories you read and enjoy but every so often you come across one that just obliterates everything and takes over your entire being within a few pages and becomes your world and personality. Well, this is the one’
‘The world building in this was phenomenal. I lived, breathed and became a part of the college’
‘You know when you finish a book, and it leaves an ache in your chest because it was so good, and now it’s over? That’s exactly how I feel after finishing Fourth Wing’
OTHER BOOKS IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES:
– FOURTH WING
– IRON FLAME
*Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing was a New York Times bestseller and Sunday Times bestseller in hardback in the second week of May 2023 and a number one Sunday Times bestseller in the third week of July 2023.
4. No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 18) by Jeff Kinney (Children’s Fiction): This is the latest installment in the popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
THE *BRAND-NEW, HILARIOUS* DIARY OF A WIMPY KID BOOK
In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it’s up to Greg to save his school before it’s shuttered for good.
Up until now, middle school hasn’t exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he’s not too broken up about it.
But when Greg realizes this means he’s going to be sent to a different school than his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, he changes his tune. Can Greg and his classmates save their school before it’s shuttered for good? Or is this the start of a whole new chapter for Greg?
WHAT’S IN DIARY OF A WIMPY KID?
50% words, 50% cartoons, 100% hilarious!
Stories that all readers can’t wait to get their hands on
Laughter guaranteed!
‘Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children’s authors on the planet’ Independent
Have you read all the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series?
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde
5. Spare by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex (Non-Fiction): This memoir by Prince Harry details his life as a member of the British royal family.
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling-and how their lives would play out from that point on.
For Harry, this is that story at last.
Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness-and, because he blamed the press for his mother’s death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight.
At twenty-one, he joined the British Army. The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero at home. But he soon felt more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn’t find true love.
Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple’s cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try, in fact, had been his mother. . . .
For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.
