Step into a universe of captivating narratives, where imagination knows no bounds and storytelling reaches new heights. The year 2023 has birthed a literary tapestry adorned with the brilliance of diverse voices and genres.
At Booktopia, we understand just how much our customers love their eBooks! In partnership with our friends at Kobo, we’re thrilled to present our curated list of the top 20 eBooks of 2023 that we are obsessed with.
What eBooks should I read in 2023?
2023 was filled to the brim with blockbuster releases! Check out our list below.
Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker
Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws the Seven Sisters series to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion.
Holly by Stephen King
Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town.
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
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.
You will have seen Fourth Wing everywhere in 2023, especially with the release of it’s sequel – Iron Flame!
Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang
Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody. When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.
Bright Shining by Julia Baird
From the bestselling author of Phosphorescence comes a beautiful and timely exploration of that most mysterious but necessary of human qualities: grace.
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Two exes. One pact.
Could this holiday change everything? The perfect rom-com for 2023!
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
What is lost when knowledge is withheld? In this beautiful companion to the international bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams explores another little-known slice of history seen through women’s eyes. Evocative, subversive and rich with unforgettable characters, The Bookbinder of Jericho is a story about knowledge who gets to make it, who gets to access it, and what is lost when it is withheld.
The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes
If, like Kane, you’re a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again – by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide – and when to shoot.
But some places don’t play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane’s experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet are such a place – a place where violence is the only way to survive.
Wifedom by Anna Funder
Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the every day, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own. When she uncovers his forgotten wife, it’s a revelation. Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s literary brilliance shaped Orwell’s work and her practical nous saved his life. But why – and how – was she written out of the story? Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best friend, Funder recreates Orwell’s marriage, through the Spanish Civil War and WWII in London.
Homecoming by Kate Morton
The highly anticipated new novel from the worldwide bestselling author of The Clockmaker’s Daughter is an epic novel with a thrilling mystery at its heart tracing a shocking crime whose effects are felt across continents and generations.
The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman
An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home. With the body count rising, the package still missing and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? And who will be the last devil to die?
Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
MEET SAM
She’s not got much, but she’s grateful for what she has: a job she’s just about clinging on to and a family who depend on her for everything. She knows she’s one bad day away from losing it all – and just hopes today isn’t it . . .
MEET NISHA
She’s got everything she always dreamed of – and more: a phenomenally rich husband; an international lifestyle; and . . . she’s just been locked out of all of it after her husband initiates divorce proceedings . . .
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Dive into Tom Lake this Christmas – the breathtaking new novel from Ann Patchett!
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
A TV script writer thinks she’s over romance, until an unlikely love interest upends all her assumptions: a humorous, sharp and tender novel from the bestselling author of Eligible, American Wife and Prep.
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton.
Red Dirt Road by S. R. White
One outback town. Two puzzling murders. Fifty suspects.
In Unamurra, a drought-scarred, one-pub town deep in the outback, two men are savagely murdered a month apart – their bodies elaborately arranged like angels.
The Seven by Chris Hammer
The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt.
Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
From the author of tiktok sensations and global bestsellers The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain. Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom.
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
A thrilling page-turner by New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth of sisterhood, secrets, love and murder.
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
From No. 1 bestselling author Michael Connelly: Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller is back, and he’s taken on another long-shot case. The chance of winning is one in a million…
As we reach the final chapter of our epic list of eBooks it’s impossible not to remember how many good releases there were in 2023! From gripping narratives that kept us on the edge of our seats to romance that had us swooning, these Top 20 eBooks have kept us very entertained.
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