Bookmate named the most popular books of 2023

Bookmate summed up the results of 2023, telling about what was read and searched most often. Victor Pelevin's novel "Journey to Eleusis" became the most popular fiction book, and Daniel Kahneman's "Think Slowly... Decide Quickly" is the leader among non-fiction.

The most popular books of 2023

1. "Think slowly... decide quickly" — Daniel Kahneman, AST.
2. "To myself tenderly. A book about how to appreciate and take care of yourself" — Olga Primachenko, Bombora.
3. "Journey to Eleusis" — Victor Pelevin, EKSMO.
4. "The subtle art of indifference. A paradoxical way to live happily" — Mark Manson, Alpina Publisher.
5. «Atomic Heart. The background of "Enterprise 3826"" — Harald Horf, Mundfish.
6. "It's all over, but you're not. The Book of strength, comfort and support" — Olga Primachenko, Bombora.
7. "The theory of improbability. How to dream to come true, how to plan to be achieved" — Tatiana Muzitskaya, Bombora.
8. "Think and get rich" — Napoleon Hill, Strelbitsky multimedia publishing house /AB PUBLISHING.
9. "The Richest Man in Babylon" — George Samuel Clayson, Bombora / AB PUBLISHING.
10. "The Master and Margarita" — Mikhail Bulgakov, VIMBO / Strelbitsky Multimedia Publishing House.

There are several books related to new movies in the top of fiction at once. For example, in fifth place is "Dune" by Frank Herbert, and in tenth place is the work of the most popular Chinese science fiction writer Liu Qixin — "The Problem of three Bodies".

The most popular fiction books of 2023

1. "Journey to Eleusis" — Victor Pelevin, EKSMO.
2. «Atomic Heart. The background of "Enterprise 3826"" — Harald Horf, Mundfish.
3. "The Master and Margarita" — Mikhail Bulgakov, VIMBO / Strelbitsky Multimedia Publishing House.
4. "1984" — George Orwell, Alpina.Prose / Strelbitsky Multimedia publishing house.
5. "Dune" — Frank Herbert, AST, Everbook.
6. "The last day of summer" — Andrey Podshibyakin, AST / VIMBO.
7. "Others" — Alexandra Yakovleva, original Bookmate projects.
8. "KGBT+" — Viktor Pelevin, EKSMO.
9. "Armored steamers" — Alexey Ivanov, Everbook.
10. "The problem of three bodies" — Liu Qixin, EKSMO.

Self-help is especially popular among audiobooks – for example, "Living. How to stay happy while living through the most difficult moments of life" by Olga Savelyeva. Also in the top "Think slowly ... decide quickly" by Daniel Kahneman, "The Theory of improbability. How to dream to come true, how to plan to achieve " Tatiana Muzitskaya, " The subtle art of indifference. A paradoxical way to live happily" by Mark Manson and "Think and Get Rich" by Napoleon Hill.

There were many Russian-speaking authors among the most popular writers. The greatest interest of readers this year was aroused by the works of Olga Primachenko and Viktor Pelevin. Also in the top ten were: Daniel Kahneman, Mark Manson, Tatiana Muzitskaya, Harald Horf, Mikhail Bulgakov, Dale Carnegie, Yuval Noah Harari and Napoleon Hill.

And what have you read this year? Write in the comments.