Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 2023

The Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 2023 went to Yellowface by R. F. Kuang, from 10 nominees in the final round. The winner and the final-round nominees are chosen by Goodreads members' votes.

How book difficulty is measured

2023

• Yellowface by R. F. Kuang — difficulty 50/100, about 6 hours
• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano — finalist
• The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer — finalist
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett — finalist
• The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand — finalist
• Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes — finalist
• The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman — finalist
• Maame by Jessica George — finalist
• The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer — finalist
• Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson — finalist

Questions

Who won the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction in 2023?

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang.

Which books were nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction in 2023?

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang, Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano, The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand, Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes, The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman, Maame by Jessica George, The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer and Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson.

Winners from the prize’s own page, checked 2026-10-31.

Other prizes: Nobel Prize in Literature, Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, International Booker Prize, National Book Award for Fiction, Women's Prize for Fiction, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Prix Goncourt, Dublin Literary Award, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, National Book Award for Nonfiction, Costa Novel Award, Albert J. Beveridge Award. Every literary prize; every winner of 2026.