In announcing the bestselling books and audiobooks on its platform for 2023, Apple Books has also rolled out a new in-app feature, Year in Review, allowing users to glean insights into their reading and listening habits over the course of the year.
In the style of Spotify's popular Spotify Wrapped feature, Apple Books' Year in Review features highlights and data from users' years in reading, including total time spent reading, the longest book read or audiobook listened to, and their most-read author and genre. Users can also assess whether they met their reading goals over the course of the year, including total number of days read and their longest streak of reading. The results of Year in Review can be shared with other users, featuring the total books and total minutes spent reading alongside an accompanying grid of book covers.
Apple Books has also announced its bestselling titles for 2023, organized by genre (fiction and nonfiction) and medium (books and audiobooks). They are as follows:
Top Nonfiction Books of 2023
- Spare by Prince Harry
- The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
- Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford
- Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Top Fiction Books of 2023
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Top Nonfiction Audiobooks of 2023
- The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
- Spare by Prince Harry
- Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
- Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Top Fiction Audiobooks of 2023
- Only the Dead by Jack Carr
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
