What do Poles read? These were the books they chose most often in 2023. Remigiusz Mróz is not on the podium at all

Reading or listening to audiobooks has long been one of the most popular forms of spending free time. According to the report of the National Library, as many as 43 percent Poles reached for at least one. Who is the most popular writer in Poland and what do we read most often?

These are the most popular authors in Poland. There was only one leader again

What books would we most like to read in 2023? According to , Poles, just like last year, were again most eager to read crime stories. Importantly, however, the study involved people over 15 years of age, so there was no young adult trend, i.e. novels for young people. The top ten was dominated by crime, romance, fantasy/sci-fi and non-fiction literature, i.e. journalism and biographies. Once again, Remigiusz Mróz took first place among the most read authors. and the respondents indicated that they were most likely to read his novels such as “Lights in the Ashes”, “The Specter of the Brocken”, “Kasacja”, “Behaviorist” and “Undiscovered”. Right behind him were Stephen King and Henryk Sienkiewicz. What does the top 10 most read authors look like according to the number of readers?

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2. StephenKing.
3. Henryk Sienkiewicz.
4. Harlan Coben.
5. Katarzyna Bonda.
6. JK Rowling.
7. Agatha Christie.
8. JosephMurphy.
9. Andrzej Sapkowski.
10. Adam Mickiewicz.

What books do we read most often? These are the bestsellers of 2023. Surprised?

What does it look like for the best-selling books in 2023? Here the top authors and titles look completely different. For example, among bookstore bestsellers for 2023, the first four places are occupied books by Weronika Marczak from the “Monet Family” series. The novels arouse extreme emotions and parents are sounding the alarm, but it cannot be denied that records were broken. The book came in fifth place “Chłopki” by Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak. In the bookstore, the top five look a bit different.

1. “Chłopki”, Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak.
2. “A room with a view of the war”, Konstanty Gebert.
3. “Maxima culpa. John Paul II knew”, Ekke Overbeek.
4. “The accusation”, Remigiusz Mróz.
5. “Yarn”, Natalia de Barbaro.

What do the best-selling books look like? Here again, young adult novels dominated the top spots. First Weronika Marczak again dominated five places with her series “The Monet Family”. Weronika Ancerowicz took sixth place with her novel “For Suer Not You”. Aleksandra Negrońska took seventh place with her novel “Clone. Students”, eighth place went to Weronika Ancerowicz with “Maybe You”. The ninth place among the bestsellers of 2023 in Empik was taken by “Chłopki”. The top ten was closed by Joanna Balicka with the novel “What the rain whispered to us”. If you feel like it, vote in our poll below.