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Amazon's bestselling books in February 2023

By Carolin Lehmann

Edited By Gabriele Shacknai

February 11, 2023 / 11:55 AM EST / Essentials

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Keep up your New Years resolution to read more with Amazon's list of its bestselling books in February 2023. Pick something new to read from Amazon's list that's updated often based on sales. You'll see that Colleen Hoover still reigns supreme, with two books in the current top 10, but there's a bit of something for everyone to be found on Amazon's list.

Below, find the 10 bestselling books of February 2023 on Amazon -- at least as of today. This list includes nonfiction, fiction and children's books. Find both physical books and Kindle links ahead. And click the button below to check Amazon's list yourself to see if anything has changed in the meantime.

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"Little Blue Truck's Valentine" by Alice Schertle (hardcover, $9 | Kindle, $13)
"Stone Maidens" by Lloyd Devereux Richards (paperback, $13 | Kindle, $4)
"Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s" by B. Dylan Hollis (hardcover, $32 | Kindle, $13)
"Atomic Habits" by James Clear (hardcover, $14 | Kindle, $15)
"It Starts with Us" by Colleen Hoover (paperback, $10 | Kindle, $14)
"It Ends with Us" by Colleen Hoover (paperback, $10 | Kindle, $11)
"Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse!" by Laura Numeroff (paperback, $13 | board book, $6)
"Cain's Jawbone" by Edward Powys Mathers (paperback, $10)
"Spare" by Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex (hardcover, $22 | Kindle, $18)
"Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus (hardcover, $18 | Kindle, $15)

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