King of Pride
by Ana Huang
★ Top 5 book of 2023 · #2 on Best Books of 2023
Kai, a controlled and proper billionaire heir, faces a pivotal CEO vote and has no room for distractions. Isabella, bold and irreverent, tempts him to break every rule he lives by.
Best for: Readers who like opposites-attract stories with buttoned-up billionaires and playful heroines
King of Pride is #2 on BookWard's Best Books of 2023, out of 34 2023 books that cleared our data bar.
What King of Pride is about
Kai Young is a billionaire heir who runs his life on restraint. He is reserved, proper and exact, and he has no time or taste for disorder. Then Isabella arrives, with her purple hair and her habit of making jokes that no one else would dare. To Kai she looks like chaos in human form, and everything about the two of them is opposite.
Timing makes it worse. A crucial CEO vote is coming, and a media empire depends on the outcome, so Kai cannot afford a distraction. Still, the pull toward Isabella keeps testing his rules, and he finds himself tempted to throw them all aside. It is a story about control meeting temptation, and about what a careful man might risk when ambition and desire want different things. Readers who enjoy opposites-attract romance will feel at home here.
King of Pride on the Best Books of 2023
King of Pride came out in 2023. Of the 34 books first published in 2023 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #2 on our Best Books of 2023 list.
Why it made the list: 1,113 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (14 ratings); 65 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
It earns Being read right now.
Nearby on the 2023 list
- Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, #1
- Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, #3
- Powerless Lauren Roberts, #4
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 1,017 want to read it, 65 are reading it now and 31 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 14 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 94 | 55% |
| Reader love | 85 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 94 | 20% |
Questions about King of Pride
When was King of Pride published?
King of Pride by Ana Huang was first published in 2023.
Was King of Pride one of the best books of 2023?
King of Pride is #2 on BookWard's Best Books of 2023, out of 34 2023 books that cleared our data bar. 1,113 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (14 ratings); 65 are reading it right now.
Why is King of Pride on the Best Books of 2023 list?
1,113 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (14 ratings); 65 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2023
- Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, #1
- Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, #3
- Powerless Lauren Roberts, #4
- The Chalice of the Gods Rick Riordan, #5
- King of Greed Ana Huang, #6
- The Housemaid's Secret Freida McFadden, #7
See the full Best Books of 2023, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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