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100 Years Of Popular Books

A list of the most popular books published over the past 100 years, as determined by Goodreads members' digital shelves, with some adjustments made by the Goodreads team to avoid repeats and to take into account important works.

#1

Ulysses : a critical and synoptic edition

1920 • 654 Readers • 656 pages 3.9

#2

The Prophet

1923 • 379 Readers • 240 pages 4.2

#3

We

1924 • 476 Readers • 256 pages 3.7

#4

The Great Gatsby

1920 • 3,086 Readers • 180 pages 3.7

#5

The Sun Also Rises

1926 • 660 Readers • 264 pages 3.6

#6

To the Lighthouse

1925 • 579 Readers • 326 pages 3.7

#7

The Well of Loneliness

1928 • 97 Readers • 527 pages 3

#8

Passing

1929 • 228 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

#9

As I Lay Dying

1930 • 413 Readers • 231 pages 3.6

#10

Joy of Cooking

2019 • 17 Readers • 1,200 pages 4.6

#11

Brave New World

1930 • 2,888 Readers • 332 pages 3.9

#12

In Praise of Shadows

1933 • 123 Readers • 88 pages 3.5

#13

Murder on the Orient Express

1933 • 1,147 Readers • 288 pages 4

#14

Gaudy Night

1935 • 69 Readers • 403 pages 4.2

#15

Absalom, Absalom!

1936 • 193 Readers • 305 pages 4

#16

Their Eyes Were Watching God

1937 • 582 Readers • 260 pages 3.9

#17

Rebecca

268 Readers 4.1

#18

The Grapes of Wrath

1939 • 1,174 Readers • 496 pages 3.8

#19

Native Son

1940 • 204 Readers • 624 pages 4

#20

The Library of Babel

1941 • 73 Readers • 39 pages 4.1

#21

The Stranger

1942 • 2,048 Readers • 134 pages 3.9

#22

The Little Prince

1 • 1,855 Readers • 136 pages 4.2

#23

Ficciones

1944 • 307 Readers • 192 pages 4.2

#24

The Glass Menagerie

1945 • 165 Readers • 132 pages 3.8

#25

The Member of the Wedding

1946 • 48 Readers • 224 pages 3.6

#26

No Exit

1947 • 172 Readers • 292 pages 3.9

#27

I Capture the Castle

1948 • 174 Readers • 410 pages 3.6

#28

1984

1949 • 5,483 Readers • 352 pages 4.2

#29

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

1950 • 1,938 Readers • 146 pages 4

#30

Foundation

1951 • 1,798 Readers • 255 pages 4

#31

Invisible Man

503 Readers 3.8

#32

Fahrenheit 451

1953 • 3,490 Readers • 227 pages 3.9

#33

The Fellowship of the Ring

1954 • 3,105 Readers • 398 pages 4.4

#34

Lolita

1954 • 1,506 Readers • 395 pages 3.9

#35

Giovanni's Room

1956 • 450 Readers • 169 pages 4.4

#36

Doctor Zhivago

1957 • 245 Readers • 594 pages 3.4

#37

Things Fall Apart

1958 • 662 Readers • 185 pages 3.7

#38

The Haunting of Hill House

1959 • 981 Readers • 178 pages 3.7

#39

To Kill a Mockingbird

1960 • 3,474 Readers • 309 pages 4.1

#40

Catch-22

1961 • 1,543 Readers • 466 pages 4

#41

Silent Spring

1962 • 192 Readers • 347 pages 3.8

#42

The Bell Jar

1963 • 1,614 Readers • 234 pages 3.9

#43

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

1964 • 755 Readers • 174 pages 4.1

#44

Dune

1965 • 4,471 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

#45

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

1966 • 120 Readers • 64 pages 4.2

#46

#47

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

1968 • 213 Readers • 238 pages 4.1

#48

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1969 • 582 Readers • 309 pages 4.1

#49

The Bluest Eye

1970 • 512 Readers • 216 pages 4

#50

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1971 • 43 Readers • 230 pages 4.1

#51

Ways of Seeing

1972 • 207 Readers • 192 pages 4.1

#52

The Princess Bride

1973 • 1,257 Readers • 465 pages 4.2

#53

Carrie

1974 • 982 Readers • 253 pages 3.7

#54

'Salem's Lot

1975 • 964 Readers • 668 pages 3.8

#55

The Woman Warrior

1976 • 4 Readers • 221 pages 3

#56

Song of Solomon

1950 • 291 Readers • 398 pages 4.2

#57

The Westing Game

1978 • 372 Readers • 210 pages 3.9

#58

Kindred

1979 • 887 Readers • 292 pages 4.3

#59

The Name of the Rose

1980 • 836 Readers • 556 pages 4

#60

Midnight's Children

1981 • 428 Readers • 640 pages 4

#61

The Color Purple

1976 • 912 Readers • 288 pages 4.2

#62

The Queen's Gambit

1983 • 262 Readers • 288 pages 4.1

#63

The House on Mango Street

1984 • 307 Readers • 110 pages 3.7

#64

The Handmaid's Tale

1985 • 2,715 Readers • 324 pages 4.1

#65

Howl's Moving Castle

1986 • 1,196 Readers • 448 pages 4.2

#66

Watchmen

1987 • 1,245 Readers • 415 pages 4.4

#67

The Alchemist

1988 • 2,284 Readers • 181 pages 3.5

#68

The Pillars of the Earth

1800 • 972 Readers • 1,008 pages 4.1

#70

Outlander

1991 • 892 Readers • 627 pages 3.9

#71

The Secret History

1992 • 1,930 Readers • 578 pages 4

#72

The Virgin Suicides

1993 • 529 Readers • 217 pages 3.8

#73

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

1994 • 801 Readers • 611 pages 4.1

#74

The Golden Compass

1995 • 1,853 Readers • 399 pages 4

#75

A Game of Thrones

1996 • 3,104 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

#76

Guns, Germs and Steel

1998 • 746 Readers • 480 pages 3.8

#77

The Poisonwood Bible

1998 • 552 Readers • 576 pages 4.1

#78

Girl with a Pearl Earring

1999 • 224 Readers • 240 pages 3.8

#79

House of Leaves

1999 • 1,373 Readers • 709 pages 4.1

#80

The Shadow of the Wind

2001 • 1,112 Readers • 487 pages 4.1

#81

Coraline

2001 • 1,284 Readers • 176 pages 4.1

#82

The Namesake

2003 • 257 Readers 4

#83

Cloud Atlas

2003 • 1,010 Readers • 509 pages 3.9

#84

Never Let Me Go

2000 • 1,695 Readers • 282 pages 3.8

#85

The Road

1974 • 1,857 Readers • 287 pages 4

#86

The Book Thief

2005 • 2,173 Readers • 552 pages 4.3

#87

#88

Wolf Hall

2009 • 531 Readers • 26 pages 3.9

#89

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2010 • 58 Readers • 410 pages 4.2

#90

The Song of Achilles

2011 • 2,695 Readers • 384 pages 4.3

#91

Gone Girl

2011 • 1,807 Readers • 415 pages 3.9

#92

The Goldfinch

2013 • 1,201 Readers • 1,006 pages 4

#93

Everything I Never Told You

2014 • 691 Readers • 10h 1m 3.9

#94

Between the World and Me

2015 • 771 Readers • 166 pages 4.6

#95

When Breath Becomes Air

2016 • 860 Readers • 256 pages 4.4

#96

The Hate U Give

2017 • 941 Readers • 444 pages 4.5

#97

Educated: A Memoir

2018 • 1,484 Readers • 352 pages 4.4

#98

Red, White & Royal Blue

2003 • 1,237 Readers • 432 pages 4

#99

The Vanishing Half

2020 • 1,038 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

#100

Malibu Rising

1988 • 843 Readers • 369 pages 4.1