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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 • 597 Readers • 656 pages 3.9

#2

The Prophet

1923 • 254 Readers • 240 pages 4.3

#3

We

1924 • 426 Readers • 256 pages 3.7

#4

The Great Gatsby

1920 • 2,729 Readers • 180 pages 3.7

#5

The Sun Also Rises

1926 • 595 Readers • 264 pages 3.6

#6

To the Lighthouse

1925 • 522 Readers • 326 pages 3.7

#7

The Well of Loneliness

1928 • 87 Readers • 527 pages 3

#8

Passing

1929 • 204 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

#9

As I Lay Dying

1930 • 365 Readers • 231 pages 3.6

#10

Joy of Cooking

2019 • 17 Readers • 1,200 pages 4.6

#11

Brave New World

1930 • 2,532 Readers • 332 pages 3.9

#12

In Praise of Shadows

1933 • 114 Readers • 88 pages 3.5

#13

Murder on the Orient Express

1933 • 1,030 Readers • 288 pages 4

#14

Gaudy Night

1935 • 63 Readers • 403 pages 4.3

#15

Absalom, Absalom!

1936 • 173 Readers • 305 pages 4

#16

Their Eyes Were Watching God

1937 • 514 Readers • 260 pages 4

#17

Rebecca

231 Readers 4.1

#18

The Grapes of Wrath

1939 • 1,048 Readers • 496 pages 3.8

#19

Native Son

1940 • 176 Readers • 624 pages 4.1

#20

The Library of Babel

1941 • 73 Readers • 39 pages 4.1

#21

The Stranger

1942 • 1,819 Readers • 134 pages 3.9

#22

O Pequeno Príncipe

1 • 1,644 Readers • 136 pages 4.2

#23

Ficciones

1944 • 277 Readers • 192 pages 4.2

#24

The Glass Menagerie

1945 • 133 Readers • 132 pages 3.8

#25

The Member of the Wedding

1946 • 37 Readers • 224 pages 3.5

#26

No Exit

1947 • 167 Readers • 292 pages 3.9

#27

I Capture the Castle

1948 • 160 Readers • 410 pages 3.6

#28

1984

1949 • 4,819 Readers • 352 pages 4.2

#29

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

1950 • 1,696 Readers • 146 pages 4

#30

Foundation

1951 • 1,572 Readers • 255 pages 4

#31

Invisible Man

449 Readers 3.8

#32

Fahrenheit 451

1953 • 3,068 Readers • 227 pages 3.9

#33

The Fellowship of the Ring

1954 • 2,729 Readers • 398 pages 4.4

#34

Lolita

1954 • 1,341 Readers • 395 pages 3.9

#35

Giovanni's Room

1956 • 406 Readers • 169 pages 4.4

#36

Doctor Zhivago

1957 • 215 Readers • 594 pages 3.4

#37

Things Fall Apart

1958 • 591 Readers • 185 pages 3.6

#38

The Haunting of Hill House

1959 • 876 Readers • 178 pages 3.8

#39

To Kill a Mockingbird

1960 • 3,073 Readers • 309 pages 4.1

#40

Catch-22

1961 • 1,365 Readers • 466 pages 4

#41

Silent Spring

1962 • 167 Readers • 347 pages 3.8

#42

The Bell Jar

1963 • 1,424 Readers • 234 pages 3.9

#43

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

1964 • 680 Readers • 174 pages 4

#44

Dune

1965 • 3,980 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

#45

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

1966 • 120 Readers • 64 pages 4.2

#46

#47

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

1968 • 198 Readers • 238 pages 4.1

#48

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1969 • 499 Readers • 309 pages 4.2

#49

The Bluest Eye

1970 • 450 Readers • 226 pages 3.9

#50

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1971 • 37 Readers • 230 pages 4

#51

Ways of Seeing

1972 • 186 Readers • 192 pages 4.2

#52

The Princess Bride

1973 • 1,131 Readers • 465 pages 4.2

#53

Carrie

1974 • 860 Readers • 174 pages 3.7

#54

'Salem's Lot

1975 • 856 Readers • 668 pages 3.8

#55

The Woman Warrior

1976 • 4 Readers • 221 pages 3

#56

Song of Solomon

1950 • 256 Readers • 398 pages 4.3

#57

The Westing Game

1978 • 325 Readers • 210 pages 3.9

#58

Kindred

1979 • 799 Readers • 292 pages 4.3

#59

The Name of the Rose

1980 • 734 Readers • 556 pages 4

#60

Midnight's Children

1981 • 381 Readers • 640 pages 4.1

#61

The Color Purple

1976 • 808 Readers • 288 pages 4.1

#62

The Queen's Gambit

1983 • 245 Readers • 288 pages 4.1

#63

The House on Mango Street

1984 • 264 Readers • 110 pages 3.7

#64

The Handmaid's Tale

1985 • 2,349 Readers • 324 pages 4.1

#65

Howl's Moving Castle

1986 • 1,061 Readers • 448 pages 4.2

#66

Watchmen

1987 • 1,125 Readers • 415 pages 4.4

#67

The Alchemist

1988 • 1,988 Readers • 181 pages 3.5

#68

The Pillars of the Earth

1800 • 860 Readers • 1,008 pages 4.1

#70

Outlander

1991 • 796 Readers • 627 pages 3.9

#71

The Secret History

1992 • 1,709 Readers • 523 pages 4

#72

The Virgin Suicides

1993 • 456 Readers • 217 pages 3.7

#73

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

1994 • 721 Readers • 611 pages 4.1

#74

The Golden Compass

1995 • 1,650 Readers • 399 pages 4

#75

A Game of Thrones

1996 • 2,761 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

#76

Guns, Germs and Steel

1998 • 647 Readers • 480 pages 3.8

#77

The Poisonwood Bible

1998 • 477 Readers • 576 pages 4

#78

Girl with a Pearl Earring

1999 • 207 Readers • 240 pages 3.8

#79

House of Leaves

1999 • 1,202 Readers • 709 pages 4.1

#80

The Shadow of the Wind

2001 • 989 Readers • 487 pages 4.1

#81

Coraline

2001 • 1,149 Readers • 176 pages 4.1

#82

The Namesake

2003 • 226 Readers 4

#83

Cloud Atlas

2003 • 908 Readers • 509 pages 3.9

#84

Never Let Me Go

2000 • 1,502 Readers • 282 pages 3.8

#85

The Road

2006 • 1,625 Readers • 287 pages 4

#86

The Book Thief

2005 • 1,917 Readers • 552 pages 4.3

#87

#88

Wolf Hall

2009 • 471 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 • 2,373 Readers • 11h 15m 4.3

#91

Gone Girl

2011 • 1,602 Readers • 415 pages 3.9

#92

The Goldfinch

2013 • 1,079 Readers • 1,006 pages 4

#93

Everything I Never Told You

2014 • 617 Readers • 10h 1m 3.9

#94

Between the World and Me

2015 • 702 Readers • 166 pages 4.5

#95

When Breath Becomes Air

2016 • 760 Readers • 256 pages 4.4

#96

The Hate U Give

2017 • 838 Readers • 444 pages 4.5

#97

Educated: A Memoir

2018 • 1,319 Readers • 352 pages 4.4

#98

Red, White & Royal Blue

2017 • 1,059 Readers • 432 pages 4

#99

The Vanishing Half

2020 • 898 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

#100

Malibu Rising

1988 • 752 Readers • 384 pages 4.1