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.
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1929 • 295 Readers • 160 pages • 3.9
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1933 • 157 Readers • 88 pages • 3.6
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#10 of 47 in Hercule Poirot
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1936 • 244 Readers • 305 pages • 4
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1940 • 269 Readers • 624 pages • 4
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#1 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)
1950 • 2,491 Readers • 208 pages • 4
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#1 of 8 in Foundation (Publication Order)
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1953 • 4,520 Readers • 227 pages • 3.9
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#1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1954 • 4,017 Readers • 398 pages • 4.4
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#1 of 3 in The African Trilogy
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#1 of 2 in Charlie Bucket
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#1 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 738 Readers • 309 pages • 4.2
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1971 • 63 Readers • 230 pages • 3.9
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1972 • 275 Readers • 186 pages • 4.1
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#1 of 3 in The Color Purple Collection
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#1 of 3 in The Handmaid's Tale
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#1 of 3 in Howl's Moving Castle
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#1 of 4 in Kingsbridge
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#1 of 14 in Outlander
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#1 of 3 in His Dark Materials
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#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
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#1 of 3 in Civilizations Rise and Fall
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#1 of 2 in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books
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2003 • 319 Readers • 4
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#1 of 3 in Thomas Cromwell
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#1 of 1 in The Hate U Give
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