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80 Hit Books of the Past Decade (By Year)

"What makes a book a hit in the publishing industry? There's no standard, really. Depending on your point of view, various commercial and critical elements factor in – reviews and sales and the constantly moving wavelengths of pop culture resonance. It's a tricky business.

Nevertheless, we persist. Below is our collection of the biggest "hit" books from the last 10 years, published in the U.S. from 2012 to the present. We factored in overall popularity but also sorted for books with 4-star ratings or above–books enthused about in the Goodreads community, specifically.

We've selected eight titles from each calendar year, with the goal of creating a kind of interesting jumble–a sampling of the books that made waves that year. Hopefully, this will spark some pleasant memories."
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Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
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Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
3
The Light Between Oceans (M.L. Stedman)
The Light Between Oceans (M.L. Stedman)
4
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
5
Saga (Brian K. Vaughan)
Saga (Brian K. Vaughan)
6
The Selection (Kiera Cass)
The Selection (Kiera Cass)
7
The Power of Habit (Charles Duhigg)
The Power of Habit (Charles Duhigg)
8
Quiet (Susan Cain)
Quiet (Susan Cain)
9
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
10
Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)
Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)
11
Orphan Train (Christina Baker Kline)
Orphan Train (Christina Baker Kline)
12
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
13
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
14
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
15
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
16
The Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)
17
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
18
The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd)
19
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
20
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
21
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian (Andy Weir)
22
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
23
A Man Called Ove (Frederick Backman)
A Man Called Ove (Frederick Backman)
24
What If (Randall Munroe)
What If (Randall Munroe)
25
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
26
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
27
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
28
Rising Strong (Brené Brown)
Rising Strong (Brené Brown)
29
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
30
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
31
Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
32
A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E Schwab)
A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E Schwab)
33
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
34
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
35
Lilac Girls (Martha Hall Kelly)
Lilac Girls (Martha Hall Kelly)
36
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
37
It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
38
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
39
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
40
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
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