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80 Hit Books of the Past Decade (By Year) - Page 2

"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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Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
41
Celeste Ng
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
42
Jesmyn Ward
Bear Town (Fredrik Backman)
Bear Town
43
Fredrik Backman
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
44
Gail Honeyman
The Dry (Jane Harper)
The Dry
45
Jane Harper
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
46
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
47
Min Jin Lee
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
48
Angie Thomas
The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah)
The Great Alone
49
Kristin Hannah
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
50
Delia Owens
Circe (Madeleine Miller)
Circe
51
Madeleine Miller
The Poppy War (R.F. Kuang)
The Poppy War
52
R.F. Kuang
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
53
Michelle McNamara
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
54
Tara Westover
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
55
Michelle Obama
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
56
John Carreyrou
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
57
Ocean Vuong
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient
58
Alex Michaelides
Daisy Jones and the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones and the Six
59
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Talking to Strangers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Talking to Strangers
60
Malcolm Gladwell
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
61
Margaret Atwood
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
62
Ann Patchett
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Lori Gottlieb)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
63
Lori Gottlieb
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
64
Bernardine Evaristo
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library
65
Matt Haig
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (V.E. Schwab)
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
66
V.E. Schwab
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
67
Brit Bennett
Beach Read (Emily Henry)
Beach Read
68
Emily Henry
Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)
Anxious People
69
Fredrik Backman
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
70
Susanna Clarke
The House on the Cerulean Sea (T. J. Klune)
The House on the Cerulean Sea
71
T. J. Klune
Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste
72
Isabel Wilkerson
Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Malibu Rising
73
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Crying in H Mart (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart
74
Michelle Zauner
The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)
The Four Winds
75
Kristin Hannah
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
76
Anthony Doerr
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary
77
Andy Weir
Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult)
Wish You Were Here
78
Jodi Picoult
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
79
Patrick Radden Keefe
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway
80
Amor Towles
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