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99 Beloved Backlist Books: 4-Star Reads Goodreads Members Recommend

"Below we've gathered up 99 books that have stood the test of time according to your fellow Goodreads regulars. Each of these titles has earned thousands of good reviews and maintained at least a four-star rating over the past 10 years.

In other words, these are reader-recommended hits of the past decade or so that found (and kept) a wide and appreciative audience. We've sorted the books by genre, with the most popular titles at the top of each section."
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2855?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=November192024&utm_content=Four.Star.Reads&ref_=pe_3097180_1160622500
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
1
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Frozen River (Ariel Lawhon)
The Frozen River
2
Ariel Lawhon
Daisy Jones & the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones & the Six
3
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
4
Brit Bennett
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
The Covenant of Water
5
Abraham Verghese
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
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Yaa Gyasi
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
7
Min Jin Lee
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
Lessons in Chemistry
8
Bonnie Garmus
The Berry Pickers (Amanda Peters)
The Berry Pickers
9
Amanda Peters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
10
Gail Honeyman
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
11
Gabrielle Zevin
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
12
Celeste Ng
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt)
Remarkably Bright Creatures
13
Shelby Van Pelt
Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)
Anxious People
14
Fredrik Backman
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
15
Hanya Yanagihara
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
16
Barbara Kingsolver
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
17
Ocean Vuong
Mad Honey (Jodi Picoult)
Mad Honey
18
Jodi Picoult
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
19
Liane Moriarty
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient
20
Alex Michaelides
The Housemaid (Freida McFadden)
The Housemaid
21
Freida McFadden
None of This Is True (Lisa Jewell)
None of This Is True
22
Lisa Jewell
Local Woman Missing (Mary Kubica)
Local Woman Missing
23
Mary Kubica
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Jesse Q. Sutanto)
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
24
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Razorblade Tears (S.A. Cosby)
Razorblade Tears
25
S.A. Cosby
The Only One Left (Riley Sager)
The Only One Left
26
Riley Sager
If We Were Villains (M L Rio)
If We Were Villains
27
M L Rio
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (V.E. Schwab)
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
28
V.E. Schwab
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
29
Madeline Miller
The House on the Cerulean Sea (T. J. Klune)
The House on the Cerulean Sea
30
T. J. Klune
Ninth House (Leigh Bardugo)
Ninth House
31
Leigh Bardugo
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
32
Susanna Clarke
Babel (Rebecca Kuang)
Babel
33
Rebecca Kuang
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
Uprooted
34
Naomi Novik
Legends & Lattes (Travis Baldree)
Legends & Lattes
35
Travis Baldree
The Bear and the Nightingale (Katherine Arden)
The Bear and the Nightingale
36
Katherine Arden
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary
37
Andy Weir
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
38
N. K. Jemisin
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
39
Blake Crouch
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
40
Emily St John Mandel
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