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Best Books of 1949, According to Goodreads Readers

I have been missing someone's most popular books of each year, working backwards. So I thought that I would start with an idea of best books of each year--starting forward from the year I was born.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
2
Arthur Miller
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
3
Shirley Jackson
King Solomon's Ring
King Solomon's Ring
4
Farmer Giles of Ham (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Farmer Giles of Ham
5
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Conquering Family (Thomas B Costain)
The Conquering Family
6
Thomas B Costain
The Magnificent Century (Thomas B. Costain)
The Magnificent Century
7
Thomas B. Costain
Crooked House (Agatha Christie)
Crooked House
8
Agatha Christie
Bartholomew and the Oobleck (Dr. Seuss)
Bartholomew and the Oobleck
9
Dr. Seuss
Love in a Cold Climate (Nancy Mitford)
Love in a Cold Climate
10
Nancy Mitford
In a Dark Wood Wandering (Helle S. Haasse)
In a Dark Wood Wandering
11
Helle S. Haasse
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
12
Graham Greene
The Door in the Wall (Marguerite De Angeli)
The Door in the Wall
13
Marguerite De Angeli
Surprise Island (Gertrude Chandler Warner)
Surprise Island
14
Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
15
Simone De Beauvoir
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
16
Joseph Campbell
Men of Maize (Miguel Ángel Asturias)
Men of Maize
17
Miguel Ángel Asturias
Here Is New York (E. B. White)
Here Is New York
18
E. B. White
The Emigrants (W.G. Sebald)
The Emigrants
19
W.G. Sebald
Carney's House Party (Maud Hart Lovelace)
Carney's House Party
20
Maud Hart Lovelace
The Way West (A.B. Guthrie Jr.)
The Way West
21
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
The Color Kittens (Margaret Wise Brown)
The Color Kittens
22
Margaret Wise Brown
Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith (J.E. Esslemont)
Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith
23
J.E. Esslemont
The Far Cry (Emma Smith)
The Far Cry
24
Emma Smith
The Train Was on Time (Bõll)
The Train Was on Time
25
Bõll
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Greatest Story Ever Told
26
Death Be Not Proud (John Gunther)
Death Be Not Proud
27
John Gunther
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology (C.W. Ceram)
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
28
C.W. Ceram
The Devil in Massachusetts, Marion L. Starkey
The Devil in Massachusetts, Marion L. Starkey
29
The Cocktail Party (T.S. Eliot)
The Cocktail Party
30
T.S. Eliot
The Skin (Curzio Malaparte)
The Skin
31
Curzio Malaparte
Killers of the Dream (Lillian Smith)
Killers of the Dream
32
Lillian Smith
The Intoxicated (Shirley Jackson)
The Intoxicated
33
Shirley Jackson
Landscape Into Art (Kenneth Clark)
Landscape Into Art
34
Kenneth Clark
The Farm in the Green Mountains (Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer)
The Farm in the Green Mountains
35
Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer
A Sand County Almanac
A Sand County Almanac
36
The Little Sister
The Little Sister
37
Track of the Cat (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
Track of the Cat
38
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy)
To Hell and Back
39
Audie Murphy
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane
40
Jack Schaefer
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