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Goodreads Popular Literary Fiction Books

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The rankings are in descending order of times shelved as literary-fiction on Goodreads, whatever that means. (If I did know, I might understand how 'Red Russia' got so high up the list. Someone to explain briefly in the Comments?)
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The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
1
Donna Tartt
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
3
Margaret Atwood
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
5
Anthony Doerr
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
6
Donna Tartt
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
7
J.D. Salinger
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
8
Khalid Hosseini
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
9
Yann Martel
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
10
Kazuo Ishiguro
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
11
Jeffrey Eugenides
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
12
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
13
Vladimir Nabokov
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
14
Ian McEwan
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
15
Kazuo Ishiguro
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
16
Celeste Ng
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
17
Hanya Yanagihara
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
18
George Orwell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
19
William Golding
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
20
Gabriel García Márquez
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
21
Cormac McCarthy
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
22
George Orwell
Red Russia (Tanya Thompson)
Red Russia
23
Tanya Thompson
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
24
Sylvia Plath
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
25
John Steinbeck
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
26
Barbara Kingsolver
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
27
Jane Austen
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
28
Emily St. John Mandel
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
29
Jesmyn Ward
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
30
Kurt Vonnegut
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
31
Mark Haddon
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
32
Julian Barnes
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
33
Charlotte Brontë
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
34
David Mitchell
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
35
Celeste Ng
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
36
Junot Díaz
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
37
Mohsin Hamed
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
38
George Saunders
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
39
Kate Atkinson
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
40
Yaa Gyasi
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