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Goodreads Popular Literary Fiction Books - Page 2

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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 Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
41
Colson Whitehead
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
42
Toni Morrison
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
43
Lauren Groff
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
44
Markus Zusak
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
45
Han Kang
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
46
Ann Pratchett
Room (Emma Donaghue)
Room
47
Emma Donaghue
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
48
Albert Camus
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
49
Khaled Hosseini
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
50
Margaret Atwood
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
51
Emily Brontë
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
52
Jennifer Egan
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
53
Arundhati Roy
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
54
Ernest Hemingway
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
55
Kathryn Stockett
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
56
Sally Rooney
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
57
Oscar Wilde
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
58
Jeffrey Eugenides
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
59
Joseph Heller
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
60
Sara Gruen
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
61
Haruki Murakami
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
62
Tayari Jones
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
63
Alice Walker
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
64
Arthur Golden
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
65
Alice Sebold
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
66
John Steinbeck
My Name Is Lucy Barton (Elizabeth Strout)
My Name Is Lucy Barton
67
Elizabeth Strout
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
68
Paulo Coelho
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
69
Jonathan Safran Foer
Commonwealth (Ann Patchett)
Commonwealth
70
Ann Patchett
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
71
Milan Kundera
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
72
Audrey Niffenegger
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
73
Michael Chabon
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
74
Tommy Orange
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
75
John Steinbeck
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
76
Mark Twain
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
77
Elena Ferrante
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
78
Gabriel García Marquez
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
79
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
80
Elizabeth Strout
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