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Goodreads Winter Challenge 2026: Lasting Reads

Now here's an interesting stack of books…

To honor the conclusion of the first quarter of the new century, we've ventured deep into the archives for this special collection. We've gathered below a collection of books that have maintained a full 4-star rating, over the years, here at Goodreads.

It's trickier than you might think, even for notoriously popular titles. The books are sorted by publication date, meaning the degree of difficulty gets harder as you move backward through time. It's actually pretty hard to maintain a 4-star average rating as more and more people find the book and weigh in on their experience.
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Wild Dark Shore (Charlotte McConaghy)
Wild Dark Shore
1
Charlotte McConaghy
The Correspondent (Virginia Evans)
The Correspondent
2
Virginia Evans
Heart the Lover (Lily King)
Heart the Lover
3
Lily King
King of Ashes (S.A. Cosby)
King of Ashes
4
S.A. Cosby
James (Percival Everett)
James
5
Percival Everett
All the Colors of the Dark (Chris Whitaker)
All the Colors of the Dark
6
Chris Whitaker
The Lion Women of Tehran (Marjan Kamali)
The Lion Women of Tehran
7
Marjan Kamali
The Briar Club (Kate Quinn)
The Briar Club
8
Kate Quinn
The Berry Pickers (Amanda Peters)
The Berry Pickers
9
Amanda Peters
Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
Hello Beautiful
10
Ann Napolitano
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
The Covenant of Water
11
Abraham Verghese
The Frozen River (Ariel Lawhon)
The Frozen River
12
Ariel Lawhon
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt)
Remarkably Bright Creatures
13
Shelby Van Pelt
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
14
Barbara Kingsolver
Black Cake (Charmaine Wilkerson)
Black Cake
15
Charmaine Wilkerson
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
16
Gabrielle Zevin
The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)
The Four Winds
17
Kristin Hannah
The Personal Librarian (Marie Benedict)
The Personal Librarian
18
Marie Benedict
The Guncle (Steven Rowley)
The Guncle
19
Steven Rowley
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway
20
Amor Towles
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (V.E. Schwab)
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
21
V.E. Schwab
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Tj Klune)
The House in the Cerulean Sea
22
Tj Klune
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
23
Brit Bennett
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
24
Susanna Clarke
Daisy Jones & the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones & the Six
25
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)
Anxious People
26
Fredrik Backman
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
27
Ocean Vuong
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
28
Ann Patchett
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
29
Delia Owens
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
30
Madeline Miller
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
31
Rebecca Makkai
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
32
Richard Powers
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
33
Celeste Ng
If We Were Villains (M L Rio)
If We Were Villains
34
M L Rio
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
35
Min Jin Lee
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
36
Gail Honeyman
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
37
Amor Towles
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
38
Colson Whitehead
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
39
Blake Crouch
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
40
Yaa Gyasi
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