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Goodreads Winter Challenge 2026: Lasting Reads - Page 2

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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The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
41
N. K. Jemisin
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
42
Kristin Hannah
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
43
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
Uprooted
44
Naomi Novik
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
45
Emily St John Mandel
The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Invention of Wings
46
Sue Monk Kidd
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
47
Liane Moriarty
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
48
Anthony Doerr
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
49
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Orphan Train (Christina Baker Kline)
Orphan Train
50
Christina Baker Kline
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
51
Ruth Ozeki
Ordinary Grace (William Kent Krueger)
Ordinary Grace
52
William Kent Krueger
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
53
Gillian Flynn
The Light Between Oceans (M.L. Stedman)
The Light Between Oceans
54
M.L. Stedman
The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey)
The Snow Child
55
Eowyn Ivey
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
56
Khaled Hosseini
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
57
Madeline Miller
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
58
Andy Weir
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
59
Elena Ferrante
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
60
Ernest Cline
The Way of Kings (Brandon Sanderson)
The Way of Kings
61
Brandon Sanderson
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
62
Emma Donoghue
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
63
Justin Cronin
Winter Garden (Kristin Hannah)
Winter Garden
64
Kristin Hannah
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
65
Abraham Verghese
The Forty Rules of Love (Elif Shafak)
The Forty Rules of Love
66
Elif Shafak
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
67
Kathryn Stockett
The Maze Runner (James Dashner)
The Maze Runner
68
James Dashner
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
69
Suzanne Collins
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
70
Mary Ann Shaffer
People of the Book (Geraldine Brooks)
People of the Book
71
Geraldine Brooks
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
72
David Benioff
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
73
Khaled Hosseini
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind
74
Patrick Rothfuss
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name
75
André Aciman
The Terror (Dan Simmons)
The Terror
76
Dan Simmons
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
77
Cormac McCarthy
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
78
Cixin Liu
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
79
Sara Gruen
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
80
Gillian Flynn
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