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Most Popular Books of the Year Since 1930

Bestseller books through the years, from 1930 to 2016. See how many you've read!
(Classics, forgotten ones, prize-winning ones, cult classics, recent ones... there's a little of everything).
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Cimarron
Cimarron
1
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
2
Pearl S. Buck
The Fountain
The Fountain
3
Anthony Adverse (Hervey Allen)
Anthony Adverse
4
Hervey Allen
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (James Hilton)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
5
James Hilton
Green Light (Lloyd Douglas)
Green Light
6
Lloyd Douglas
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
7
Margaret Mitchell
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
8
John Steinbeck
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
9
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
10
John Steinbeck
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
11
Richard Llewellyn
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
12
Ernest Hemingway
The Song of Bernadette (Franz Werfel)
The Song of Bernadette
13
Franz Werfel
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
14
Betty Smith
Strange Fruit (Lillian Smith)
Strange Fruit
15
Lillian Smith
Forever Amber
Forever Amber
16
The King's General (Daphne Du Maurier)
The King's General
17
Daphne Du Maurier
The Miracle of the Bells (Russell Janney)
The Miracle of the Bells
18
Russell Janney
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
19
Anne Frank
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
20
Norman Mailer
The Cardinal (Henry Morton Robinson)
The Cardinal
21
Henry Morton Robinson
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
22
James Jones
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
23
J.D. Salinger
The Robe (Lloyd Douglas)
The Robe
24
Lloyd Douglas
Not as a Stranger (Morton Thompson)
Not as a Stranger
25
Morton Thompson
THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT (SLOAN WILSON)
THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT
26
SLOAN WILSON
Eloise (Kay Thompson)
Eloise
27
Kay Thompson
Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
Peyton Place
28
Grace Metalious
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
29
Vladimir Nabokov
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
30
Boris Pasternak
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
31
Harper Lee
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
32
Henry Miller
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
33
J.D. Salinger
Shoes of the Fisherman
Shoes of the Fisherman
34
You Only Live Twice (Ian Fleming)
You Only Live Twice
35
Ian Fleming
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
36
Saul Bellow
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
37
Jacqueline Susann
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
38
Ira Levin
Couples (John Updike)
Couples
39
John Updike
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
40
Philip Roth
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