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Read 80 of the Past Decade's Very Popular Fiction

"The books below represent the most popular contemporary and historical fiction of the past decade, according to the Goodreads community at large. From there, we have sorted the books by publication year." ~Goodreads
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Lilac Girls (Martha Hall Kelly)
Lilac Girls
1
Martha Hall Kelly
Beartown (Fredrik Backman)
Beartown
2
Fredrik Backman
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
3
Colson Whitehead
Small Great Things (Jodi Picoult)
Small Great Things
4
Jodi Picoult
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
5
Amor Towles
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
6
Yaa Gyasi
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers
7
Imbolo Mbue
The Nix (Nathan Hill)
The Nix
8
Nathan Hill
The Alice Network (Kate Quinn)
The Alice Network
9
Kate Quinn
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
10
Jesmyn Ward
This Is How It Always Is (Laurie Frankel)
This Is How It Always Is
11
Laurie Frankel
Stay With Me (Ayobami Adebayo)
Stay With Me
12
Ayobami Adebayo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
13
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
14
Celeste Ng
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
15
Gail Honeyman
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
16
Min Jin Lee
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
17
Richard Powers
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
18
Rebecca Makkai
A Place for Us (Fatima Farheen Mirza)
A Place for Us
19
Fatima Farheen Mirza
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell (Robert Dugoni)
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
20
Robert Dugoni
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
21
Delia Owens
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
22
Heather Morris
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
23
Tayari Jones
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
24
Tommy Orange
The Water Dancer (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
The Water Dancer
25
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
26
Colson Whitehead
The Island of Sea Women (Lisa See)
The Island of Sea Women
27
Lisa See
The Giver of Stars (Jojo Moyes)
The Giver of Stars
28
Jojo Moyes
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
29
Bernardine Evaristo
A Woman Is No Man (Etaf Rum)
A Woman Is No Man
30
Etaf Rum
The Beekeeper of Aleppo (Christy Lefteri)
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
31
Christy Lefteri
Nothing to See Here (Kevin Wilson)
Nothing to See Here
32
Kevin Wilson
Writers & Lovers (Lily King)
Writers & Lovers
33
Lily King
The Girl With the Louding Voice (Abi Daré)
The Girl With the Louding Voice
34
Abi Daré
The Book of Lost Names (Kristin Harmel)
The Book of Lost Names
35
Kristin Harmel
My Dark Vanessa (Kate Elizabeth Russell)
My Dark Vanessa
36
Kate Elizabeth Russell
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
37
Brit Bennett
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet
38
Maggie O'farrell
The Dictionary of Lost Words (Pip Williams)
The Dictionary of Lost Words
39
Pip Williams
The Henna Artist (Alka Joshi)
The Henna Artist
40
Alka Joshi
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