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The Most Popular Book From the Year You Were Born

Esquire magazine compiled a list of the most popular books through 1930 to 2016. Have you read the book that was most popular in the year you were born?
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Cimarron (Edna Ferber (1930))
Cimarron (Edna Ferber (1930))
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Good Earth (Pearl S.Buck (1931))
Good Earth (Pearl S.Buck (1931))
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The Fountain
The Fountain
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Anthony Adverse (Hervey Allen)
Anthony Adverse (Hervey Allen)
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (James Hilton)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (James Hilton)
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Green Light (Lloyd Douglas)
Green Light (Lloyd Douglas)
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
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Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn (1940))
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn (1940))
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Song of Bernadette (Franz Werfel)
The Song of Bernadette (Franz Werfel)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
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Strange Fruit (Lillian Smith)
Strange Fruit (Lillian Smith)
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Forever Amber
Forever Amber
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The King's General (Daphne Du Maurier)
The King's General (Daphne Du Maurier)
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The Miracle of the Bells (Russell Janney)
The Miracle of the Bells (Russell Janney)
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Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
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The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead
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The Cardinal (Henry Morton Robinson (1950))
The Cardinal (Henry Morton Robinson (1950))
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From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
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The Robe (Lloyd Douglas)
The Robe (Lloyd Douglas)
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Not as a Stranger (Morton Thompson)
Not as a Stranger (Morton Thompson)
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
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Eloise (Kay Thompson)
Eloise (Kay Thompson)
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Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee (1960))
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee (1960))
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Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
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Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
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Shoes of the Fisherman
Shoes of the Fisherman
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You Only Live Twice (Ian Fleming)
You Only Live Twice (Ian Fleming)
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Herzog
Herzog
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Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
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Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
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Couples (John Updike)
Couples (John Updike)
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Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
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