Most Popular Mainstream Books of the 20th century

Discover popular Mainstream books from the 20th century, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Remake

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Mainstream

December 1994

6.0/10 4 ratings

The Celtic Crusades #1

The Iron Lance

Stephen R. Lawhead

Mainstream

1998

6.0/10 2 ratings

Sarah Canary

Karen Joy Fowler

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1991

10.0/10 1 ratings

Swallow

D. M. Thomas

Fantasy · Mainstream

1984

6.0/10 1 ratings

High Hunt

David Eddings

Mainstream

1973

6.0/10 2 ratings

Atlantida

Pierre Benoît

Fantasy · Mainstream

1920

6.5/10 2 ratings

Island of the Sequined Love Nun

Christopher Moore

Mainstream

1997

6.0/10 1 ratings

Quicker Than the Eye

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1996

6.0/10 1 ratings

Morning in the Burned House

Margaret Atwood

Collection · Poetry · Mainstream

1995

6.0/10 1 ratings

After Silence

Jonathan Carroll

Mainstream

1992

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Girl Who Heard Dragons

Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1989

6.0/10 1 ratings

Memory

Margaret Mahy

Young Adult · Mainstream

1987

6.0/10 1 ratings

Pillar of the Sky

Cecelia Holland

Paleofiction · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1985

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens · Mainstream

1985

6.0/10 1 ratings

A Memory of Murder

Ray Bradbury

Short Stories · Mainstream · Thriller

1983

6.0/10 1 ratings

Stepping from the Shadows

Patricia A. McKillip

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1982

6.0/10 1 ratings

Mother Was A Lovely Beast

Philip José Farmer

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Anthology · Mainstream

1974

6.0/10 1 ratings

Rogue Sword

Poul Anderson

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1960

6.0/10 1 ratings

Over to You

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1945

6.0/10 1 ratings

Canopus in Argos: Archives #1

Re: Colonised Planet 5: Shikasta

Doris Lessing

Science Fiction · Mainstream

1979

6.6/10 10 ratings

Orsinia

Malafrena

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Mainstream

1979

6.3/10 4 ratings

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1922

5.7/10 3 ratings

The Memoirs of a Survivor

Doris Lessing

Science Fiction · Mainstream

1974

5.7/10 3 ratings

Death Is a Lonely Business

Ray Bradbury

Mainstream · Thriller

1985

5.8/10 9 ratings

Dolphin Island

Arthur C. Clarke

Mainstream

1963

4.7/10 3 ratings

The Mucker #2

The Return of the Mucker

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Mainstream

1916

4.0/10 1 ratings

Snow White

Donald Barthelme

Fantasy · Mainstream

1967

2.0/10 1 ratings

The Artist of the Missing

Paul La Farge

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1999

My Phantom Husband

Marie Darrieussecq

Fantasy · Translation · Mainstream

1999

The Egotist

Philip Fracassi

Mainstream

May 1999

The Book of Shadows

Namita Gokhale

Fantasy · Mainstream

1999

Signs and Wonders

Melvin Jules Bukiet

Fantasy · Mainstream

1999

White as the Waves

Alison Baird

Fantasy · Mainstream

1999

The Path: A New Look at Reality

Richard Matheson

Mainstream

1999

Freezer Burn

Joe R. Lansdale

Mainstream

1999

Syrup

Max Barry

Mainstream

1999