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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Say Goodbye

Lewis Shiner

Mainstream

1999

Angelica's Grotto

Russell Hoban

Mainstream

1999

A Russell Hoban Omnibus

Russell Hoban

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1999

Lords of the Two Lands #2

The Oasis

Pauline Gedge

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1999

Lords of the Two Lands #1

The Hippopotamus Marsh

Pauline Gedge

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1999

Broken on the Wheel of Sex: The Jerzy Livingston Years

Jack Ketchum

Short Stories · Mainstream

1999

Dave at Night

Gail Carson Levine

Young Adult · Mainstream

1999

Perlman's Ordeal

Brooks Hansen

Fantasy · Mainstream

1999

Kerosene

Chris Wooding

Young Adult · Mainstream

1999

Joy Ride

Tony Shillitoe

Young Adult · Mainstream

1999

Thin Air

Storm Constantine

Mainstream

1999

Motherless Brooklyn

Jonathan Lethem

Mainstream

1999

Flanders

Patricia Anthony

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1998

Loose Connections

Sybil Claiborne

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1998

The Vintner's Luck #1

The Vintner's Luck

Elizabeth Knox

Fantasy · Mainstream

1998

Ai! Pedrito! When Intelligence Goes Wrong

Kevin J. Anderson, L. Ron Hubbard

Mainstream

1998

Down and Out in the Ivy League

J. G. Eccarius

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1998

The Boar

Joe R. Lansdale

Young Adult · Mainstream

1998

The Monkey Tree

Janet S. Anderson

Young Adult · Mainstream

1998

Another Chance to Dream

Lynn Kurland

Mainstream

1998

Mr. Rinyo-Clacton's Offer

Russell Hoban

Mainstream

1998

The Silent

Jack Dann

Mainstream

1998

Lord of Sunset

Parke Godwin

Mainstream

1998

Don't Explain: Short Fiction

Jewelle Gomez

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream

1998

Crashing

Chris Wooding

Young Adult · Mainstream

1998

American Woman

R. Garcí­a y Robertson

Mainstream

1998

The Bear Comes Home

Rafi Zabor

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Mainstream

August 1997

Spirit Bear #1

Touching Spirit Bear

Ben Mikaelsen

Fantasy · Young Adult · Adventure · Mainstream

1997

Wrack

James Bradley

Mainstream · Mystery

1997

While the Messiah Tarries

Melvin Jules Bukiet

Fantasy · Short Stories · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1997

Heartsease

Lee Harding

Young Adult · Mainstream

1997

A Blessing on the Moon

Joseph Skibell

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1997

In Awe

Scott Heim

Horror · Mainstream

1997

The Pony Riders

Guy N. Smith

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1997

The Great Automatic Grammatizator

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream

1997

The Knight and the Squire

Terry Jones

Young Adult · Mainstream

1997