Most Popular Mainstream Books of the 1990s

Discover popular Mainstream books from the 1990s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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A Skyhook in the Midnight Sun

Fiona Cooper

Fantasy · Mainstream

1994

Jasmine Nights

S. P. Somtow

Mainstream

1994

The Hanged Man

Francesca Lia Block

Young Adult · Mainstream

1994

Shadows of Time

Patricia Wrightson

Young Adult · Mainstream

1994

House of Dreams

Pauline Gedge

Mainstream

1994

Soulfire

Amanda Hemingway

Mainstream

1994

Billy's Drift

Charles Ashton

Childrens · Mainstream

1994

Gather Yourselves Together

Philip K. Dick

Mainstream

1994

The Mad Man

Samuel R. Delany

Mainstream

1994

Dream Messenger

Masahiko Shimada

Science Fiction · Mainstream

1993

Stained Glass Rain

Bruce Boston

Mainstream

1993

By the Gun

Richard Matheson

Short Stories · Mainstream

1993

The Gunfight

Richard Matheson

Mainstream

1993

Before Honor

Geo. W. Proctor

Mainstream

1993

Ruler of the Sky: A Novel of Genghis Khan

Pamela Sargent

Mainstream

1993

Charity, Colorado

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Mainstream

1993

Do You Know Me

Nancy Farmer

Young Adult · Mainstream

1993

Augustus Rex

Clive Sinclair

Fantasy · Mainstream

1992

A Bone from a Dry Sea

Peter Dickinson

Science Fiction · Young Adult · Mainstream

1992

People of the Mesa

Ardath Mayhar

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1992

Dinosaur Junction

Ann Halam

Science Fiction · Young Adult · Mainstream

1992

Thief of Lives

Kit Reed

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1992

Journal of the Gun Years

Richard Matheson

Mainstream

1992

The Fortune-Tellers

Lloyd Alexander

Childrens · Mainstream

1992

Pig Ignorant

Nicholas Fisk

Childrens · Mainstream

1992

Comes the Hunter

Geo. W. Proctor

Mainstream

1992

Kingdom of the Grail

A. A. Attanasio

Fantasy · Mainstream

1992

Elina, Mistress of Laukko

Mary Caraker

Mainstream

1992

The Green Progression

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Bruce Scott Levinson

Mainstream

1992

Blood Brothers

John Gordon

Young Adult · Mainstream

1991

Empire of the Sun

The Kindness of Women

J. G. Ballard

Mainstream

1991

The Houdini Box

Brian Selznick

Childrens · Mainstream

1991

Interzone

William S. Burroughs

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1990

Maybe I'll Call Anna

William Browning Spencer

Mainstream

1990

Walford's Oak

Jill M. Phillips

Horror · Mainstream

1990

We Should Have Killed the King

J. G. Eccarius

Science Fiction · Mainstream

1990