Most Popular Mainstream Books
Explore the most popular Mainstream books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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The Last Kingdom #12
Sword of Kings
Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream
October 2019
The Last Kingdom #9
Warriors of the Storm
Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream
October 8, 2015
Lord of the Flies
Horror · Graphic Novels · Movie · Mainstream
September 9, 2024
Einstein's Dreams
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Mainstream
1992
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #4
The Labyrinth of the Spirits
Magical Realism · Translation · Mainstream
September 17, 2018
The Moonstone
Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Mystery
1868
The Last Kingdom #10
The Flame Bearer
Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream
October 4, 2016
Cicero trilogy #3
Dictator
Historical Fiction · Mainstream
October 8, 2015
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Historical Fiction · Mainstream
May 13, 2010
The Last Kingdom #11
War of the Wolf
Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream
October 2, 2018
Human Croquet
Fantasy · Mainstream
1997
The Fortress of Solitude
Mainstream
2003
When We Cease to Understand the World
Translation · Historical Fiction · Mainstream
March 9, 2020
Fifth Child #1
The Fifth Child
Science Fiction · Mainstream
1988
Slade House
Science Fiction · Mainstream
October 22, 2015
Needle in the Groove
Mainstream
2000
Utopia Avenue
Science Fiction · Mainstream
July 14, 2020
Hannibal: Pride of Carthage
Historical Fiction · Mainstream
January 2005
The Star of Kazan
Young Adult · Mainstream
2004
Journey to the River Sea
Young Adult · Mainstream
2001
Number9Dream
Science Fiction · Mainstream
2001
Welcome to the Monkey House
Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream
1968
The Dragonscale Trilogy #1
The Orb of Sovereignty
Fantasy · Mainstream
December 14, 2024
The Cassandra Complex
Science Fiction · Mainstream
May 11, 2023
The Body
Adventure · Mainstream
June 2018
Curlew Chronicles #1
The Magician in the Attic
Fantasy · Young Adult · Mainstream
June 2014
The Fall of Arthur
Mainstream
May 22, 2013
Jamrach's Menagerie
Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mainstream
February 2011
Wonders of a Godless World
Fantasy · Mainstream
2009
The Dragonfly Pool
Young Adult · Mainstream
2008
Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key
Mainstream
March 31, 2008
The Falconer's Knot
Young Adult · Mainstream
2007
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award · Alternate History · Mainstream
May 2007
The Great God Pan and The Hill of Dreams
Fantasy · Horror · Mainstream
2006
Phallos
Fantasy · Mainstream
2004
The Devil and Daniel Silverman
Mainstream
2003