Most Popular Mainstream Books
Explore the most popular Mainstream books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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Patrick: Son of Ireland
Mainstream
2003
Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream
2003
London Bone
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream
May 2001
The Celtic Crusades #3
The Mystic Rose
Mainstream
2001
Stonehenge
Alternate History · Mainstream
June 5, 2000
The Thief of Time
Fantasy · Mainstream
2000
The Celtic Crusades #2
The Black Rood
Mainstream
2000
Wilderness
Historical Fiction · Mainstream
1994
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
Fantasy · Mainstream
1989
Phases of Gravity
Mainstream
1989
Cat's Eye
Mainstream
October 1988
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream
1979
Long After Midnight
Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream
1976
Soul Catcher
Mainstream
1971
The Vintage Bradbury
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Mainstream
1965
Theseus #1
The King Must Die
Greek Mythology · Minotaur · Mythology · Historical Fiction · Mainstream
1958
The Man Who Was Thursday
Crime Fiction · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Mystery
1908
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Fantasy · Alternate History · Mainstream
1904
Kim
19th century · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mainstream
1901
Cicero trilogy #2
Lustrum
Historical Fiction · Mainstream
October 8, 2009
Killer Instinct #1
The Hypnotist
Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mainstream · Thriller
June 21, 2011
Mr. Vertigo
Magical Realism · Mainstream
1994
Killer Instinct #5
Stalker
Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mainstream · Thriller
February 5, 2019
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Mainstream
2000
The Losers
Mainstream
1992
The Overstory
Science Fiction · Mainstream
April 3, 2018
Tenth of December
Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream
January 2013
Timbuktu
Magical Realism · Mainstream
1998
Datura
Fantasy · Translation · Mainstream
October 2013
Our Ancestors
The Nonexistent Knight & The Cloven Viscount
Fantasy · Collection · Translation · Mainstream
1962
Things We Lost in the Fire
Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream
February 2017
Killer Instinct #4
The Sandman
Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mainstream · Thriller
August 28, 2014
Goon Squad #1
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Science Fiction · Mainstream
2010
The Bone Clocks
Science Fiction · Mainstream · Thriller
August 2014
The Myths
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus
Fantasy · Ancient Mythology · Mythology · Mainstream
2005