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From No. 1 to No. 60, Readers' Top Books Published in the Past Five Years
Spend enough time on this planet and random questions will gradually surface in the brain. Who invented the window? Why are oranges orange? And what are the 60 most popular books on Goodreads over the past five years?
We’re here to tackle that last question with today’s collection of the 60 top books published in the last half-decade, according to Goodreads members. This particular list is strictly by the numbers. We counted up the number of times Goodreads members marked these books as Want to Read, Currently Reading, or already Read. Then we looked at the average ratings on each title, with all of these books earning at least a 3.5-average star rating from fellow readers.
The books are sequenced according to overall popularity, without regard to genre or categorization. As such, for now, Alex Michaelides’ 2019 psychological thriller The Silent Patient is the most popular book overall. It seems that Goodreads regulars are also enjoying mysteries, romance, and the relatively new hybrid designation known as romantasy.
Authorwise, you’ll notice the usual suspects list of Goodreads fan favorites here—perennially popular writers including Sarah J. Maas, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Kristin Hannah, and Emily Henry. But the discerning reader will find all manner of things to catch the eye. Hockey lust, say, or Dickensian updates, or octopi.
Click on the book cover images for more information about each title. If you spot anything promising, use the Want to Read button to add the book to your digital shelf.
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How many of these books have you read? Let us know in the comments below!
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Sep 26, 2024 05:53PM
41!! with most of the others marked as want to read.
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17 I read and there are like another 8 on my TBR
Read - 10TBR (have access to but have not read) - 4
Wishlist - 7
варежка wrote: "What a disappointing list with a bunch of pornographic "romances" taking the lead of today's teens and young adults' interests. Shame."Many teenagers are either interested in and/or having sex, film at 11.
Rodjanikov wrote: "This is horrifying and beyond worrying"How so?
jemmi ♡ wrote: "the taste in books the people on this site have.... scary honestly."How so?
Reader wrote: "60 porn/romance books from booktok lmao"You darn tootin'!
Jerome wrote: "romance, romance and romance... First trash reggaeton music everywere...now romance trash in books everywere"What's wrong with reggaeton?
I’ve read 4 of them and a few are on my list to reading. Hoping and waiting they make it on the Kindle Unlimited so I can read them soon! Always looking for a good book, been reading at least 5 books a week
only read a good girl's guide to murder
I’ve read 10, with quite a few still in my tbr.
How did haunting adeline make it here what
I've read 10 of those books. I have 3 on my "to read" list.
I've read 7 of them but several are in my TBR pile. I am surprised to see some of these choices ranked so highly.
i've been using goodreads since 2021 and every month it's the same books i'm begging yall to branch out
Well, this list tells me exactly why I am not supposed to trust this site lol.
варежка wrote: "What a disappointing list with a bunch of pornographic "romances" taking the lead of today's teens and young adults' interests. Shame."Agree. The best book is listed on the last position. There are about less than 5 books which I consider to be literature, the rest is just pure brainless entertainment.
23 read. Gonna complete the list this year.
Katharina wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Well, I dnf'ed 1 and the rest are not on my to be read list...And in average I only read about 200 books per year."
Only??? That means you read a bit over half a book a day.
So u..."
Try putting audiobooks on 1.5x - 2x speed; that's what I do anyway.
I'm not even trying to get through as many books as I can either. I'd probably knock through an average of 1 a day if I really wanted to.
"We counted up the number of times Goodreads members marked these books as Want to Read, Currently Reading, or already Read."Ahh yes, including accounts that add tons of books to Want to Read, or books forever set to Currently Reading, that makes this list make more sense.
Only use already Read, that would make a more interesting list based upon adding books that people actually read.
I've read 13 and about 4 more are on my existing TBR, but I feel, as many have already mentioned, that this list is incredibly limited. So many incredible books have been released over the last few years, but they are not on the list...It's highly likely that a large proportion of them are overlooked because they are not the 'popular' and that's what this is...a popularity game (hence TJR, SJM etc appearing on the list multiple times).
Leggeremale wrote: "I feel like in the last 5 years much more interesting books have been published rather than most of this list tbh"Can you tell us some of those more interesting books you mentioned?
Katharina wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Well, I dnf'ed 1 and the rest are not on my to be read list...And in average I only read about 200 books per year."
Only??? That means you read a bit over half a book a day.
So u..."
If i can butt in.... read fast (learn to speed read by not sub-vocalizing every word in your head or throat. It took me YEARS to figure this out. You can go from 60 pages an hour to 100 EASY), read for pleasure and entertainment (forego all tv shows and movies and limit sports), and read 3 1/2 hours a day (make it happen).
I have read 7, reading a buncha more and plan on reading buncha more again.
The absolute state of these ugly ass book covers and most of these are just straight up smut masquerading as fiction. Tiktok women really let their standards go down the drain.
I only read 2 (I rated 3⭐️ and 1 ⭐️) +2 on my tbr 🙈
Books on this list I've read: The Midnight Library , People We Meet on Vacation
Books on this list I want to read:
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder , The Inheritance Games , The House in the Cerulean Sea , Remarkably Bright Creatures , Every Summer After
This list is why one should not follow Goodreads recommendations.
Aferandox wrote: "The mainstream is never a good guide. This list is yet another proof of that simple fact. Still, reading them is better than watching TV."This is a very tempting view for us readers to take, but I do believe it's a) wrong (nitpick-ishly) and b) plays some (however small) part in the proliferation of mediocre to bad literature; by seeing any reading as an inherently more worthwhile activity we imply that it's fine to spend your time on trash. A sitcom or a police procedural need not be better than any other just because it comes inbetween covers in 11pt font.
some comments on here seem to not even know how to read. and why are some of you acting like your taste is superior to most people's??? sounds like narcissism to me.
These are top books by tbr, reading or read, that only means these were popular and you were unable to miss it and had it on your radar. This doesn't include how much these were dnf'ed, or rated less than 4 stars. Again, this is most popular books, not the top books as top best books by quality. This list is not showing anything new, why wasn't even this made into a list, we already know these, exactly because these are so pushed out and popular everywhere.
I read like 3 and a bunch are on my refuse to read list... when are we getting some new popular titles? Kinda sick of these
варежка wrote: "What a disappointing list with a bunch of pornographic "romances" taking the lead of today's teens and young adults' interests. Shame."realest comment ever
I don't understand the high ratings behind Freida McFadden... but to each their own I guess
7Moderately interested in reading 8 of the others
5 read, 4 on my tbr. Nothing new added to the tbr from this list. I guess wildly popular books are not in my wheelhouse.
Not a huge fan of the midnight library, it's a wonder why it's so popular
I've read 19 of these books and I've never even heard of #1, how is that possible?? I also see a lot of snobby behavior in these comments about what constitutes a legitimate book that should or should not be on this list. Stop shaming people for reading what they like and for popular books being popular for a reason, it's what the POPulous like to read. Let them like what they like, sheesh.
