List of popular books

In 1952, 250,000 titles of books were published all over the world, ten years later (in 1962) almost 400,000, and in 2000 more than a million publications were published.

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In the vast expanses of the book sea it is easy to get lost, but in its depths there are real treasures. These are books on which more than one generation grew up and after the release of which, the world changed.

Sensational books And mystery books, books with which you forget about everything in the world, books that won literary awards and won wide popularity among readers.



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Finding such books is not easy. If you want to know which ones became bestsellers the year you were born, check out our list. A book of the same age can be a pleasant discovery for you and help you better understand the generation of your parents.

1950-1959 1950 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Clive Staples Lewis
The Catcher in the Rye (1951) as Jerome Salinger
1952 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway


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1953 Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
1954 The Lord of the Rings John R.R. Tolkien




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1955 Lolita Vladimir Nabokov
1956 The Fall by Albert Camus
1957 How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Dr. Seuss
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) as Truman Capote
1959 Gunter Grass (1960–1969 1960) To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Stranger in a Stranger Country (1961) as Robert Heinlein
1962 The Wrinkle of Time Madeleine L'Engle
1963 Under the Glass Hood by Sylvia Plath
1964 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
1965 Ariel as Sylvia Plath
1966 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keys
1967 One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1968: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick
1969 The Godfather by Mario Puzo




1970–1979 1970 The Seagull Named Jonathan Livingston Richard Bach


1971 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S. Thompson
Inhabitants of the Hills (1972) as Richard Adams
1973 The Princess Bride William Goldman
1974 Spy, Get Out! John le Carre
1975 Shogun James Clavell
1976 Pern Songs by Anne McCaffrey
1977 Singing in the Thorn, Colin McCullough
1978 The World Through the Eyes of Garp John Irving


1979 Sophie's Choice as William Styron

1980–1989 1980 The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco


1981 Children of Midnight Salman Rushdie
1982 The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
1983 The Color of Magic as Terry Pratchett
1984 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera
1985 Perfumer Patrick Suskind


1986 It as Stephen King
1987 The Guardians Alan Moore
1988 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
1989 The Joy and Luck Club Amy Tan

1990–1999 1990 Jurassic Park Michael Crichton
1991 The World of Sofia by Justine Gorder
1992 The Secret History as Donna Tartt
1993 Virgin Suicides Eugenides Jeffrey
1994 Chronicles of the Window Bird by Haruki Murakami


1995 Blindness by Jose Saramago
1996 Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin


1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J.K. Rowling
1998 The Clock Michael Cunningham
It's Good to Be Quiet (1999) Stephen Chbosky

2000–2005 2000 The Life of Pi by Yann Martel


2001 The Secret Life of the Bees Sue Monk Kidd
Pretty Bones (2002) as Alice Siebold
2003 The Da Vinci Code as Dan Brown
2004 Cloud Atlas as David Mitchell
2005 Don't Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro

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