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Centennial picks

From 1925 to 2024: 100 Years of Popular Books (on Goodreads)

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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

509 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction literary science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

No Exit

Jean-Paul Sartre

47 pages • digital • 1944 user-added

fiction classics philosophy play challenging reflective slow-paced
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

The Member of the Wedding

Carson McCullers

163 pages • paperback • 1946

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

12 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

12 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2010

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

123 pages • hardcover • 1942

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

412 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Princess bride by William Goldman

Princess bride

William Goldman

328 pages • hardcover • 1973

fiction classics fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction dystopian literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced