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Goodhousekeeping's the Most Popular Book the Year You Were Born

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GoodHousekeeping's the Most Popular Book the Year You Were Born. How many have you read? (#7 is a good place to start... say the people at GoodHousekeeping).
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Cimarron
Cimarron
2
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
3
The Fountain
The Fountain
4
Anthony Adverse (Hervey Allen)
Anthony Adverse
Hervey Allen
5
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (James Hilton)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
James Hilton
6
Green Light (Lloyd Douglas)
Green Light
Lloyd Douglas
7
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
8
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
9
The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
The Yearling
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
10
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
11
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
Richard Llewellyn
12
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
13
The Song of Bernadette (Franz Werfel)
The Song of Bernadette
Franz Werfel
14
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith
15
Strange Fruit (Lillian Smith)
Strange Fruit
Lillian Smith
16
Forever Amber
Forever Amber
17
The King's General (Daphne Du Maurier)
The King's General
Daphne Du Maurier
18
The Miracle of the Bells (Russell Janney)
The Miracle of the Bells
Russell Janney
19
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
20
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
Norman Mailer
21
The Cardinal (Henry Morton Robinson)
The Cardinal
Henry Morton Robinson
22
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
James Jones
23
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
24
The Robe (Lloyd Douglas)
The Robe
Lloyd Douglas
25
Not as a Stranger (Morton Thompson)
Not as a Stranger
Morton Thompson
26
THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT (SLOAN WILSON)
THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT
SLOAN WILSON
27
Eloise (Kay Thompson)
Eloise
Kay Thompson
28
Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
Peyton Place
Grace Metalious
29
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
30
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
31
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
32
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
33
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
J.D. Salinger
34
Shoes of the Fisherman
Shoes of the Fisherman
35
You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice
36
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
Saul Bellow
37
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann
38
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
Ira Levin
39
Couples
Couples
40
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
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