Freida McFadden’s new, twisty psychological thriller The Boyfriend might be topping all the current bestseller lists, but Goodreads has released a list of the 60 most popular books from the past five years – and it includes some bedside table-worthy reading material. So let’s take a look at what titles round out the top 10…
The 10 most popular books on Goodreads
1. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Alicia Berenson hasn’t spoken a single word since she shot her husband in the head five times six years ago. Forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber is convinced he can successfully treat Alicia, where all others have failed. Obsessed with investigating her crime, his discoveries suggest her silence goes far deeper than he first thought. And if she speaks, would he want to hear the truth?
2. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Nora Seeds’s life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library where every book provides a chance to try out each of the other lives she might have lived. But things aren’t always what she imagined they’d be, and soon she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?
3. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant at Basgiath War College, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, she is ordered by her mother, the commanding general, to join the hundreds of candidates competing to enter the Riders Quadrant. The only way out for Violet is to bond with a dragon (or die trying) but Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant, is standing in her way.
4. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
For a while, Daisy Jones & The Six were everywhere. Their albums were on every turntable, they sold out arenas from coast to coast, their sound defined an era. And then, on 12 July 1979, they split. Nobody ever knew why. Until now. This novel chronicles the whirlwind rise and eventual demise of the iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer.
5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she is convinced she’s found a loophole – immortality in exchange for her soul. But the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. She learns to live a life where no one remember until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie meets someone who remembers her.
6. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Third-year Ph.D. candidate Olive Smith doesn’t believe in love but her best friend does, so she enters a fake relationship with young hotshot professor Adam Carlsen. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive’s career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her with his unyielding support and even more unyielding six-pack abs.
7. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. She immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date, but her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life – and Atlas is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.
8. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Guests are called to a remote island off the Irish coast to celebrate the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules and Will. Everything has been meticulously planned, the scene is set, old friends are back together. But the wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead – and as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped.
9. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden.
10. You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry
Poppy and Alex have nothing in common and somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. Every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together, until two years ago, when they ruined everything. In an attempt to fix everything, Poppy asks Alex to take one more vacation together. What could possibly go wrong?
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