Most Popular Mainstream Books of the 1990s

Discover popular Mainstream books from the 1990s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The Other Side of Silence

Margaret Mahy

Magical Realism · Young Adult · Mainstream · Mystery

October 1995

7.4/10 22 ratings

Digital Fortress

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Thriller

1998

7.0/10 44 ratings

Enigma

Robert Harris

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · War & Military · Alternate History · Historical Fiction

September 26, 1995

9/10 1 ratings

Possession

A. S. Byatt

Fantasy · Mainstream

1990

8.7/10 3 ratings

Ghostwritten

David Mitchell

Science Fiction · Mainstream

1999

8.5/10 4 ratings

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Mainstream

1992

8.4/10 12 ratings

Human Croquet

Kate Atkinson

Fantasy · Mainstream

1997

7.9/10 9 ratings

Wilderness

Roger Zelazny, Gerald Hausman

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1994

8/10 1 ratings

Mr. Vertigo

Paul Auster

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1994

7.5/10 6 ratings

The Losers

David Eddings

Mainstream

1992

7.8/10 4 ratings

Timbuktu

Paul Auster

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1998

7.8/10 6 ratings

Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood

Play · TV Series · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

September 1996

8/10 2 ratings

Atlantis: Three Tales

Samuel R. Delany

Short Stories · Mainstream

1995

7/10 1 ratings

A Graveyard for Lunatics

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Horror · Mainstream

1990

6.8/10 13 ratings

Great Apes

Will Self

Fantasy · Mainstream

1997

6.4/10 10 ratings

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

Science Fiction · Mainstream

1996

6.3/10 4 ratings

Remake

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Mainstream

December 1994

6/10 4 ratings

The Celtic Crusades #1

The Iron Lance

Stephen R. Lawhead

Mainstream

1998

6/10 2 ratings

Sarah Canary

Karen Joy Fowler

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1991

10/10 1 ratings

Island of the Sequined Love Nun

Christopher Moore

Mainstream

1997

6/10 1 ratings

Quicker Than the Eye

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1996

6/10 1 ratings

Morning in the Burned House

Margaret Atwood

Collection · Poetry · Mainstream

1995

6/10 1 ratings

After Silence

Jonathan Carroll

Mainstream

1992

6/10 1 ratings

The Artist of the Missing

Paul La Farge

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1999

My Phantom Husband

Marie Darrieussecq

Fantasy · Translation · Mainstream

1999

The Egotist

Philip Fracassi

Mainstream

May 1999

The Book of Shadows

Namita Gokhale

Fantasy · Mainstream

1999

Signs and Wonders

Melvin Jules Bukiet

Fantasy · Mainstream

1999

White as the Waves

Alison Baird

Fantasy · Mainstream

1999

The Path: A New Look at Reality

Richard Matheson

Mainstream

1999

Freezer Burn

Joe R. Lansdale

Mainstream

1999

Syrup

Max Barry

Mainstream

1999

Say Goodbye

Lewis Shiner

Mainstream

1999

Angelica's Grotto

Russell Hoban

Mainstream

1999

A Russell Hoban Omnibus

Russell Hoban

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1999

Lords of the Two Lands #2

The Oasis

Pauline Gedge

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1999