Be careful that you don’t confuse “current popularity” with potential classic status. What matters is how other artists view and learn and feed upon in a book.
Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” is a possibility. Emily St John Mandel’s “Station Eleven” could be.
I’m currently on 210 books for the year and my husband is on 170-ish. I don’t like audio books (plus they take way longer than reading a book takes for me).
I read instead of watching TV and I read during lunch as well. Having books as my main entertainment source absolutely makes a difference.
My husband has occasional tasks at work where he has to be in a specific physical location waiting for someone. He usually reads 1-2 books during those days.
You are confusing popularity with potential classic status. And you cannot use GR to gauge how it’ll be received in the future.