The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandLolita by Vladimir NabokovA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Most Difficult Novels
585 books — 2,042 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,420 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
How DID They Become Classics?
113 books — 174 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,601 books — 10,171 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Forced to read in school, but hated
321 books — 559 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
731 books — 1,890 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezBlindness by José Saramago
Best Books Ever
75,364 books — 279,607 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,698 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterThe Way Things Ought to Be by Rush LimbaughTreason by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,999 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Prophet by Kahlil GibranTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,304 books — 118,841 voters