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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1,876 books — 6,999 voters

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
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600 books — 2,062 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
932 books — 2,462 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
How DID They Become Classics?
110 books — 177 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,281 books — 10,977 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Forced to read in school, but hated
320 books — 560 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
753 books — 1,928 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezBlindness by José Saramago
Best Books Ever
78,362 books — 292,157 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
1,579 books — 18,687 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
1,639 books — 5,992 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
32,568 books — 124,006 voters