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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1,873 books — 6,995 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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592 books — 2,047 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
921 books — 2,440 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
How DID They Become Classics?
108 books — 174 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,081 books — 10,648 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Forced to read in school, but hated
322 books — 560 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
747 books — 1,909 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezBlindness by José Saramago
Best Books Ever
77,183 books — 287,710 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
1,577 books — 18,682 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
1,638 books — 5,990 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
32,079 books — 121,921 voters