We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
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503 books — 493 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
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69 books — 2,004 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoShantaram by Gregory David Roberts
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1,875 books — 7,000 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHaunted by Chuck PalahniukFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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3,280 books — 11,617 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreGhost World by Daniel Clowes
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,017 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Beginning
725 books — 657 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books Ever
78,124 books — 291,254 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Women in Cages - Collected Stories by Vilas SarangA House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
Best Indian Fiction Books
931 books — 2,454 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWatchmen by Alan             MooreFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,819 voters