We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
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500 books — 489 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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61 books — 1,989 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoShantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 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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3,214 books — 11,334 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreGhost World by Daniel Clowes
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,013 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
718 books — 651 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books Ever
76,554 books — 284,795 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
916 books — 2,424 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWatchmen by Alan             MooreFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters