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684 books — 1,469 voters
Shantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyBest Of Ruskin Bond by Ruskin Bond
India
1,025 books — 873 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollWicked by Gregory Maguire
Most Unique Female Characters
1,132 books — 923 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Humorous Books
4,349 books — 7,955 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che GuevaraLast Chance to See by Douglas Adams
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,273 books — 4,495 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,311 books — 4,556 voters

1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,533 books — 24,824 voters
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Best Books Ever
76,805 books — 285,819 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Trippy Books
849 books — 903 voters

The Secret by Rhonda ByrneThe Audacity of Hope by Barack ObamaA New Earth by Eckhart TolleConfessions of an Heiress by Paris Hilton
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
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The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Art of War by Sun TzuRelativity by Albert EinsteinThe Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,286 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Bridges of Madison County by Robert James WallerCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Love Stories
5,183 books — 9,644 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyShantaram by Gregory David RobertsMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
737 books — 1,903 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters