Mahabharata by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryRamayana by VālmīkiThe Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
Best Indian Fiction Books
921 books — 2,438 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,790 books — 26,050 voters
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Books About Nanotechnology
183 books — 659 voters

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisBeloved by Toni MorrisonNative Son by Richard Wright
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,140 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerSometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,090 voters

Shakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonThe Complete Poems by John KeatsSongs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake
Best Poetry Books
2,996 books — 2,447 voters