Big Books of Spring
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
34th out of 66 books — 2,001 voters
A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellKim by Rudyard KiplingThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Excellent Books about India and England
3rd out of 280 books — 269 voters

Stoner by John WilliamsChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
New York Review Books - Classics
25th out of 632 books — 898 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
65th out of 928 books — 2,451 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
616th out of 7,820 books — 26,125 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best War Novels
113th out of 1,703 books — 1,452 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
148th out of 1,956 books — 1,886 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
War and Travel on The Guardian's 1000 novels everyone must read
14th out of 132 books — 69 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
67th out of 754 books — 1,920 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
20th out of 685 books — 241 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOutlander by Diana GabaldonMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
278th out of 2,624 books — 2,983 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
846th out of 1,318 books — 5,871 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterShantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Books Set in India
27th out of 501 books — 424 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaShantaram by Gregory David RobertsSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
India
62nd out of 1,030 books — 883 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Queen's Library: Best of the Commonwealth
53rd out of 746 books — 233 voters
A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Books about the British Raj: Fiction and Nonfiction
4th out of 121 books — 33 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanBurr by Gore VidalBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fear of Flying by Erica JongA Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books 1973
7th out of 127 books — 55 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
1438th out of 7,889 books — 49,810 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
347th out of 1,019 books — 598 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
India: Fiction
38th out of 321 books — 333 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Best 1800s Historical Fiction
39th out of 466 books — 292 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Recommended Historical Fiction
500th out of 3,792 books — 3,768 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del CastilloKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildLongsword by Dimitar GyopsalievOathbreaker by Dimitar Gyopsaliev
Crusaders, Conquistadores and Colonial Empires
14th out of 261 books — 77 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrTwo Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Literary Historical Fiction
206th out of 1,166 books — 1,118 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Initial Success
34th out of 561 books — 41 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
5293rd out of 15,788 books — 18,390 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyPossession by A.S. ByattThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Man Booker Prize Winners
23rd out of 53 books — 35 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Iliad by HomerAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraHenry V by William Shakespeare
Major Battles in History and Fiction
58th out of 232 books — 80 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë1984 by George OrwellThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
They Died too Young
42nd out of 279 books — 78 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellStarcursed by Nandini Bajpai
History through Novels: Pre-1900s India
4th out of 31 books — 22 voters

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