Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
204th out of 1,776 books — 1,653 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann HesseLord of the Flies by William Golding
Nobel Laureates
202nd out of 660 books — 569 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
183rd out of 921 books — 2,439 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiLolita by Vladimir NabokovHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Bifocals!
30th out of 302 books — 52 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark HaddonCloud Atlas by David  Mitchell
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
161st out of 274 books — 244 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanAtonement by Ian McEwanLife of Pi by Yann MartelDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Best Books of 2001
115th out of 556 books — 284 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPurge by Sofi OksanenThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
A year of reading the world
36th out of 277 books — 51 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
2199th out of 7,188 books — 28,369 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
139th out of 500 books — 421 voters
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatKaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest by Wayne Gerard TrotmanMiguel Street by V.S. Naipaul
The Caribbean 101
67th out of 408 books — 120 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books with the noun 'Life' in the title
48th out of 657 books — 38 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Best Postcolonial Literature (fiction and nonfiction)
96th out of 186 books — 141 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThis Is Not That Dawn by यशपाल, YashpalThe Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia OzickHalf a Life by V.S. NaipaulWomen Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur
Karan Mahajan's Top 10 Favorite Books
4th out of 10 books — 2 voters
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori GottliebThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkFrån skam till självrespekt by Marta Cullberg WestonThe Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. AronThe Making of a Therapist by Louis Cozolino
2024
42nd out of 59 books — 1 voter

The Girl with the Hazel Eyes by Callie BrowningWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysHere Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-BennQueenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsSmall Island by Andrea Levy
Read Caribbean
336th out of 401 books — 91 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriCutting for Stone by Abraham   Verghese
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
224th out of 375 books — 251 voters
The Group by Mary McCarthyMark of the Demon by Diana RowlandDe liefde van Bob en Daphne I by Han B. AalberseBird Cottage by Eva MeijerSome Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
Might Want To Read
17th out of 145 books — 4 voters

The Dark Room by Rachel SeiffertTrue History of the Kelly Gang by Peter CareyAtonement by Ian McEwanOxygen by Andrew  MillerNumber9Dream by David  Mitchell
2001 Booker Prize Longlist
22nd out of 24 books — 2 voters
Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest by Wayne Gerard TrotmanWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThe House on the Lagoon by Rosario FerréThe Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-ThompsonA Decent Woman by Eleanor Parker Sapia
Caribbean Authors
25th out of 32 books — 8 voters

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevedoThe Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola YoonEverything, Everything by Nicola YoonOlga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl GonzálezClap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
52 Book Club 2023: #17 By A Caribbean Author
88th out of 149 books — 93 voters
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter CareyBeyond Black by Hilary MantelThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceThe Mirror & the Light by Hilary MantelAtonement by Ian McEwan
Booker Longlists (Since 2001)
77th out of 345 books — 4 voters

India After Gandhi by Ramachandra GuhaThe Discovery of India by Jawaharlal NehruThe Argumentative Indian by Amartya SenIndia Unbound by Gurcharan DasIndia by John Keay
India on My Mind
199th out of 398 books — 105 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMaddAddam by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Just Excellent Books
110th out of 135 books — 7 voters

2 States by Chetan BhagatI Too Had a Love Story by Ravinder SinghThe 3 Mistakes of My Life by Chetan BhagatThe Immortals of Meluha by Amish TripathiRevolution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat
Indian Books - Fiction
1011th out of 1,118 books — 2,454 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Books about AFRICA or by AFRICAN AUTHORS
708th out of 820 books — 286 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
586th out of 679 books — 240 voters
Freeing Tibet by John B. RobertsNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
SLA Staff Summer Reading Suggestions
70th out of 74 books — 12 voters

The Great War of Hind by Vaibhav AnandLife of Pi by Yann MartelTe Amo... I LOVE YOU by Rohit  SharmaThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Blue Monsoon by Damyanti Biswas
The India Reading List
475th out of 650 books — 567 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeOrientalism by Edward W. SaidThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Colonial and Post-colonial Literature
140th out of 166 books — 70 voters

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