Midnight's Children 1981

New Internationalist

• Published 2006
• All-time list
• Ranked #5

Le Monde

• Published 2019
• All-time list
• Ranked #44

Montana State University

• Published 2000
• All-time list
• Ranked #48

Esquire

• Published 2015
• All-time list
• Ranked #56

Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute

• Published 2002
• All-time list
• Ranked #73

Zeit Online

• Published 2023
• All-time list
• Ranked #94

Telegraph

• Published 2014
• All-time list
• Ranked #98

Radcliffe Publishing Course

• Published 1998
• All-time list
• Ranked #100

New York Public Library

• Published 2020
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Der Spiegel

• Published 2025
• Decade list · 1925-2025
• Included, unranked

The Times

• Published 2022
• Decade list · 1922-2022
• Ranked #3

Daily Telegraph

• Published 1999
• Decade list · 1900-1999
• Ranked #70

Le Monde

• Published 1999
• Decade list · 1900-1999
• Ranked #100