Ozod Sharafiddinov reflected the situations in the Uzbek literary process from the 60s of the XX century to the XIX century in the works such as “Talent is the Property of the People” (1979), “Literature is the Lesson of Life” (1981), “Searching for Beauty” (1985), “Loyalty to the Truth” (1988), “Pages of Passion” (1999), “President” (2003).
The first period took place in the Soviet totalitarian system, where he studied the problems of protecting literature from the totalitarian ideology, conducting research on the basis of literary laws (“The Laughter of Zaharxanda”, 1962; “The Charm of Liveliness, the Inertia of Schematism”, 1979; “The Last Line Became the Glory of the Homeland”, 1979; “There is a Lot of Poetry, but Where is the Poet?”, 1983).
In this period, Sharafiddinov studied the problems of shaping the national literature, rebuilding the Uzbek literary scholarship and criticism, assimilating the traditions of world literature and improving the art of translation (“Let’s Speak in One Language”, 1987; “A Stone of Wisdom from a Bunch of Words”, 2000; “Where are You, Moriko?”, 2002).
Sharafiddinov initiated the tendencies of accepting the national and world literature traditions in harmony in the Uzbek literary scholarship and criticism.
[5] In the years of independence, Ozod Sharafiddinov performed great works as a literary critic, translator, and public figure.
In the following years, Ozod Sharafiddinov wrote dozens of articles on Uzbek writers, cultural and art figures, and scientists.
He translated Lev Tolstoy's “Confession”, Paulo Coelho's “The Alchemist”, A. Sevelin's “Stop the Plane, I’ll Fall Off” into Uzbek.
In his books “The Patriots of Independence” (1993), “The Titles of Passion” (1999), “On the Ways of Spiritual Perfection” (2001), he analyzed the works of Abdurauf Fitrat, Abdulhamid Cholpon, Usmon Nosir, Abdulla Qahhor, Oybek, Gafur Gulyam, Maqsud Shaykhzoda, Otajon Hoshimov from a new perspective.
Ozod Sharafiddinov is the laureate of the state prize named after Beruniy (1970),[8] the owner of the orders “Outstanding Merit” (1999), “Labor Glory” (1997).