Long Books
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
360th out of 777 books — 3,252 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
4681st out of 7,888 books — 49,805 voters

Battle Royale by Koushun TakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese Books That Are Not Manga
157th out of 257 books — 190 voters
A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNobody's Princess by Esther M. FriesnerThe Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis KlauseFroi of the Exiles by Melina MarchettaA Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Books You Wish More People Knew About
9451st out of 17,404 books — 10,391 voters

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
All-Time Awesome Books
10942nd out of 12,644 books — 8,344 voters
Collected Stories by Wallace StegnerLoving / Living / Party Going by Henry GreenGrundish and Askew by Lance CarbuncleThe Bat-Poet by Randall JarrellTell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon by Marjorie Kellogg
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
901st out of 3,142 books — 776 voters

Vincent by Joseph FasanoFive Plays by Ben JonsonThe Saga of King Heidrek the Wise by Christopher TolkienThe Oxford Companion to Shakespeare by Michael DobsonIsland People by Coleman Dowell
REALLY, Really Underrated Books (Fewer than 100 Ratings)
283rd out of 1,565 books — 247 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeThe Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio MishimaIn the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami
Yomiuri Prize winners
35th out of 71 books — 13 voters

No Longer Human by Osamu DazaiSilence by Shūsaku EndōThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeI Am a Cat by Natsume SōsekiSchoolgirl by Osamu Dazai
Japanese Literature collection
70th out of 116 books — 21 voters


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