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
77th out of 778 books — 3,253 voters
Kitchen by Banana YoshimotoConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataOut by Natsuo KirinoThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Literature by Japanese Women
12th out of 161 books — 159 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Unhappy Marriages
56th out of 494 books — 301 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
83rd out of 1,177 books — 437 voters

My Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Vegetarian by Han Kang
Women in Translation
71st out of 931 books — 306 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonThe Waiting Years by Fumiko EnchiKokoro by Natsume Sōseki
Masterworks of Asian Literature
3rd out of 55 books — 13 voters

The Waiting Years by Fumiko EnchiBlack Rain by Masuji IbuseThe Dark Room by Junnosuke YoshiyukiBOTCHAN  坊っちゃん【講談社英語文庫】 by Natsume SōsekiDoctor's Wife by Sawako Ariyoshi
Kodansha International Ltd.
1st out of 15 books — 9 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
500 Great Books By Women Group - Summer of Women 2015
17th out of 212 books — 52 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuShōgun by James Clavell
Japanese Fiction
99th out of 417 books — 334 voters
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu KawaguchiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoStrange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
Japanese Literature in English
62nd out of 264 books — 101 voters

The Blue Castle by L.M. MontgomeryWildwood Dancing by Juliet MarillierTo Catch a Pirate by Jade ParkerThe Seer and the Sword by Victoria HanleyEight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
Best Lesser-Known Books
96th out of 1,715 books — 1,110 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Odyssey by HomerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation
35th out of 101 books — 30 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
106th out of 517 books — 359 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de BeauvoirPossession by A.S. ByattParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
feminist philosophy and literature
18th out of 233 books — 26 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
800th out of 2,804 books — 3,792 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Books You Need to Read to be Considered Well-Read
357th out of 728 books — 412 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasOn the Come Up by Angie ThomasRed Winter by Annette MarieThe Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
Multiple ethnicities cover art
231st out of 516 books — 116 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliTurtles All the Way Down by John  GreenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
What We've Read So Far in 2018
798th out of 6,498 books — 748 voters

Shōgun by James ClavellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David  MitchellAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnAn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Historical Fiction - Japan
8th out of 57 books — 39 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books on Asia
197th out of 1,001 books — 833 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Best School Assigned Books
399th out of 766 books — 2,057 voters
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiOut by Natsuo KirinoBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
An Unusual Japanese Book List
82nd out of 219 books — 179 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryKatherine by Anya SetonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellForever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Best Books About Mistresses
175th out of 459 books — 750 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNight by Elie Wiesel
Most Depressing Book of All Time
555th out of 1,229 books — 3,940 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
5439th out of 8,695 books — 5,830 voters
Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Inio AsanoThe Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō TanizakiConfessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaThe Apprenticeship of Big Toe P by Rieko MatsuuraKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
japanese literature that i'd like to read
18th out of 28 books — 2 voters

Waiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettWait, It Gets Worse by Lydia SlabyLiers in Wait by Raymond LawrenceNow Wait for Last Year by Philip K. DickI Can't Wait Until Tomorrow ... 'Cause I Get Better-Looking E... by Joe Namath
"Wait"
62nd out of 245 books — 14 voters
Hotel du Lac by Anita BrooknerTestament of Youth by Vera BrittainAfter Leaving Mr. Mackenzie by Jean RhysResistance Women by Jennifer ChiaveriniBecause It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates
500 Great Books by Women, Chapter 2: Choices
24th out of 24 books — 4 voters

Magpie Murders by Anthony HorowitzNight Angels by Weina Dai RandelBeloved by Toni MorrisonSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
2024 Books People Born in the 1950's Read This Year
75th out of 91 books — 4 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPOENA DAMNI by Dimitris LyacosBlindness by José SaramagoThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Translated Books Project
298th out of 586 books — 75 voters

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