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
25th out of 779 books — 3,255 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
16th out of 165 books — 163 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
22nd out of 223 books — 180 voters
The Game of VORs by Andrew OrangeOf Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García MárquezOjo por ojo by J.K. FrankoEcho by Thomas Olde HeuveltBlindness by José Saramago
Global Reading
14th out of 421 books — 226 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
186th out of 1,088 books — 623 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese Literature
81st out of 311 books — 389 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
9560th out of 78,505 books — 292,554 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
159th out of 733 books — 434 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Feminist Fiction
405th out of 1,526 books — 2,692 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
936th out of 3,294 books — 11,646 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
285th out of 932 books — 308 voters
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoRainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanSalvation of a Saint by Keigo HigashinoOut by Natsuo KirinoThe Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
Best Japanese Crime Novels
22nd out of 75 books — 59 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
282nd out of 1,038 books — 504 voters
No Heaven for Good Boys by Keisha BushI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Books by BIPOC Authors
26th out of 240 books — 29 voters

Z213 by Dimitris LyacosYouth Without God by Ödön von HorváthThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TolstoyOjo por ojo by J.K. FrankoThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Around the World Literature
144th out of 301 books — 132 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 4)
156th out of 737 books — 255 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Around the World in 100 Books
436th out of 1,328 books — 718 voters
Japanese Gothic Tales by Kyōka IzumiTales of Hoffmann by E.T.A. HoffmannJapanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa RampoLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistGhouls in My Grave by Jean Ray
Non-english Horror-Literature
46th out of 108 books — 26 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandThose Empty Eyes by Charlie DonleaGirl With Two Names by Patrick Guy DanielsThe Reluctant Juror by Baldwin Hughes
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
859th out of 2,029 books — 1,715 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
12061st out of 32,617 books — 124,109 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
410th out of 771 books — 1,014 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
5108th out of 9,845 books — 22,414 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellCarrie by Stephen  KingLord of the Flies by William Golding1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Disturbing Book iceberg
100th out of 104 books — 9 voters
An American Dream by Norman MailerThe Lime Twig by John HawkesHarassment Architecture by Mike MaThe Sea Wall by Marguerite DurasOut by Natsuo Kirino
Mars in the 12th House
6th out of 19 books — 1 voter

Until Our Voices Meet by Biswatosh SinhaIl primo caffè della giornata by Toshikazu KawaguchiBasta un caffè per essere felici by Toshikazu KawaguchiFinché il caffè è caldo by Toshikazu KawaguchiMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Asia lovers
13th out of 37 books — 12 voters
Zero Over Berlin by Joh SasakiShinjuku Shark by Arimasa OsawaThe Devil's Whisper by Miyuki MiyabeThe Poison Ape by Arimasa OsawaThe Sleeping Dragon by Miyuki Miyabe
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Mystery Fiction Guide Book
17th out of 28 books — 1 voter

Annie Bot by Sierra GreerWe Had to Remove This Post by Hanna BervoetsAngel Meat by Laura Lee BahrCome Closer by Sara GranTender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Uncanny, Disturbing
7th out of 12 books — 2 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHomegoing by Yaa GyasiA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
[ATY 2021] - Are You Well Read in World Literature?
392nd out of 456 books — 219 voters

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