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
289th out of 773 books — 3,249 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
156th out of 310 books — 388 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
60th out of 158 books — 152 voters
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Vegetarian by Han KangIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
books for feral girls
41st out of 135 books — 92 voters

People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi KawakamiWhere the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko MatsudaCursed Bunny by Bora ChungLife Ceremony by Sayaka MurataShoko's Smile by Choi Eunyoung
Translated Short Story Collections & Anthologies
36th out of 128 books — 18 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
199th out of 410 books — 330 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
88th out of 219 books — 178 voters
The Friend by Sigrid NunezMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghWashington Black by Esi EdugyanAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesCirce by Madeline Miller
Kirkus Reviews Best Ficton of 2018
82nd out of 103 books — 19 voters

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-JooConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataThe Memory Police by Yōko OgawaThe Vegetarian by Han KangKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Must-Read Translated Books By Women Authors
71st out of 183 books — 27 voters
Cane by Jean ToomerLate-Life Love by Susan GubarIn Our Mad and Furious City by Guy GunaratneSleep of Memory by Patrick ModianoThe New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke
NYT Editors’ Choice 201901
32nd out of 46 books — 4 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
4089th out of 7,886 books — 49,783 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellHamlet by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of 1000-1999 A.D.
163rd out of 347 books — 104 voters

Runaway by Alice MunroHelbeck of Bannisdale by Mrs. Humphry WardYou're Not Enough (and That's Okay) by Allie Beth StuckeyJustice Hall by Laurie R. KingGood Dogs Don't Make it to the South Pole by Hans Olav Thyvold
Favorite books I read in 2020
23rd out of 35 books — 5 voters
Erasure by Percival EverettThe Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldHopscotch by Julio CortázarWho Killed My Father by Édouard LouisAt Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong
Books that have been in Boxwalla's Book Box
19th out of 42 books — 2 voters

The Ice Palace by Tarjei VesaasThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Collector by John FowlesV. by Thomas Pynchon
The Best Belles-lettres of 1963
18th out of 33 books — 1 voter


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