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
296th out of 773 books — 3,249 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) separate by Stephen  KingThe BFG by Roald DahlDifferent Seasons by Stephen  King
Best Books of 1982
103rd out of 285 books — 182 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James JoyceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
The Shandian Spawn
113th out of 169 books — 49 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
1154th out of 2,259 books — 2,432 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
Titlemania III: Whole-Sentence Titles
1061st out of 1,446 books — 148 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerBartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Jobs, Career, Vocation
419th out of 667 books — 56 voters

The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodStrength in What Remains by Tracy KidderThe Line of Beauty by Alan HollinghurstInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonNazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño
Village Voice 2000s
197th out of 197 books — 4 voters
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataKitchen by Banana YoshimotoThe Memory Police by Yōko OgawaThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaNo Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
HonnoMushi
73rd out of 140 books — 22 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
31296th out of 77,012 books — 286,606 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
249th out of 264 books — 100 voters