The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14237th out of 15,524 books — 17,386 voters
The Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienThe Recognitions by William GaddisWittgenstein’s Mistress by David MarksonJ R by William GaddisThe Tunnel by William H. Gass
Best Dalkey Archive Titles
119th out of 152 books — 87 voters

Milena by Olja KnezevicFieldwork in Ukrainian Sex by Oksana ZabuzhkoВремя сэконд хэнд by Svetlana AlexievichDepeche Mode by Serhiy ZhadanVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
Modern Slavic literature
20th out of 61 books — 32 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPurge by Sofi OksanenThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
A year of reading the world
192nd out of 277 books — 51 voters

The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndrićThe Trigger by Tim ButcherBlack Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca WestBalkan Ghosts by Robert D. KaplanPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Balkans
183rd out of 294 books — 236 voters
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Books of 1999
328th out of 522 books — 262 voters