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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
110th out of 778 books — 3,254 voters
Spring Snow by Yukio MishimaThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio MishimaThe Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio MishimaConfessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaRunaway Horses by Yukio Mishima
The Best of Yukio Mishima
9th out of 23 books — 76 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
68th out of 310 books — 388 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese authors
50th out of 237 books — 174 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Writers who committed suicide
83rd out of 459 books — 288 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
98th out of 416 books — 337 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
Sonemic / Rate Your Music: Favorite Books
209th out of 1,059 books — 195 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 Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
150th out of 513 books — 148 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Best Books 1970
78th out of 309 books — 78 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Must Read Books- Different Genres
7545th out of 14,964 books — 11,191 voters
Swann’s Way by Marcel ProustDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust
Multivolume Lit
26th out of 197 books — 14 voters

Rainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Japan
48th out of 271 books — 82 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
161st out of 533 books — 359 voters

Rainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
History through Novels: 1900s/2000s Japan
19th out of 69 books — 54 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzMaurice by E.M. ForsterThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
919th out of 2,702 books — 3,918 voters

Dakota Blues by Lynne M. SpreenA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeEthan Frome by Edith Wharton
Midlife Crisis Novels
143rd out of 160 books — 120 voters
The Paradox of Choice by Barry SchwartzThe Brand Gap by Marty NeumeierMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyNo Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
We go again
8th out of 10 books — 1 voter

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Concealed Authorship
332nd out of 440 books — 50 voters
Laberinto de muerte by Philip K. DickRelatos by StendhalMadre noche by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.La hija de Kheops by Alberto LaisecaPájaro de celda by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Los demasiados libros 3
149th out of 200 books — 2 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Books That Kept You Up At Night
5325th out of 6,733 books — 1,790 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
678th out of 1,037 books — 503 voters

Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers by Tom WolfeOne Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale WassermanThe Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. HigginsThe Age of Revolution and Reaction, 1789-1850 by Charles BreunigLas batallas perdidas by Eudora Welty
Uno nueve siete cero
111th out of 122 books — 3 voters
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi KawakamiIf Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki KawamuraPeople From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi KawakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
Culture And Language Japanese Works In Translation
38th out of 76 books — 8 voters

American Betiya by Anuradha D. RajurkarAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiThe Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi KaurThe Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangThe Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Asian Voices
72nd out of 77 books — 8 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Books Written by Asian Authors
373rd out of 458 books — 89 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
87th out of 140 books — 22 voters
Li Po and Tu Fu by Li PoThe Island of Sea Women by Lisa SeeMonkey by Wu Cheng'enThe Analects by ConfuciusDream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin
Eastern-Asian Culture and Literature
62nd out of 83 books — 2 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
70430th out of 78,325 books — 292,067 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Hunt for Xanadu by Elyse SalpeterMonkey Mind by J. ElliottThe First Rule of Ten by Gay HendricksCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Buddhist Fiction
62nd out of 101 books — 80 voters

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