Big Books of 2026
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 772 books — 3,248 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 — 75 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 — 387 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 236 books — 173 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
76th out of 451 books — 284 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
97th out of 410 books — 330 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sonemic / Rate Your Music: Favorite Books
201st out of 1,053 books — 182 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 — 100 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
149th out of 507 books — 143 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 210 books — 76 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
6989th out of 14,167 books — 10,248 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
157th out of 516 books — 356 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
915th out of 2,664 books — 3,868 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
142nd out of 159 books — 119 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
5309th out of 6,717 books — 1,753 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
675th out of 1,034 books — 499 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

Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiAmerican Betiya by Anuradha D. RajurkarThe Poppy War by R.F. KuangThe Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. PanTo All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Asian Voices
72nd out of 77 books — 7 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Books Written by Asian Authors
368th out of 453 books — 88 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
68891st out of 76,689 books — 285,190 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Hunt for Xanadu by Elyse SalpeterMonkey Mind by J. ElliottThe Quest of the Empty Tomb by Elyse SalpeterThe First Rule of Ten by Gay Hendricks
Buddhist Fiction
61st out of 100 books — 81 voters

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