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
215th out of 773 books — 3,249 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
42nd out of 158 books — 152 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
96th out of 277 books — 51 voters
The Patience Stone by Atiq RahimiThe Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris by Leïla MarouaneThe Whistler by OndjakiSeconds Out by Martín KohanArmenian Golgotha by Grigoris Balakian
Çeşitli Ülkelerden En İyi 49 Kitap
26th out of 49 books — 1 voter

Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi KawakamiThe Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi KawakamiThe Ten Loves of Nishino by Hiromi KawakamiPeople From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi KawakamiThe Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami
The Best Books by Hiromi Kawakami!!
7th out of 9 books — 5 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
156th out of 236 books — 173 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
30th out of 76 books — 8 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLife of Pi by Yann MartelMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Diversify Your Bookshelves
56th out of 150 books — 7 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
[ATY 2022] 3 Different Continents (Asia)
215th out of 229 books — 74 voters

Instruction Manual for the 21st Century Samurai by Alexei Maxim RussellKitchen by Banana YoshimotoH/H by Banana YoshimotoSly by Banana YoshimotoThe Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe
About Japan literature
40th out of 117 books — 19 voters
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriA Man with A White Shadow by Vikram SuryawanshiThe Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Asian Authored Books in 2021
156th out of 159 books — 206 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerYellowface by R.F. KuangKindred by Octavia E. ButlerEmma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
[ATY 2024] Single Word Title
1186th out of 1,523 books — 124 voters