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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
772 books — 3,249 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
918 books — 2,425 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,709 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,327 books — 1,574 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,011 books — 1,453 voters
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichCeremony by Leslie Marmon SilkoReservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
Native American Fiction
838 books — 641 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George OrwellA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Non-American books that every American should read
694 books — 494 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
733 books — 434 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters
32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterThe Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahTryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerryFlyy Girl by Omar TyreeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Black/African American Chicklit
433 books — 403 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeDown and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna
Best Multicultural General Fiction
588 books — 376 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
India: Fiction
320 books — 323 voters

The Chosen by Chaim PotokThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Jews in Literature
885 books — 312 voters
Moth Smoke by Mohsin HamidA Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed HanifThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidKartography by Kamila ShamsieUrdu Ki Akhri Kitaab / اردو کی آخری کتاب by Ibn e Insha
Notable Books by Pakistani Authors
269 books — 254 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
374 books — 250 voters
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngThe Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
Enjoyable and Good Books of South East Asia
304 books — 160 voters

The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia RodenEssentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella HazanMadhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian by Madhur JaffreyMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildOlive Trees and Honey by Gil Marks
Best Ethnic Cookbooks
317 books — 145 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillThe Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin HallThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoA Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
Best Multicultural Mysteries
224 books — 125 voters

Funny Boy by Shyam SelvaduraiChinaman by Shehan KarunatilakaAnil's Ghost by Michael OndaatjeThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeReef by Romesh Gunesekera
Sri Lankan English Fiction
106 books — 120 voters
The Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieShantaram by Gregory David RobertsSwimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag by Rohinton Mistry
Best Mumbai/Bombay Stories
58 books — 103 voters

මඟුල් කෑම by කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාසමළගිය ඇත්තෝ by එදිරිවීර සරච්චන්ද්‍රගම්පෙරළිය by Martin Wickramasingheගුරු ගීතය by Chingiz Aitmatovඅඹ යහළුවෝ by ටී.බී. ඉලංගරත්න
Sri Lankan Sinhala Books
131 books — 88 voters
This I Know by Eldonna EdwardsDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Ice Storm by Rick MoodyWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Best 1970s Historical Fiction
85 books — 87 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBuck by M.K. AsanteNative Son by Richard Wright
Books with Black Protagonists
157 books — 81 voters
Akata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforBinti by Nnedi OkoraforShadowshaper by Daniel José OlderStreetlight People by Charlene ThomasThe Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
Black Young Adult and Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
124 books — 65 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownFarewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Ethnic/Cultural Memoirs
501 books — 64 voters
Alphabet Amigos by Angel M. AlvarezHarvesting Hope by Kathleen KrullToo Many Tamales by Gary SotoTomás and the Library Lady by Pat MoraGathering the Sun by Alma Flor Ada
Latino Picture Books
202 books — 48 voters

მოთხრობები by Goderdzi ChokheliThree Poems by Vazha-Pshavelaკაცია-ადამიანი?! by Ilia Chavchavadzeმე, ბებია, ილიკო და ილარიონი by Nodar DumbadzeData Tutashkhia by Chabua Amirejibi
Best Georgian Books
57 books — 36 voters
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonBlack Water Sister by Zen ChoWater Ghosts by Shawna Yang RyanThree Souls by Janie Chang
Spooky Asian Fiction
15 books — 21 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Around the World in 80 Books: A Global Reading List
80 books — 21 voters
A Dance for the Gods by E.O. OdiaseChildren of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi AdeyemiMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaRaybearer by Jordan IfuekoGulab by Rohith S. Katbamna
Fiction with non-Caucasian models on the cover
113 books — 16 voters

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