The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,710 books — 1,559 voters
One Day by David NichollsOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelSaturday by Ian McEwanMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
Contemporary British Novels
507 books — 389 voters

The Quiet American by Graham GreeneBoot by Charles L. TempletonThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Bright Shining Lie by Neil SheehanMatterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Best Books on Vietnam
210 books — 175 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
310 books — 387 voters

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Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,250 voters