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
914 books — 2,423 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
1,224 books — 1,707 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 622 voters
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuHell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph WhiteThe Luminous Dead by Caitlin  StarlingWilder Girls by Rory Power
Queer Horror
683 books — 407 voters

The Warrior's Path by Catherine M. WilsonThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirA Journey of the Heart by Catherine M. WilsonA Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson
Lesbian Fantasy
461 books — 486 voters
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Best Adult SFF with Sapphics
179 books — 114 voters

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirA Memory Called Empire by Arkady MartineWinter’s Orbit by Everina MaxwellHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirEmpress of Forever by Max Gladstone
SPACE IS GAY
23 books — 32 voters
魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī] by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriMoribito by Nahoko UehashiHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùThe Burning God by R.F. Kuang
Best Asian Epic Fantasy Books
20 books — 9 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,097 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Penguin Classics
595 books — 308 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Price of Salt by Claire  MorganTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersBackwards to Oregon by JaeAffinity by Sarah Waters
Lesbian Historical Fiction
151 books — 163 voters