Jelgava 94 by Jānis JoņevsDøden kører Audi by Kristian Bang FossВъзвишение by Milen RuskovMesilased by Meelis FriedenthalИма ли кой да ви обича by Калин Терзийски
European Union Prize for Literature
71 books — 17 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,587 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crash Course in Slavic Literature
443 books — 232 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
550 books — 385 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,143 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonMiddlemarch by George EliotWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Naturalism and Realism
164 books — 23 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best French Literature
872 books — 1,572 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,277 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Trial by Franz KafkaSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,029 books — 955 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,872 voters