Big Books of 2026

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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
158 books — 152 voters
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu KawaguchiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoStrange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
Japanese Literature in English
264 books — 100 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataBunny by Mona AwadLuster by Raven LeilaniNormal People by Sally Rooney
She's Not Feeling Good at All: Sad Female Characters
199 books — 333 voters
The Vegetarian by Han KangHuman Acts by Han KangKim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-JooCursed Bunny by Bora ChungShoko's Smile by Choi Eunyoung
Korean Literature in English Translation
92 books — 34 voters

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le GuinAlmond by Sohn Won-PyungKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiDemian by Hermann HesseJung's Map of the Soul by Murray B. Stein
BTS Reads
123 books — 134 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
1,159 books — 431 voters

The Vegetarian by Han KangPlease Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinHuman Acts by Han KangPachinko by Min Jin Lee82년생 김지영 by Cho Nam-Joo
Korean literature in English (fiction and nonfiction)
294 books — 217 voters
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Guest List by Lucy Foley
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2021
2,809 books — 391 voters

The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō TanizakiSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataThe Soil by Takashi NagatsukaKruisende lijnen by Jun'ichirō TanizakiNaomi by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
20th Century Japanese Lit.
23 books — 2 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Books Written by Asian Authors
453 books — 88 voters

Mi marido es de otra especie by Yukiko MotoyaKitchen by Banana YoshimotoAgujero by Hiroko OyamadaStrange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi KawakamiCacería de niños by Taeko Kōno
Libros japoneses contemporáneos
29 books — 2 voters