Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuShōgun by James Clavell
Japanese Fiction
410 books — 330 voters
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 — 3,250 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Legacy of Madness by Tom   DavisI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah  Green
Best Books about mental illness
86 books — 76 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollDracula by Bram StokerThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy
382 books — 366 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
3,984 books — 5,144 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Must Read Classics
1,878 books — 4,667 voters

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Penguin Modern Classics
412 books — 489 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Latin American Fiction
868 books — 1,163 voters
Book Lovers by Emily HenryHook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa BaileyLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodReminders of Him by Colleen HooverPart of Your World by Abby Jimenez
2022 Contemporary Romance Releases
495 books — 1,294 voters

The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert FrostThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsThe Complete Poems by John Keats
Best Poets
523 books — 392 voters
The Public Speaking Bible; a Survival Guide for Standing on S... by Marcus AlexanderInfluence by Robert B. CialdiniWords That Change Minds by Shelle Rose CharvetHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieNever Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Best Persuasion Books
74 books — 141 voters


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