Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichWar's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana AlexievichSofia Petrovna by Lydia ChukovskayaRequiem by Anna AkhmatovaSelected Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva
Best Books by Female Writers in Russian
159 books — 66 voters
The City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Kingdom of Copper by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Empire of Gold by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Tale of Iśva Raman by Najeev NadarajahThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Middle Eastern - South Asian fantasy
49 books — 38 voters

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanDescendant of the Crane by Joan HeThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie OhWicked Fox by Kat ChoThe Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow
YA East Asian Fantasy
170 books — 199 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerEmpress of All Seasons by Emiko JeanEon by Alison GoodmanThe Poppy War by R.F. KuangThe Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
503 books — 306 voters

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriA Man with A White Shadow by Vikram SuryawanshiThe Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Asian Authored Books in 2021
145 books — 204 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeDown and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna
Best Multicultural General Fiction
588 books — 376 voters

Laskar Pelangi by Andrea HirataBumi Manusia by Pramoedya Ananta Toer5 cm by Donny DhirgantoroRonggeng Dukuh Paruk by Ahmad TohariNegeri 5 Menara by Ahmad Fuadi
Buku Indonesia Sepanjang Masa
538 books — 1,882 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
2,348 books — 2,192 voters