Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha ChristieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithAppointment with Death by Agatha ChristieCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Death in a Warm Climate
328 books — 111 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,512 voters

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,986 books — 5,503 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
702 books — 585 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Winds of War by Herman WoukThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
393 books — 430 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
517 books — 359 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
777 books — 3,252 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese authors
236 books — 173 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioNinth House by Leigh BardugoBabel by R.F. KuangThe Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Dark Academia
370 books — 1,500 voters
This is Going to Hurt by Adam KayLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersSwing Time by Zadie SmithWhy I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-LodgeThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Guardian Best Book 2017 (Part One)
64 books — 27 voters


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