After the Quake by Haruki MurakamiCivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George SaundersInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriTenth of December by George Saunders
Contemporary Short Story Collections
551 books — 335 voters

The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott FitzgeraldGreat Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Compilations and Collections
200 books — 71 voters
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Collections of Short Stories
2,896 books — 2,040 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
513 books — 2,278 voters
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Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,996 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNadja by André Breton
Best French Literature
873 books — 1,573 voters
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,131 voters

Invisible Cities by Italo CalvinoIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Notable Novels by Italian Authors
347 books — 233 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,873 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,828 books — 21,989 voters
Invisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiCollected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
Best Books Ever
76,369 books — 284,187 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,202 books — 25,750 voters
After Dark by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiCloud Atlas by David  Mitchell
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,370 voters

A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinSome Things That Meant the World to Me by Joshua Mohr
Books for 2009
580 books — 2,397 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,679 voters

Kokoro by Natsume SōsekiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBlind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki MurakamiNo Longer Human by Osamu DazaiIn The Shade of Spring Leaves by Ichiyō Higuchi
Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,251 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,306 books — 4,530 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters