Ode to Kirihito by Osamu TezukaThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanGhost World by Daniel ClowesPalestine by Joe SaccoUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Best Graphic Novels
3,456 books — 6,776 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThere's a Girl in My Hammerlock by Jerry SpinelliCriss Cross by Lynne Rae PerkinsHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughBeauty by Robin McKinley
Best Young Adult Books
13,196 books — 80,293 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Best Japanese Books
776 books — 3,251 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
77,405 books — 288,888 voters