The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaKitchen by Banana YoshimotoA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon by Sei ShōnagonThe Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
Literature by Japanese Women
161 books — 159 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,983 books — 26,559 voters

Cards on the Table by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie4 by Agatha ChristieA Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha ChristieA Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie Mysteries
76 books — 56 voters
Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Children's Books
5,364 books — 6,962 voters

Extraordinary Jane by Hannah E. Harrison
Best Books for Children 2014
40 books — 19 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Science Fiction
3,828 books — 7,567 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,706 books — 25,620 voters
The Narrow Road to Oku by Matsuo BashōBushido by Inazō NitobeA Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese Books That Are Not Manga
257 books — 190 voters

Vengeance by George JonasThe Other Side of Deception by Victor OstrovskyBy Way of Deception by Victor OstrovskyPatriot Games by Tom ClancyThe Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell
Espionage
1,010 books — 1,101 voters
Circumference by Nicholas NicastroAladdin's Lamp by John FreelyMeasure of the Earth by Larrie D. FerreiroThe Archimedes Codex by Reviel NetzChrysalis by Kim Todd
History of Science
486 books — 290 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Abandoned Books
1,465 books — 1,462 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Over a 1000 Pages
234 books — 234 voters

Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieCards on the Table by Agatha Christie4 by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
146 books — 1,533 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Books Ever
78,078 books — 291,153 voters