The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi
Kodansha International Ltd.
15 books — 9 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiDesert Flower by Waris DirieFalling Leaves by Adeline Yen MahFun Home by Alison BechdelPrincess by Jean Sasson
Memoirs by Women
3,351 books — 3,526 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Waiting Years by Fumiko EnchiLust, Caution and Other Stories by Eileen ChangOut by Natsuo KirinoPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Best Books by Women of Color
631 books — 75 voters

Zealot by Reza AslanHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickNine Parts of Desire by Geraldine BrooksBanker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,994 books — 1,155 voters
The Waiting Years by Fumiko EnchiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Ten Thousand Things by Maria DermoûtLust, Caution and Other Stories by Eileen ChangOut by Natsuo Kirino
Women in Translation
932 books — 307 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiOut by Natsuo KirinoThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiSpring Snow by Yukio MishimaBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Japanese Literature
311 books — 390 voters

The Waiting Years by Fumiko EnchiOut by Natsuo Kirino
Literature by Japanese Women
165 books — 163 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,753 books — 6,908 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,874 books — 49,842 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,839 books — 22,438 voters

The Summer Book by Tove JanssonChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Ten Thousand Things by Maria DermoûtLove in a Fallen City by Eileen ChangThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
New York Review Books - Classics
632 books — 904 voters
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise SaganA Month in the Country by J.L. CarrThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Waterstones Rediscovered Classics
16 books — 5 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiOut by Natsuo KirinoBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Best Japanese Books
779 books — 3,259 voters