Barabbas by Pär LagerkvistThe Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
Best Biblical Fiction
404 books — 656 voters

The Year-God's Daughter by Rebecca LochlannThe Flies by Jean-Paul SartreAgamemnon Must Die by Hock G. TjoaMedea by Christa WolfAeschylus I by Aeschylus
Historical fiction--Greek and Roman
139 books — 15 voters
The King Must Die by Mary Renaultمگس‌ها by Jean-Paul SartreThe Thinara King by Rebecca LochlannAgamemnon Must Die by Hock G. Tjoa
Modern Adaptations of Greek Mythology
370 books — 544 voters

Mao Zedong by Jonathan D. SpenceThe Battle of Chibi by Hock G. Tjoa
Global Citizenship: China
21 books — 34 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
A Journey Through Literary America
155 books — 222 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Battle of Chibi by Hock G. Tjoa
Must Read Classics
1,857 books — 4,676 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,487 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Books I Regret Reading
2,299 books — 3,225 voters

The Battle of Chibi by Hock G. Tjoa
Best Non-Western Books
39 books — 5 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezCentennial by James A. Michener
Best Historical Fiction
7,553 books — 25,764 voters
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Page to Stage
60 books — 33 voters

Bangkok Tattoo by John BurdettChina Boy by Kay HaugaardThe Uninvited by Geling YanTen Thousand Miles Without a Cloud by Sun ShuyunAll Men Are Brothers by Shi Nai'an
Best Books on Asia
998 books — 827 voters
Bloodmoney by David IgnatiusThe Chinese Spymaster by Hock G. TjoaThe Ninja and the Diplomat by Hock G. Tjoa
Best Spy Novels
1,334 books — 2,358 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Literary Spy Stories
214 books — 226 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Espionage
999 books — 1,098 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
77,101 books — 286,967 voters
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieThe Battle of Chibi by Hock G. Tjoa
Best Novels That Take Place in China
418 books — 1,101 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,018 books — 121,558 voters
The Histories by HerodotusThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanHistory of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
History as Literature
733 books — 537 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Histories by HerodotusThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of P... by Fernand BraudelHistory of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Best History Books
3,784 books — 3,812 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Mystery
2,150 books — 4,664 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Republic by PlatoThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by Homer
The Most Influential Books
1,462 books — 5,290 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,787 voters


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