Musashi by Eiji YoshikawaThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiDance Dance Dance by Haruki MurakamiSnow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Best Japanese Books
776 books — 3,251 voters
Shantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasShōgun by James ClavellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,997 voters

The Arrival by Shaun TanThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiPalestine by Joe SaccoSafe Area Goražde by Joe Sacco
Best Graphic Novels
3,455 books — 6,776 voters
Safe Area Goražde by Joe SaccoThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanPalestine by Joe SaccoIt Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques TardiFootnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco
History through graphic novels
618 books — 496 voters

The Living by Annie DillardUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Pacific Northwest Books
920 books — 610 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterLieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Napoleonic War fiction
173 books — 161 voters