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Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
755 books — 3,229 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,714 voters

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu ArakawaDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaNaruto, Vol. 1 by Masashi KishimotoOne Piece, Volume 1 by Eiichiro OdaBleach, Vol. 1 by Tite Kubo
Best Manga of All Time
532 books — 980 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,061 books — 949 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books on Asia
995 books — 814 voters
The da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownBlack Fire by William Kely McClungNever by Ken FollettThe Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,301 books — 551 voters

Bridge of Birds by Barry HughartThe Tales of the Otori Trilogy by Lian HearnThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi OnoEon by Alison GoodmanThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
308 books — 435 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
1,156 books — 428 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
516 books — 356 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerEmpress of All Seasons by Emiko JeanEon by Alison GoodmanThe Poppy War by R.F. KuangThe Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
409 books — 291 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselPattern of Shadows by Judith BarrowSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
343 books — 252 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Books About Colonialism
657 books — 236 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Royal Fiction
501 books — 210 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Lotus Palace by Jeannie LinButterfly Swords by Jeannie LinRainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanThe Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin
Romance in East/Southeast Asia (and/or) East/Southeast Asian Heroes and Heroines
395 books — 199 voters

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Of Kings and Queens
445 books — 193 voters
Battle Royale by Koushun TakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese Books That Are Not Manga
254 books — 190 voters

Shōgun by James ClavellAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnThe Ninja by Eric Van LustbaderThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonMusashi Book One by Eiji Yoshikawa
Martial Arts Fiction
207 books — 190 voters
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiOut by Natsuo KirinoBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
An Unusual Japanese Book List
219 books — 178 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese authors
235 books — 169 voters
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxIn Xanadu by William Dalrymple
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
349 books — 167 voters

Death Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaOne Piece, Volume 1 by Eiichiro OdaVampire Knight, Vol. 1 by Matsuri HinoSkip Beat!, Vol. 1 by Yoshiki NakamuraCase Closed, Vol. 1 by Gosho Aoyama
Best Manga Author
172 books — 161 voters
Red Winter by Annette MarieA Mortal Song by Megan CreweInk by Amanda SunWarcross by Marie LuDark Tempest by Annette Marie
Japan-related YA Fiction
93 books — 143 voters

The Neverending Story by Michael EndeLe Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiTintenherz by Cornelia FunkeThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Fantasy - Beyond the English Language
395 books — 141 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGeisha, a Life by Mineko IwasakiGeisha by Liza DalbyAutobiography of a Geisha by Sayo MasudaA Geisha's Journey by Komomo
Geisha
44 books — 135 voters

Genki I by Eri BannoA Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar 日本語基本文法辞典 by Seiichi MakinoThe Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course by Andrew Scott ConningGENKI by Eri BannoBasic Kanji Book, Vol. 1 by Chieko Kano
Best Japanese Learning Textbooks
80 books — 105 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellMusashi by Eiji YoshikawaTaiko by Eiji YoshikawaThe 47 Ronin Story by John AllynA Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Top Samurai Novels
70 books — 101 voters

No Urgency To Be Home by Neha R. KrishnaTaboo by P BaylissHaiku is the Spice of Life by Ginny Tata-PhillipsThe Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo BashōJapanese Death Poems by Yoel Hoffmann
Haiku
115 books — 100 voters
Empress of All Seasons by Emiko JeanRed Winter by Annette MarieShadow of the Fox by Julie KagawaKamisama Kiss, Vol. 1 by Julietta SuzukiImmortal Fire by Annette Marie
Fiction Novels Featuring Yokai
94 books — 98 voters

A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrRisuko by David KudlerRevolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang CompestineMist Bound by Daryl Kho
East Asia in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
141 books — 95 voters
Spring Snow by Yukio MishimaThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio MishimaThe Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio MishimaConfessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaRunaway Horses by Yukio Mishima
The Best of Yukio Mishima
23 books — 75 voters

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