Top Retellings of Classic Tales

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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
765 books — 3,239 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
1,867 books — 6,999 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
3,433 books — 6,755 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
621 books — 491 voters

The Living by Annie DillardUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Pacific Northwest Books
912 books — 608 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterLieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Napoleonic War fiction
172 books — 159 voters