The Tale of Genji
1021★ 9.3
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Midnight's Children
1981★ 8.7
A Passage to India
1924★ 8.5
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1
1764★ 8.2
Hiroshima
1946★ 8.0
The Things They Carried
1990★ 7.8
The Wisdom Books
Author unknown
400 BC★ 7.6
The Bhagavad Gita
Author unknown
150 BC★ 7.6
The Complete Writings
300 BC★ 7.5
Records of the Grand Historian
94 BC★ 7.5
Gilgamesh
Author unknown
1700 BC★ 7.5
Mahabharata
400 BC★ 7.5
The Journey to the West
1592★ 7.4
The Pillow Book
1002★ 7.4
The Upanishads
Author unknown
500 BC★ 7.4
The Art of War
500 BC★ 7.3
The Recognition of Sakuntala
400★ 7.3
Mencius
300 BC★ 7.3
Siddhartha
1922★ 7.2
The Book of Songs
Author unknown
600 BC★ 7.2