The Greatest Asian Experimental Books of All Time
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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 473 | The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle | Haruki Murakami | 1994 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 1282 | The Plum in the Golden Vase | Unknown | 1610 | Chinese | Chinese | |
| 1991 | All about H. Hatterr | G. V. Desani | 1948 | Indian | English | |
| 2600 | Almost Transparent Blue | Ryū Murakami | 1976 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 4646 | The Face Of Another | Kobo Abé | 1964 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 5418 | A Dictionary Of Maqiao | Han Shaogong | 1996 | Chinese | Chinese | |
| 8298 | Kokuhaku | Kō Machida | 2005 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 8897 | I Have Not Seen Mandu | Swadesh Deepak | 2003 | Indian | Hindi | |
| 9136 | The Last Lover | Can Xue | 2005 | Chinese | Chinese | |
| 11168 | Scattered All Over The Earth | Yoko Tawada | 2018 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 12250 | The Golden Gate | Vikram Seth | 1986 | Indian | English | |
| 13334 | Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed Over Two Decades | Jianren Wu | 1908 | Chinese | Chinese | |
| 13362 | I Am A Cat | Natsume Sōseki | 1905 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 14009 | Family Catastrophe | Wang Wen-hsin | 1973 | Chinese | Chinese | |
| 14650 | Tadanori Yokoo | Daido Moriyama | 2006 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 14985 | Jejuri | Arun Kolatkar | 1976 | Indian | English | |
| 15916 | An Inquiry Into The Good | Nishida Kitarō | 1911 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 16504 | Sun & Steel | Yukio Mishima | 1968 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 16648 | Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson | George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff | 1950 | Armenian | Russian | |
| 17163 | Stick Out Your Tongue | Ma Jian | 1987 | Chinese | Chinese | |
| 17163 | Hear The Wind Sing And Pinball 1973 | 村上春樹 | 1979 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17163 | The Circle Of Reason | Amitav Ghosh | 1986 | Indian | English | |
| 17163 | The Factory | Hiroko Oyamada | 2013 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17163 | Sketchy Vol. 1 | Makihirochi | 2024 | Japanese | English | |
| 17163 | The Ark Sakura | Kobo Abé | 1984 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17163 | Joy | Angelo Lacuesta | Philippine | English | ||
| 17163 | Diary Of A Void | Emi Yagi | 2020 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17163 | The Gray House | Mariam Petrosyan | 2009 | Armenian | Russian | |
| 17163 | Light And Thread | Han Kang | 2025 | South Korean | Korean |