16 Top japan books like A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata

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A Woman of Pleasure

By: Kiyoko Murata

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th…

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Cover of The Rainbow by Yasunari Kawabata

1. The Rainbow

By: Yasunari Kawabata

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters i… read more

Similar categories in Yasunari Kawabata's The Rainbow book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • asia
  • fiction
  • japan
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
"La profondità dell'essere umano è proporzionale alle esperienze vissute e alla lontananza del tempo in cui il suo animo si immerge."

-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow

"Un ponte di pietra tra le anime? Meglio allora un arcobaleno." "Sì, è possible che il ponte che unisce due anime sia simile a un arcobaleno."

-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow

"Fra le tante cose che suscitano nell'uomo una sensazione di impotenza, l'architettura è più di ogni altra arte soggetta a condizionamenti. Luogo, materiale, destinazione, grandezza, costi, le bizzarr…"

-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow

Cover of Nipponia Nippon by Kazushige Abe

2. Nipponia Nippon

By: Kazushige Abe

3.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Il diciassettenne protagonista Haruo vive in cittadina di provincia nel nord del Giappone. È un ado… read more

Similar categories in Kazushige Abe's Nipponia Nippon book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • japan
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
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3. Butter

By: Asako Yuzuki

3.60

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more

Similar categories in Asako Yuzuki's Butter book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • audiobook
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

Cover of The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto

4. The Premonition

By: Banana Yoshimoto

3.43

Format: 133 pages, Hardcover

The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and he… read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • japan
"I'd never known a love before that could blot out the world around like this."

-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition

"Later, for the first time in a very long time, I heard my aunt play the piano. Its tone was soft, and just like I remembered it. At the kitchen window one overcast afternoon, I watched its beautiful …"

-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition

Cover of Mongrel by Hanako Footman

5. Mongrel

By: Hanako Footman

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more

Similar categories in Hanako Footman's Mongrel book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • feminism
  • fiction
  • japan
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."

-Hanako Footman, Mongrel

Cover of All the World's A Stage (The Comeback Trail, #3) by Guy Hale

6. All the World's A Stage (The Comeback Trail, #3)

By: Guy Hale

4.50

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

In the final installment of The Comeback Trail trilogy, Jimmy Wayne has set off on his major tour o… read more

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Cover of A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama

7. A Perfect Day to Be Alone

By: Nanae Aoyama

3.12

Format: 160 pages, ebook

It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more

Similar categories in Nanae Aoyama's A Perfect Day to Be Alone book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • asia
  • fiction
  • japan
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • audiobook
"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

Cover of A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata

8. A Woman of Pleasure

By: Kiyoko Murata

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th… read more

Similar categories in Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • historical
  • feminism
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • adult
  • japan
  • audiobook
Cover of Green Frog: Stories by Gina Chung

9. Green Frog: Stories

By: Gina Chung

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformati… read more

Similar categories in Gina Chung's Green Frog: Stories book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • asian literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

10. The Noh Mask Murder

By: Akimitsu Takagi

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in t… read more

Similar categories in Akimitsu Takagi's The Noh Mask Murder book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • historical
  • fiction
  • japan
  • japanese literature
  • adult
Cover of Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks by Natsuko Imamura

11. Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks

By: Natsuko Imamura

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The startling first collection of dark, surreal, and unsettling stories from the international priz… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • japan
  • audiobook
Cover of A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon

12. A Magical Girl Retires

By: Park Seolyeon

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

Cover of Harlequin Butterfly by Toh EnJoe

13. Harlequin Butterfly

By: Toh EnJoe

3.37

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

A surreal novella about the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of l… read more

Similar categories in Toh EnJoe's Harlequin Butterfly book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • japan
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
Cover of The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada

14. The Bookshop Woman

By: Nanako Hanada

3.60

Format: 204 pages, ebook

A love story to climbing all the way down a book's rope, free diving to its bottom, and then resurf… read more

Similar categories in Nanako Hanada's The Bookshop Woman book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • asian literature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Invisible Hotel by Yeji Y. Ham

15. The Invisible Hotel

By: Yeji Y. Ham

3.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A work of literary horror in the gothic tradition, The Invisible Hotel is a startling, speculative … read more

Similar categories in Yeji Y. Ham's The Invisible Hotel book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • asian literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Mina's Matchbox by Yōko Ogawa

16. Mina's Matchbox

By: Yōko Ogawa

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, psychologically astute author of The Memory Police, here is a hypnotic, int… read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"Quant à l'endroit où se trouvait mon père, le jour de ses funérailles, ma mère me l'avait indiqué. C'est un peu loin, mais un jour ou l'autre nous irons le rejoindre, il n'y a pas à craindre de s'éga…"

-Yōko Ogawa, Mina's Matchbox

Cover of The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6) by Seishi Yokomizo

17. The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain vill… read more

Similar categories in Seishi Yokomizo's The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6) book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • audiobook
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • asian literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Can't I Go Instead by Lee Geum-yi

18. Can't I Go Instead

By: Lee Geum-yi

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women's lives and identities are intertwined—through World War II and the Korean War—revealing … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • japan
  • audiobook
Cover of Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida

19. Goodnight Tokyo

By: Atsuhiro Yoshida

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A symphony of interconnected lives that offers a compelling reflection on life in modern-day metrop… read more

Similar categories in Atsuhiro Yoshida's Goodnight Tokyo book and Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure

  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • japan
Cover of The Third Love by Hiromi Kawakami

20. The Third Love

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has … read more

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  • historical
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • historical fiction
  • japan
Cover of I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang

21. I Am Not Jessica Chen

By: Ann Liang

4.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After getting rejected by every single Ivy League she applied to and falling short of all her Asian… read more

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  • asian literature
  • fiction

19 must-read fiction books like A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata

Transform Your Habits

The Rainbow

Yasunari Kawabata

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Nipponia Nippon

Kazushige Abe

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Butter

Asako Yuzuki

3.60

Transform Your Habits

The Premonition

Banana Yoshimoto

3.43

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19 must-read fiction books like Nipponia Nippon by Kazushige Abe

Transform Your Habits

Vladivostok Circus

Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.49

Transform Your Habits

This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

Natsuko Imamura

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Nipponia Nippon

Kazushige Abe

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Dragon Palace

Hiromi Kawakami

3.31

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