13 Top japanese literature books like The Forest Brims Over by Maru Ayase

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The Forest Brims Over

By: Maru Ayase

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A woman turns herself into a forest after long being co-opted to serve as the subject of her husban…

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Cover of The Face: Strangers on a Pier by Tash Aw

1. The Face: Strangers on a Pier

By: Tash Aw

3.87

Format: 411 pages,

LA TimesBook Prize Finalist: The Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose "Tash Aw's … read more

Similar categories in Tash Aw's The Face: Strangers on a Pier book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • asian literature
  • asia
Cover of Non è un lavoro per ragazze by Kazuki Sakuraba

2. Non è un lavoro per ragazze

By: Kazuki Sakuraba

3.23

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Fino a che punto può spingersi l'odio nei confronti degli adulti e un'amicizia suggellata dalla com… read more

Similar categories in Kazuki Sakuraba's Non è un lavoro per ragazze book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • contemporary
  • japan
Cover of Parti e omicidi by Sayaka Murata

3. Parti e omicidi

By: Sayaka Murata

3.76

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Parti e omicidi è una raccolta di racconti ambientati in una Tokyo di un futuro non ben precisato, … read more

Similar categories in Sayaka Murata's Parti e omicidi book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • asia
  • fiction
  • japan
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
Cover of This is Amiko, Do You Copy? by Natsuko Imamura

4. This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

By: Natsuko Imamura

3.63

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Other people don’t seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or … read more

Similar categories in Natsuko Imamura's This is Amiko, Do You Copy? book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."

-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

Cover of Nipponia Nippon by Kazushige Abe

5. 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 Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • japan
Cover of Dragon Palace by Hiromi Kawakami

6. Dragon Palace

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 From the bestselling author of Strange Weather i… read more

Similar categories in Hiromi Kawakami's Dragon Palace book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • magical realism
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • fantasy
  • japan
Cover of The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto

7. 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

Similar categories in Banana Yoshimoto's The Premonition book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • 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 Your Utopia by Bora Chung

8. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

Similar categories in Bora Chung's Your Utopia book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • asia
  • fiction
Cover of The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei

9. The Membranes

By: Chi Ta-wei

3.98

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

It is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most celebrated dermal care technician in all … read more

Similar categories in Chi Ta-wei's The Membranes book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • asia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada

10. The Factory

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.34

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Jap… read more

Similar categories in Hiroko Oyamada's The Factory book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • japan
"As I opened the basement-level door, I thought I could smell birds."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

"I didn’t have to answer any weird questions about what I was reading, or hear anyone’s thoughts about which 7-Eleven bento they liked best."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

"All I could see was a meaningless arrangement of squiggles and dots, symbols and patterns, running on endlessly. Words are such unstable things."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

"Life has nothing to do with work and work has no real bearing on life. I used to think they were connected, but now I can see there’s just no way."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

Cover of Tower by Bae Myung-hoon

11. Tower

By: Bae Myung-hoon

3.65

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Tower is a series of interconnected stories set in Beanstalk, a 674-story skyscraper and sovereign … read more

Similar categories in Bae Myung-hoon's Tower book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Ho tirato fuori una cosa scritta a ventisette anni. Ero un ragazzo insofferente. Non mi stava bene nulla. Tutto era colpa delle vecchie generazioni. Li criticavo, li insultavo... Quando mi dicevano «…"

-Bae Myung-hoon, Tower

Cover of On the Origin of Species and Other Stories by Kim Bo-young

12. On the Origin of Species and Other Stories

By: Kim Bo-young

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The debut English-language collection of one of South Korea's most distinctive and accomplished sci… read more

Similar categories in Kim Bo-young's On the Origin of Species and Other Stories book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai

13. Mild Vertigo

By: Mieko Kanai

3.55

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Housewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and… read more

Similar categories in Mieko Kanai's Mild Vertigo book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • feminism
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Convalescenza by Han Kang

14. Convalescenza

By: Han Kang

3.77

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Una donna cerca risposta agli interrogativi che la morte della sorella ha lasciato insoluti: perché… read more

Similar categories in Han Kang's Convalescenza book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Forest Brims Over by Maru Ayase

15. The Forest Brims Over

By: Maru Ayase

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A woman turns herself into a forest after long being co-opted to serve as the subject of her husban… read more

Similar categories in Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • feminism
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • fantasy
  • japan
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

Similar categories in Yōko Ogawa's Mina's Matchbox book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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 Oceano Rosso. Il nostro presente/Il nostro passato by Han Song

17. Oceano Rosso. Il nostro presente/Il nostro passato

By: Han Song

3.04

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

Nelle profondità dell’oceano, Stellamarina nasce e cresce in un mondo brutale in cui l’umanità, org… read more

Similar categories in Han Song's Oceano Rosso. Il nostro presente/Il nostro passato book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • asia
  • fiction
Cover of Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

18. Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

By: Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From major new storytelling talent Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, a blazing, bodily, raucous journey throu… read more

Similar categories in Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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 Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories by Ao Omae

20. People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories

By: Ao Omae

3.22

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, thoughtful, and always surprising short story collection from a rising young star in the w… read more

Similar categories in Ao Omae's People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • feminism
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • contemporary
  • japan
Cover of Love at Six Thousand Degrees by Maki Kashimada

21. Love at Six Thousand Degrees

By: Maki Kashimada

3.00

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE MISHIMA YUKIO PRIZE An ordinary housewife finds herself haunted by visions of a mu… read more

Similar categories in Maki Kashimada's Love at Six Thousand Degrees book and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over

  • literary fiction
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • contemporary
  • japan
"There are always bloodstains when you wrap someone's body with bandages. The same can be said for this woman. They aren't anything special. There isn't anything special about my bloodstains, about my…"

-Maki Kashimada, Love at Six Thousand Degrees

20 must-read fiction books like The Forest Brims Over by Maru Ayase

Transform Your Habits

Non è un lavoro per ragazze

Kazuki Sakuraba

3.23

Transform Your Habits

Parti e omicidi

Sayaka Murata

3.76

Transform Your Habits

This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

Natsuko Imamura

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Nipponia Nippon

Kazushige Abe

3.31

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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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