Japanese Myths & Tales (Epic Tales)
By: Alan Cummings
3.88
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From the creation myth of Izanagi and Izanami designed to explain the orgins of the island of Japan…
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1. Shiver: Selected Stories
By: Junji Ito
4.34
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A best-of story selection by the master of horror manga.This volume includes nine of Junji Ito’s be… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- fantasy
- japan
2. The Elephant Vanishes
By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Alfred Birnbaum
3.83
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750536 With the same deadpan mania and genius for disloca… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- fantasy
- japan
"Memory is like fiction: or else it' fiction that's like memory."-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
"Sometimes when I think about entities—like in “separate entities"-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
"Memory is like fiction: or else it's fiction that's like memory."-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
"The moment I see her, there’s a rumbling in my chest, and my mouth is as dry as a desert."-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
3. The Norse Myths
By: Kevin Crossley-Holland
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the Viking world vividly to life. The mythic legacy of… read more
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- short stories
- folklore
- classics
- mythology
"A culture finds the gods it needs."-Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Norse Myths
"Be generous, be spirited, and you'll lead a happy life."-Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Norse Myths
"The treachery of a friend is worse than the treachery of an enemy."-Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Norse Myths
"Sometimes it's better not to see. Sometimes it's better to have a choice."-Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Norse Myths
4. Uzumaki
By: Junji Ito , Yuji Oniki
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- japan
5. The Decagon House Murders
By: Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong
2.50
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly mu… read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
6. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
2.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Unfinished Talesis a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth t… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- fantasy
- short stories
7. Gyo
By: Junji Ito
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Something is rotten in Okinawa... The floating smell of death hangs over the island. What is it? A … read more
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- fiction
- japan
8. One Piece, Volume 03: Don't Get Fooled Again (One Piece, #3)
By: Eiichiro Oda
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
Sure, lots of people say they want to be the King of the Pirates, but how many have the guts to do … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
9. One Piece, Volume 02: Buggy the Clown (One Piece, #2)
By: Eiichiro Oda , Jason Thompson , None
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
As a kid, Monkey D. Luffy vowed to become King of the Pirates and find the legendary treasure calle… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
10. One Piece, Volume 04: The Black Cat Pirates (One Piece, #4)
By: Eiichiro Oda
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
Captain Kuro of the Black Cat Pirates was the most feared evil genius on the high seas...until he v… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
11. Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
By: Christina Henry
4.04
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a familiar story with a dark hook--a tale about… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
12. The Analects
By: Confucius , D.C. Lau
3.20
Format: 168 pages,
This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classic… read more
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- classics
13. Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.47
Format: 185 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Be careful what you wish for... Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who h… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
14. I Am a Cat
By: Natsume Sōseki , Aiko Ito , Graeme Wilson
3.50
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
I am a cat. As yet I have no name. So begins one of the most original and unforgettable works in Ja… read more
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- japanese literature
- classics
- fiction
- japan
15. The Astonishing Color of After
By: Emily X.R. Pan
4.12
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turn… read more
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16. Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
By: Yoel Hoffmann , None
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
"A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, s… read more
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17. Out
By: Natsuo Kirino , Stephen Snyder
3.95
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Natsuo Kirino's novel tells a story of random violence in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mothe… read more
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- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"...I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."-Natsuo Kirino, Out
"And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."-Natsuo Kirino, Out
"I'm desperate for money'. She said. And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."-Natsuo Kirino, Out
"I'm desperate for money'. She said. 'And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you'. (Yoshie Azuma)"-Natsuo Kirino, Out
18. Saga, Volume 10
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.31
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
At long last, Hazel and her star-crossed family are finally back, and they’ve made some new...frien… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
19. Murtagh (The Inheritance Cycle, #5)
By: Christopher Paolini
4.17
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
20. Cursed Bunny
By: Bora Chung
3.78
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- fiction
"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
21. The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream
By: Michael Wood
4.16
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its si… read more
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- asia
22. Ito Junji's Cat Diary
By: Junji Ito
4.24
Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition
The representative of Japanese horror comics, Junji Ito = horror manga author J. J, a dog person, w… read more
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- japan
"The road to cat wand mastery is long and treacherous indeed!"-Junji Ito, Ito Junji's Cat Diary
23. Nightingale: An Anthology for Ukraine
By: Skye Warren
4.23
Format: 1486 pages, Kindle Edition
NIGHTINGALE is a romance anthology with over FIFTY original, never-before-seen stories from bestsel… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- fiction
24. The Girl in Red
By: Christina Henry
3.71
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
A postapocalyptic take on the perennial classic "Little Red Riding Hood", about a woman who isn't a… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"We all die in the end," Mama said. "What we do before the end is what counts"."-Christina Henry, The Girl in Red
"You can't write this like a story Red. This is life, and it doesn't follow your rules"-Christina Henry, The Girl in Red
"Grandmas didn't die from stuff like that. Grandmas went on and on, enduring year after year, shriveled and worn but somehow ageless."-Christina Henry, The Girl in Red
"One thing Red had learned from years of reading and movie watching was that people were far scarier than any disease or zombie or alien or face-eating monster."-Christina Henry, The Girl in Red
25. The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought
By: Sun Tzu
4.23
Format: 760 pages, Leather Bound
The Art of War by the Chinese general Sun Tzu is one of the most influential books of military stra… read more
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- classics
26. H.G. Wells Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
By: H.G. Wells
3.78
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
H.G. Wells, one of the founding fathers of science fiction created a rich universe of short stories… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- fantasy
- short stories
27. Japanese Myths & Tales (Epic Tales)
By: Alan Cummings
3.88
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From the creation myth of Izanagi and Izanami designed to explain the orgins of the island of Japan… read more
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- folklore
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
- fantasy
- mythology
28. Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
By: Myeongseok Kang
4.64
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL BOOK— Published in celebration of BTS’s 10th Anniversary, stories that g… read more
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"Adjusting' seems to be the right word. Because once I entered the dorm, I realized, 'Ah, I guess this is how I should live from now."-Myeongseok Kang, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
"However, some people—like B-Free—act as if they are judges at an audition, publicly passing judgment on idol groups' musical identities in spite of not having that authority."-Myeongseok Kang, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
"Jin also injected the team with a sense of calm. There's steps to everything. Sometimes you have to climb slowly. And we knew that all the other people who succeeded climbed up slowly, little by litt…"-Myeongseok Kang, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
"I still have no idea why, but we seriously only ever stuck with one another. And I think it must have been hard for other people to approach us, too. We were all clearly on edge because we were deter…"-Myeongseok Kang, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
29. Chinese Fairy Tales and Legends
By: Frederick H. Martens
3.45
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
An elegantly packaged new edition of a classic Chinese folktale collection that responds to the con… read more
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- asia
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- folklore
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
30. Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (Gothic Fantasy)
By: Jacob Grimm
3.92
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Malevolent and dark, the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are not for the faint-hearted.… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- fantasy
- short stories
31. Chinese Myths & Tales (Gothic Fantasy: Epic Tales)
By: Davide Latini
3.55
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Great floods and river Gods, snake spirits, and Immortals, China's unique set of mythological tales… read more
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- asia
- short stories
- folklore
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
