10 best-selling asia books like Black Box by Shiori Itō

Cover of Black Box by Shiori Itō

Black Box

By: Shiori Itō

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

真実は、ここにある。 なぜ、司法はこれを裁けないのか? レイプ被害を受けたジャーナリストが世に問う、 法と捜査、社会の現状。 尊敬していた人物からの、思いもよらない行為。 しかし、その事実を証明する…

"I needed to communicate all of this in my own words, with my own voice. If I waited for someone else to speak out, things would never change."

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

"I needed to communicate all of this in my own words, with my own voice. If I waited for someone else to speak out, things would never change."

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

"If I were going to die, there would be time for that later--after doing everything I could and using all that I had to confront the systemic problems that I knew needed to change."

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

"If I were going to die, there would be time for that later--after doing everything I could and using all that I had to confront the systemic problems that I knew needed to change."

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

If you liked the asia plot in Black Box by Shiori Itō , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee  Koe

1. Ministry of Moral Panic

By: Amanda Lee Koe

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Meet an over-the-hill Pop Yé-yé singer with a faulty heart, two conservative middle-aged women hold… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lee Koe's Ministry of Moral Panic book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asian literature
  • asia
"A relationship means exhaustion. Entrapment. I haven’t the energy for the eventuality of it. Love is no big truth."

-Amanda Lee Koe, Ministry of Moral Panic

"But I love Sir long time, she'd said repeatedly, blubbering, but I love Sir long time. The wife got up and slapped her smartly across the face. Love? The wife gave a bark of laughter. What do you thi…"

-Amanda Lee Koe, Ministry of Moral Panic

"The truth was probably that my mother had been so defined by the existence of my father that when he died, she couldn’t see anything else before her. He’d closed his fist around her, she’d let him, a…"

-Amanda Lee Koe, Ministry of Moral Panic

2. A True Novel

By: Juliet Winters Carpenter , Minae Mizumura

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A remaking of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights set in postwar Japan A True Novelbegins in New York … read more

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3. No One Writes Back

By: Jung Yewon , None

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

Communication--or the lack thereof--is the subject of this sly update of the picaresque. read more

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4. Nowhere to Be Found

By: Bae Suah , Sora Kim-Russell

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A nameless narrator passes through her life, searching for meaning and connection in experiences sh… read more

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Cover of Nie mówię żegnaj by Han Kang

5. Nie mówię żegnaj

By: Han Kang

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Zdobywczyni nagrody Man Booker Prize 2016, Han Kang, powraca po 5 latach z nową, pełnowymiarową pow… read more

Similar categories in Han Kang's Nie mówię żegnaj book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asian literature
  • asia
Cover of Ciała by Annie Ernaux

6. Ciała

By: Annie Ernaux

4.28

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Jak oddać paraliżujący strach towarzyszący niechcianej ciąży i potajemnej aborcji? Jak opisać nasto… read more

Similar categories in Annie Ernaux's Ciała book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Układ(a)ne by Aoko Matsuda

7. Układ(a)ne

By: Aoko Matsuda

3.19

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Zbiór opowiadań jednej z najbardziej awangardowych i podziwianych współczesnych pisarek po raz pier… read more

Similar categories in Aoko Matsuda's Układ(a)ne book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • feminism
  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • asian literature
Cover of Wszystko mam bardziej. Życie w spektrum autyzmu by Jacek Hołub

8. Wszystko mam bardziej. Życie w spektrum autyzmu

By: Jacek Hołub

4.10

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

O tym, dlaczego dorośli decydują się na diagnozę, dlaczego autyzm to nie zawsze supermoce, o codzie… read more

Similar categories in Jacek Hołub's Wszystko mam bardziej. Życie w spektrum autyzmu book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • nonfiction
Cover of Zły syn by Jarek Skurzyński

9. Zły syn

By: Jarek Skurzyński

3.60

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Czy dziecko musi kochać rodzica? Historia matki samotnie wychowującej syna w małej, osiedlowej s… read more

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Cover of The Piano Tuner by Chiang-Sheng Kuo

10. The Piano Tuner

By: Chiang-Sheng Kuo

3.14

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tu… read more

Similar categories in Chiang-Sheng Kuo's The Piano Tuner book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asian literature
  • asia
Cover of La Papeterie Tsubaki by Ito Ogawa

11. La Papeterie Tsubaki

By: Ito Ogawa

4.17

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

Hatoko a vingt-cinq ans et la voici de retour à Kamakura, dans la petite papeterie que lui a léguée… read more

Similar categories in Ito Ogawa's La Papeterie Tsubaki book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"Mourir, c’était peut-être vivre éternellement."

-Ito Ogawa, La Papeterie Tsubaki

"Elle s'est levée. Elle était sublime. Elle était l'incarnation personnifiée de cette vieille expression qui dit qu'une femme debout a la grâce de la pivoine de Chine, celle de la pivoine arbustive qu…"

-Ito Ogawa, La Papeterie Tsubaki

"- C'est la formule secrète du bonheur, que j'ai appliquée toute ma vie, a-t-elle dit en riant. - Apprenez-la moi ! - Eh bien, il faut se dire à l'intérieur : « Brille, brille. » Tu fermes les yeux et…"

-Ito Ogawa, La Papeterie Tsubaki

Cover of West Farragut Avenue by Agnieszka Jelonek

12. West Farragut Avenue

By: Agnieszka Jelonek

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Myślałam, że piszę książkę o pamięci, ale napisałam love story. Chciałam stworzyć plot, ale prawdzi… read more

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Cover of Szkice malajskie by Alfian Sa'at

13. Szkice malajskie

By: Alfian Sa'at

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Szkice malajskie swoją nazwę zaczerpnęły od książki z anegdotami gubernatora brytyjskiej kolonii na… read more

Similar categories in Alfian Sa'at's Szkice malajskie book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asian literature
  • asia
Cover of Sny umarłych by Bora Chung

14. Sny umarłych

By: Bora Chung

3.49

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Tae-gyeong dowiaduje się, że jego kolega z liceum zginął w wypadku samochodowym. Problem w tym, że … read more

Similar categories in Bora Chung's Sny umarłych book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asian literature
Cover of Oczy, nosy, usta, brwi by Kanako Nishi

15. Oczy, nosy, usta, brwi

By: Kanako Nishi

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Narukido Sada to młoda, zdolna redaktorka — choć jest doceniana za swoją pracę, zawsze stoi z boku.… read more

Similar categories in Kanako Nishi's Oczy, nosy, usta, brwi book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Znaki zodiaku by Maciej Marcisz

16. Znaki zodiaku

By: Maciej Marcisz

3.51

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Toskania, słońce, grupa przyjaciół, piękna sceneria, dom na wzgórzu, dwa miesiące wolnego i wróżba,… read more

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Cover of Wędrówka by Intan Paramaditha

17. Wędrówka

By: Intan Paramaditha

3.76

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Zawsze sądziłaś, że czeka cię życie w wielkim świecie, że jest Ci pisane coś więcej, niż zaduch ind… read more

Similar categories in Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asian literature
  • asia
"Labels and boxes don’t matter any more when you always want to be with someone, hear her whole life story, or trace your fingers through her hair when you’re worn out after making love."

-Intan Paramaditha, Wędrówka

"...the shoes were devil shoes. They ran away from their creator, who now rested peacefully at the Heavenly Father’s side. For hundreds of years they have gone from one girl to another, stirring up in…"

-Intan Paramaditha, Wędrówka

Cover of Black Box by Shiori Itō

18. Black Box

By: Shiori Itō

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

真実は、ここにある。 なぜ、司法はこれを裁けないのか? レイプ被害を受けたジャーナリストが世に問う、 法と捜査、社会の現状。 尊敬していた人物からの、思いもよらない行為。 しかし、その事実を証明する… read more

Similar categories in Shiori Itō's Black Box book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • feminism
  • asia
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • asian literature
"I needed to communicate all of this in my own words, with my own voice. If I waited for someone else to speak out, things would never change."

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

"If I were going to die, there would be time for that later--after doing everything I could and using all that I had to confront the systemic problems that I knew needed to change."

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

"I felt as though everything inside me had been obliterated. However much I tried, however much I wanted to go back to being who I was before, it was impossible--all that was left was an empty husk of…"

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

Cover of Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan by Murong Xuecun

19. Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

By: Murong Xuecun

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From one of China’s most celebrated—and silenced—literary authors, riveting portraits of eight Wuha… read more

Similar categories in Murong Xuecun's Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asia
  • nonfiction
Cover of Rozkład północy by Bora Chung

20. Rozkład północy

By: Bora Chung

3.90

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

W pewnym instytucie badawczym prowadzone są eksperymenty nad przedmiotami o nieznanej proweniencji … read more

Similar categories in Bora Chung's Rozkład północy book and Shiori Itō's Black Box

  • asian literature
Cover of Magiczna rana by Dorota Masłowska

21. Magiczna rana

By: Dorota Masłowska

3.73

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Długo oczekiwany prozatorski powrót Doroty Masłowskiej Trashowa powieść, która w obłąkańczo zaba… read more

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11 Top asian literature books like Black Box by Shiori Itō

Transform Your Habits

Ministry of Moral Panic

Amanda Lee Koe

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Nie mówię żegnaj

Han Kang

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Układ(a)ne

Aoko Matsuda

3.19

Transform Your Habits

The Piano Tuner

Chiang-Sheng Kuo

3.14

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Days in the History of Silence

Anne Bruce , Merethe Lindstrøm

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Stramer

Mikołaj Łoziński

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Korowód

Jakub Małecki

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Kurwa, kurwa, kurwa

Linn Strømsborg

3.93

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