8 must-read literature books like Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Cover of Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

By: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

3.90

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

From a nobleman's court, to the garden of paradise, to a lantern festival in Tokyo, these stories o…

"Those pearl-white flowers swayed their heads by the feet of Lord Shakyamuni; and from their golden centres wafted unceasingly a wondrous fragrance surpassing all description. It must have been noon in Paradise."

-Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

"Those pearl-white flowers swayed their heads by the feet of Lord Shakyamuni; and from their golden centres wafted unceasingly a wondrous fragrance surpassing all description. It must have been noon in Paradise."

-Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

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Cover of Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo, James B. Harris

1. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination

By: Edogawa Rampo , James B. Harris

4.05

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Collected in this chilling volume are some of the famous Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampo's be… read more

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  • short stories
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  • japanese literature
  • asian literature
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"This “thing"

-Edogawa Rampo, Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination

"Why would a man become crazy if he entered a glass globe lined with a mirror? What in the name of the devil had he seen there? . . . Did he go made after taking a glance at himself reflected by a com…"

-Edogawa Rampo, Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination

Cover of The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada, Shika MacKenzie, Ross MacKenzie

2. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

By: Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a myste… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
"Art is not to copy the work of another; real art exists only in difference."

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

"I'm a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they're almost an addiction. If a week goes by without reading a mystery, I suffer withdrawal symptoms. Then I wander around like I'm sleepwalking and wake up in…"

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

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3. Ms Ice Sandwich

By: Mieko Kawakami , Louise Heal Kawai

3.78

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

A quixotic and funny tale about first love – from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author. Ms Ice San… read more

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  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
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4. Spring Garden

By: Tomoka Shibasaki , Polly Barton

3.27

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a sharp, photo-realistic novella of memory and thwarted hope'He'd co… read more

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  • japanese literature
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"Avoiding bother was Taro's governing principle. It wasn't that he was a stick-in-the-mud. It was just that, rather than putting himself out in order to get the more pleasing or interesting things he …"

-Tomoka Shibasaki, Spring Garden

"His home town as it existed in his memory seemed distant to him, like something that belonged to another person. It was almost as though he'd mistaken a place he'd seen on TV or in a film for a thing…"

-Tomoka Shibasaki, Spring Garden

Cover of 文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治と黒の時代  [Bungō Stray Dogs - Dazai Osamu to kuro no jidai] by Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa, 朝霧 カフカ, None

5. 文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治と黒の時代 [Bungō Stray Dogs - Dazai Osamu to kuro no jidai]

By: Kafka Asagiri , Sango Harukawa , 朝霧 カフカ , None

3.69

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Yi Neng woShi iAn Yue suruXiong E naDi Xia Zu Zhi , potomahuia. sonoGan Bu Tai Zai Zhi toXia Ji Gou… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Spirits Abroad

By: Zen Cho

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

"If you live near the jungle, you will realize that what is real and what is not real is not always… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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7. Vita Sexualis

By: Ōgai Mori , Sanford Goldstein , Kazuji Ninomiya

3.94

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Though banned three weeks after its publication in 1909, Vita Sexualisis far more than a prurient e… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
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Cover of The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, Sōji Shimada, Ho-Ling Wong

8. 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
Cover of Self Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic by Osamu Dazai

9. Self Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic

By: Osamu Dazai

3.70

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

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  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • asian literature
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10. The Master Key

By: Masako Togawa , None

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Fans of P.D. James, Robert Barnard and other literate writers in the genre will welcome US publicat… read more

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11. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories

By: Gabriel García Márquez , J.S. Bernstein

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the d… read more

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12. 文豪ストレイドッグス 1 [Bungō Stray Dogs 1]

By: Kafka Asagiri , Sango Harukawa , 朝霧 カフカ , None

5.00

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

Gu Er Yuan woZhui waretaQing Nian Zhong Dao Dun ha, toaruZi Sha Zhi Yuan noNan woZhu keru. Nan noMi… read more

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13. Masks

By: Juliet Winters Carpenter , Fumiko Enchi

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Masks takes its name from the Noh masks of Japanese dramas, and much is made of spirit possession. … read more

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14. 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

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  • japanese literature
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"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

15. 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

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Cover of Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada

16. Weasels in the Attic

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more

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"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic

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17. Nails and Eyes

By: Kaori Fujino

3.43

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more

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"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

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18. The Flowers of Buffoonery

By: Osamu Dazai

3.83

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba—the narrator of No Longer Hu… read more

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"But in my softness I find peace, however fleeting."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"Hacían reír a otros. Querían provocar la risa en otros a cualquier precio, incluso a costa de su propio dolor."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"It was only natural for Yozo to vacillate when asked about the reason behind his suicide – it was everything to him."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"The next morning was peaceful and clear. The sea was calm. White smoke from the volcano on Oshima, just above the horizon, drifted up into the sky. Never mind. I hate describing scenery."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

Cover of 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER by Kafka Asagiri

19. 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

By: Kafka Asagiri

4.73

Format: 484 pages, Paperback

中原中也とは“何”なのか――? 今明かされる双黒の「十六歳」の物語。 太宰治とともに『荒覇吐事件』を終息させ、ポートマフィアに加入して1年。 幹部の座を狙う中原中也の前に現れたのは、中也を弟… read more

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"I will mourn for you, Verlaine,"

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

"Verlaine – “You sound like you’re certain he’s human."

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

"Master Chuuya and Dazai stood side by side. There was something surprisingly perfect about it."

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

"Maybe that's what you wanna do, but don't shove your beliefs down my throat. 'Cause that ain't how I feel at all."

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

Cover of The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2) by Yukito Ayatsuji

20. The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

By: Yukito Ayatsuji

3.62

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote M… read more

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"A cold death mask worn by a living man."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"It sounded like the beating heart of the house."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

Cover of The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5) by Seishi Yokomizo

21. The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.89

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan’s master of crime. Amid the rubb… read more

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Cover of The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

22. 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

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23. Mysterious Setting

By: Kazushige Abe

3.58

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

A madcap, darkly comic novel about the strange fate of a tone-deaf girl who just wants to sing, fro… read more

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24. Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

By: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

3.90

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

From a nobleman's court, to the garden of paradise, to a lantern festival in Tokyo, these stories o… read more

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  • short story collection
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  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • asian literature
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"Those pearl-white flowers swayed their heads by the feet of Lord Shakyamuni; and from their golden centres wafted unceasingly a wondrous fragrance surpassing all description. It must have been noon i…"

-Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

Cover of The Spider Man: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro by Edogawa Ranpo

25. The Spider Man: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro

By: Edogawa Ranpo

3.89

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

A dream-like Tokyo is in the grip of a brutal predator. A sadistic killer who turns his victims int… read more

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Cover of Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 7 (light novel): Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen (Volume 7) (Bungo Stray Dogs (light novel), 7) by Kafka Asagiri

26. Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 7 (light novel): Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen (Volume 7) (Bungo Stray Dogs (light novel), 7)

By: Kafka Asagiri

4.58

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

Not long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, his right-hand man, Osamu Dazai, has a… read more

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

27. 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

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Cover of 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa] by Kafka Asagiri

28. 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

By: Kafka Asagiri

4.49

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

今から十余年前、横浜で用心棒として名を馳せる銀髪の一匹狼がいた。その名は福沢諭吉。彼は妙な成り行きから、傍若無人で破壊的に人の話を聞かないが、超天才的な推理力を持つ少年・江戸川乱歩の面倒を見るはめに… read more

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"Not a single soul opened their mouth as their eyes were glued to the stage. They forgot to make expressions. They even forgot who they were as they gazed intently at the play. The power of performanc…"

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

"The actress winked. 'It's a small industry, yeah? People get together... They break up... Maybe someone banged one of the new girls, or they broke up and she quit. Who doesn't have one or two people …"

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

"Fukuzawa looked extremely surly that day. The weekend crowd rolled back like the tide as he strode down the avenue. Even cars stopped as he walked across the pedestrian crossing, even though their li…"

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

Cover of Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida

29. 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

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  • japanese literature
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Cover of The Cake Tree in the Ruins by Akiyuki Nosaka

30. The Cake Tree in the Ruins

By: Akiyuki Nosaka

4.25

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then … read more

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Cover of Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3) by Tom   Mead

31. Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3)

By: Tom Mead

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This latest puzzle mystery from the author of Death and the Conjuror and The Murder Wheel takes sta… read more

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