17 best-selling fiction books like The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart by Chesil

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The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart

By: Chesil

3.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Now in translation for the first time, the award-winning debut that broke literary ground in Japan …

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1. Meltdown!: The Nuclear Disaster in Japan and Our Energy Future

By: Fred Bortz

3.35

Format: 64 pages, Library Binding

On March 11, 2011, the Great Tohuku Earthquake struck, causing a tsunami that devastated Japan and … read more

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2. The Boy in the Earth

By: Fuminori Nakamura , Allison Markin Powell

4.00

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

Fuminori Nakamura's Akutagawa Prize-winner plunges us into the depths of a young man's winding, tro… read more

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3. Idol, Burning

By: Rin Usami

3.23

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more

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  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • contemporary
  • japan
  • audiobook
"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

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4. Pardalita

By: Joana Estrela

3.80

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Quando Raquel nos começa a contar a sua história, Pardalita já entrou na sua vida. Não de rompante,… read more

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

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

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6. Nina the Starry Bride, Vol. 1

By: Rikachi

3.97

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

Nina had a rough start to life, stealing to survive—and eventually being sold into slavery by her o… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
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7. Carmilla: The First Vampire

By: Amy Chu

3.40

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1… read more

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  • fiction
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8. Have You Seen This Girl

By: Nita Tyndall

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Courtney Summers and Tess Sharpe will devour this standalone YA thriller following a nonbin… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. 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

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  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • contemporary
  • japan
  • 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

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10. Scattered All Over the Earth

By: Yōko Tawada

3.27

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now re… read more

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  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"People are always saying the humanities are dead so it's strange how many conferences there are."

-Yōko Tawada, Scattered All Over the Earth

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11. Button Pusher

By: Tyler Page

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A memoir-driven realistic graphic novel about Tyler, a child who is diagnosed with ADHD and has to … read more

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12. And the Category Is.: Inside New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community

By: Ricky Tucker

3.95

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

A 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Nonfiction An Electric Literature “Most Anticipated LGBTQ… read more

Similar categories in Ricky Tucker's And the Category Is.: Inside New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community book and Chesil's The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart

  • audiobook
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13. Sasha Masha

By: Agnes Borinsky

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Transgender author Agnes Borinsky deftly explores gender identity and queer romance in this heart-w… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I feel like teenagers get a bad rap for changing things up all the time. We're fake or we're insincere or we're superficial. But if you do it to please yourself, what's insincere about that?"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

"Real people are comfortable being themselves and don't have to think about what they want. They laugh out loud and they eat when they're hungry and they say what they're thinking no matter who is lis…"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

"Representation is chump change, darling. I'm sorry to break it to you. People who hold power don't like to put themselves at risk. And that's why Queer people have generally been the visionaries. Bec…"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

"I feel like I was on autopilot for most of my life. Like I just took for granted the person the world told me I was and I feel like it might have been easier to shake that up a little when I was a ki…"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

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14. My Brilliant Life

By: Kim Ae-ran

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

“My Brilliant Life is a moving, earnest, and deeply-felt exploration of a unique family in all its … read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • audiobook
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15. Go

By: Kazuki Kaneshiro

3.63

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

For two teens, falling in love is going to make a world of difference in this beautifully translate… read more

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  • asia
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"But,"

-Kazuki Kaneshiro, Go

"Though I may have been a misfit, I was also a romantic."

-Kazuki Kaneshiro, Go

"Nationality isn’t much more than a lease to an apartment, "

-Kazuki Kaneshiro, Go

"Take a good look at the wide world,' he said. 'You decide the rest."

-Kazuki Kaneshiro, Go

Cover of The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart by Chesil

16. The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart

By: Chesil

3.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Now in translation for the first time, the award-winning debut that broke literary ground in Japan … read more

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  • asia
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • contemporary
  • japan
  • audiobook
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17. The Fox & Little Tanuki, Volume 1

By: Mi Tagawa

4.07

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

It is said that there are some special animals occasionally born with great powers. Senzou the blac… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
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18. Private Label

By: Kelly Yang

3.89

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang delivers a heartfelt and powerful YA romance about a C… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • audiobook
"Everybody make mistake. Best way is to apologize," she tells me, putting her scissors down and sitting next to me. "But you never apologize." She frowns at me. "Because I'm always right."

-Kelly Yang, Private Label

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19. At the Edge of the Woods

By: Masatsugu Ono

3.03

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

In an unnamed foreign country, a family of three settles into a house at the edge of the woods wher… read more

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  • japan
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
Cover of Milena, Milena, Ecstatic (Yeoyu, #6) by Bae Suah

20. Milena, Milena, Ecstatic (Yeoyu, #6)

By: Bae Suah

3.69

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Yun's meticulously ordered life of reading books and drinking coffee receives a jolt when a mysteri… read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
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21. Wild Poppies

By: Haya Saleh

3.90

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook

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3.23

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3.79

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4.01

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