Takaoka's Travels
By: Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
3.65
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Yomiuri Prize and recipient of the 2022-23 William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Awar…
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1. Inspector Imanishi Investigates
By: Seichō Matsumoto , Beth Cary
4.08
Format: 234 pages,
In a police procedural by Japan's foremost master of mystery, Inspector Imanishi Eitaro, a typicall… read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
2. The Bridegroom Was a Dog
By: Yōko Tawada , Margaret Mitsutani
4.33
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
In these three narratives, an ingenious story-teller has created a new kind of fantasy, playful yet… read more
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- literature
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
3. The Venture of Islam, Vol 1: The Classical Age of Islam
By: Marshall G.S. Hodgson
2.00
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
The Venture of Islamhas been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in ear… read more
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- spirituality
4. Kokoro
By: Natsume Sōseki , Edwin McClellan
3.77
Format: None pages,
Hailed by The New Yorker as "rich in understanding and insight,"Kokoro -- "the heart of things"-- i… read more
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5. DallerGut Dream Department Store
By: Lee Mi-ye
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD|| In a mysterious town that lies h… read more
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- asia
- fantasy
- fiction
"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak"-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak."-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"I don't think humans are some self-driving car racing toward the finish line. We must own our lives, start the engine ourselves, and sometimes put on brakes."-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"I believe there are two ways to love your life, Penny. The first is to work hard to change your life when you feel unsatisfied.' 'That seems about right.' Penny nods. 'The second option may look easi…"-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
6. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.87
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more
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- japan
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
7. The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.87
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers. In 1940s Japan, t… read more
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- classics
- japanese literature
- japan
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Detective you have to arrest her. You have to arrest her and put her to death. Not just the regular death penalty - that's not good enough for her. I want her to hang by her heels, rip her to shreds,…"-Seishi Yokomizo, The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)
8. 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
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- japanese literature
- fantasy
- fiction
- japan
9. Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the i… read more
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- japanese literature
- classics
- fiction
- japan
"Poverty is the mother of crime. If people are poor, they lose all sense of shame, and behave appallingly."-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)
"Mảnh trăng lưỡi liềm mùng mười còn treo trên sườn núi Suribachi, bầu trời lấp lánh muôn ánh sao. Sông Ngân kéo chiếc đuôi dài thượt ngang qua, có thể thấy thấp thoáng quầng sáng trắng sữa. Đảo Ngục M…"-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)
10. 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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- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"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
11. 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
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- japan
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
"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
12. Mongrel
By: Hanako Footman
4.38
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."-Hanako Footman, Mongrel
13. 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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- literature
- asia
- fiction
- japan
- japanese literature
"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
14. Parade
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.81
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A brief, disquieting companion to the bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, set during a summer aft… read more
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- japanese literature
- fantasy
- fiction
- japan
15. A Woman of Pleasure
By: Kiyoko Murata
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th… read more
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- asia
- japanese literature
- japan
- fiction
- historical fiction
16. Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks
By: Natsuko Imamura
3.47
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The startling first collection of dark, surreal, and unsettling stories from the international priz… read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
17. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)
By: Mai Mochizuki
3.67
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more
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- asia
- fiction
- japan
- japanese literature
- fantasy
18. A Magical Girl Retires
By: Park Seolyeon
3.63
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
19. Harlequin Butterfly
By: Toh EnJoe
3.37
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
A surreal novella about the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of l… read more
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- literature
- asia
- fiction
- japan
- japanese literature
20. 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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- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
21. The Eyes Are the Best Part
By: Monika Kim
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more
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- fiction
22. The Son of Man
By: Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
3.71
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the “extraordinary” Animalia ( Sunday Times ), winner of the Republic of Conscio… read more
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- literature
- fiction
23. 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
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- literature
- asia
- japanese literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 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
24. Landscapes
By: Christine Lai
3.78
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A darkly absorbing, prismatic debut novel from Christine Lai, set in a near future that is fraught … read more
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- fiction
25. 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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- japan
- japanese literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
26. Takaoka's Travels
By: Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
3.65
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Yomiuri Prize and recipient of the 2022-23 William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Awar… read more
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- classics
- buddhism
- literature
- asia
- spirituality
- fiction
- historical fiction
- japanese literature
- fantasy
- japan
27. The Night of Baba Yaga
By: Akira Otani
3.40
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
In this no-holds-barred queer thriller, a fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment … read more
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- fiction
- japan
28. The Third Love
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has … read more
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- japan
- japanese literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
29. We'll Prescribe You a Cat
By: Syou Ishida
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A cat a day keeps the doctor away… Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has… read more
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- japan
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
30. Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel
By: Yōko Tawada
3.76
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A moving story about friendship, illness, and the poetry of Paul Celan, described as “bewitching” (… read more
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- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
31. Under the Eye of the Big Bird
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction m… read more
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- fiction
- japan
