9 must-read japan books like Zrcadlové peklo by Edogawa Rampo

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Zrcadlové peklo

By: Edogawa Rampo

3.98

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Celou škálu děsů japonského hororu naleznete ve výboru z díla Edogawy Rampa (1894–1965), ve své vla…

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1. A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

By: Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum

3.94

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

His life was like a recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taki… read more

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  • japanese literature
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"I’m forever realizing things too late."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"A friend to kill time is a friend sublime."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"The light of morning decomposes everything."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

Cover of Roadside Picnic by Theodore Sturgeon, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Antonina W. Bouis, None

2. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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3. South of the Border, West of the Sun

By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

3.86

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition here. Growing up in the suburbs of post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime t… read more

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"Is that what you see in my eyes, that you know nothing about me?"

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"But you know Hajime, some feelings cause us pain because they remain."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"Loving her, and being loved, was the only way I could hold myself together."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

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4. Hana

By: Alena Mornštajnová

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Treti roman uspesne ceske autorky. Existuje-li neco, co proveruje opravdovost lidskeho zivota, pak … read more

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Cover of Tělo ženy a jiné povídky by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Jan Levora

5. Tělo ženy a jiné povídky

By: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Jan Levora

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Kniha obsahuje celkem deset povidek, ktere Rjunosuke Akutagawa napsal v letech 1919-1926. Kazda z n… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Takashi Kojima

6. Rashomon and Other Stories

By: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Takashi Kojima

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa created disturbing stories o… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan

7. Krakatit

By: Karel Čapek

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Krakatit is a novel on the risks about the abuse of science for human gain. The hero is a chemist M… read more

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8. L'Assommoir (The Dram Shop) (Les Rougon-Macquart, #7)

By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

The seventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, L'Assommoir(1877) is the story of a woman's struggl… read more

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9. Spalovač mrtvol

By: Ladislav Fuks

4.06

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Příběh o "spalovači mrtvol", trochu podivínském a pilném zaměstnanci pražského krematoria Karlu Kop… read more

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"Mlč a civ!"

-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol

"nic jiného není lidský život než bytí k smrti"

-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol

"*o fotfrafii* taková věčná konzerva právě přítomného času"

-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol

"Co kdybych tě drahá oběsil?" Usmála se na něho dolů, snad mu dobře nerozuměla, on se usmál též, kopl do židle a bylo to."

-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol

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10. The Trial

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir

3.95

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more

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"But I’m not guilty,"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"Asking questions were the most important thing."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

11. The Setting Sun

By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

The post-war period in Japan was one of immense social change as Japanese society adjusted to the s… read more

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12. The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories

By: Yasunari Kawabata , J. Martin Holman

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Influential Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata has constructed an autobiography through his fictio… read more

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13. Almost Transparent Blue

By: Ryū Murakami , Nancy Andrew

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American… read more

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14. The Face of Another

By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Like an elegantly chilling postscript to The Metamorphosis,this classic of postwar Japanese literat… read more

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15. 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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16. 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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"...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

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17. Heaven

By: Mieko Kawakami

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-y… read more

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"Karena kau selalu dilukai, kau sungguh-sungguh memahami seperti apakah orang terluka."

-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

"The more I looked at it, the less it seemed like something for a house. More like a tiny gravestone."

-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

"You think about how other people feel. You're so kind. It makes sense. Because we're always in pain, we know exactly what it means to hurt somebody else."

-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

"People are always dying. It's a perfect truth. No matter how we live our lives, we all die, sooner or later. In which case, living is really just waiting to die."

-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

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18. If Cats Disappeared from the World

By: Genki Kawamura

3.80

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage… read more

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"There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"They say that when a man is dying, the first name that comes to mind is his first love."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"Throughout history we’ve given birth to new things, only to lose the old way of doing things."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"Yeah, but just being alive doesn't mean all that much on its own. How you live is more important."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

Cover of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

19. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

By: Haruki Murakami

3.87

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegi… read more

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  • japan
"Don’t let the bad elves get you."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"Every person has their own colour."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"The heart apparently doesn’t stop that easily."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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20. Listopád

By: Alena Mornštajnová

4.23

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Ptali jste se někdy sami sebe, jaký by byl váš život, kdyby v listopadu 1989 dopadlo všechno jinak?… read more

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21. Zrcadlové peklo

By: Edogawa Rampo

3.98

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Celou škálu děsů japonského hororu naleznete ve výboru z díla Edogawy Rampa (1894–1965), ve své vla… read more

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9 best-selling japanese literature books like Zrcadlové peklo by Edogawa Rampo

Transform Your Habits

A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum

3.94

Transform Your Habits

South of the Border, West of the Sun

Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Tělo ženy a jiné povídky

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Jan Levora

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Rashomon and Other Stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Takashi Kojima

3.78

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19 Top fiction books like If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura

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White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Follia

Patrick McGrath , Matteo Codignola

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Cat Who Saved Books

Sōsuke Natsukawa

3.72

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