18 best-selling fiction books like At the Edge of the Woods by Masatsugu Ono

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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…

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1. Kong's Garden (K-Fiction 006)

By: Jeon Seung-hee , None

3.13

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

This "K-Fiction" Series represents the brightest of young imaginative voices in contemporary Korean… read more

Similar categories in Jeon Seung-hee's Kong's Garden (K-Fiction 006) book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
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2. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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3. 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

Similar categories in Natsuko Imamura's This is Amiko, Do You Copy? book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • novella
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japan
  • japanese literature
"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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4. 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

Similar categories in Hiromi Kawakami's Dragon Palace book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • magical realism
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • japan
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5. 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

Similar categories in Hiroko Oyamada's Weasels in the Attic book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • novella
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"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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6. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

By: Lucy Sante

3.70

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a st… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Sante's I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

"(Although it is extremely exciting to have tits.)"

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"I wanted to so badly to be a woman that I could not really understand anyone wanting anything else"

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"It appeared that transitioning did not involve piling on additional stuff; rather it was a process of removal, dismantling the carapace of maleness that had kept me in its grip for so long."

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"My secret poisoned my entire experience of life. There was never a moment when I didn't feel the acute shame of being me, even as I denied to myself that my secret had anything to do with it."

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

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7. The Trouble with Happiness: And Other Stories

By: Tove Ditlevsen

3.90

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Trouble with Happiness is a powerful new collection of short stories by Tove Ditlevsen, a terri… read more

Similar categories in Tove Ditlevsen's The Trouble with Happiness: And Other Stories book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • short stories
  • fiction
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8. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

Similar categories in Bora Chung's Your Utopia book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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9. Where the Wild Ladies Are

By: Aoko Matsuda

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, hu… read more

Similar categories in Aoko Matsuda's Where the Wild Ladies Are book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • asia
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • japan
"He who speaks of love must do so with courage."

-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are

"When they are truly into something, they are absolutely single-minded in their fixation. They give it all they have. They throw heaps of money at it, research it endlessly, and do whatever seems nece…"

-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are

"How unfair society was! Male employees had to pretend to be capable of doing things they couldn't do, while female employees had to pretend to be incapable of doing things they actually could do. Ove…"

-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are

"Previously she'd lacked confidence and was forever putting out feelers to the people around her to gauge what they were thinking, but these days she gave out an almost authoritative aura, as if to si…"

-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are

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10. Walking Practice

By: Dolki Min

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation … read more

Similar categories in Dolki Min's Walking Practice book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I’ve invested close to ten years of my time figuring out what exactly their criteria are. My conclusion is that there are no such criteria."

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Criteria are like glass. As long as they are respected and held without dropping them, they’ll stay solid and won’t break. I made myself complicit in humanity’s scam and adapted myself to the local e…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Do I exist in the same physical space as other people? Can I really seek joy and pleasure together with them? Why does the path become narrower the further I walk down it? Why is every place I go to …"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"He’s a real fucking dog. Ah, forgive me. I’ve accidentally lumped dogs in with the likes of him. I would like to give a sincere apology to all the dogs of Earth. I can almost hear their complaints no…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

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11. 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

Similar categories in Toh EnJoe's Harlequin Butterfly book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • magical realism
  • novella
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
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12. The Lonesome Bodybuilder

By: Yukiko Motoya

3.59

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique--which her workaholic hu… read more

Similar categories in Yukiko Motoya's The Lonesome Bodybuilder book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • magical realism
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • fantasy
  • japan
"You must think you're really something. Calling yourself a phenomenon."

-Yukiko Motoya, The Lonesome Bodybuilder

"Life’s not worth living if you’re not tending to the whims and demands of a high-maintenance lover!"

-Yukiko Motoya, The Lonesome Bodybuilder

"When I woke up and looked in the mirror, I saw that my face had finally begun to forget who I was. I guessed my features had just been caught off guard that day. When I peered closer, they rushed to …"

-Yukiko Motoya, The Lonesome Bodybuilder

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13. 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

Similar categories in Yōko Tawada's Scattered All Over the Earth book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • japan
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
"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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14. The Forest Brims Over

By: Maru Ayase

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A woman turns herself into a forest after long being co-opted to serve as the subject of her husban… read more

Similar categories in Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • magical realism
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • fantasy
  • japan
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15. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

By: Hala Alyan

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more

Similar categories in Hala Alyan's The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

"My favorite house is my mother."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

Cover of Aug 9 - Fog⁠ by Kathryn Scanlan

16. Aug 9 - Fog⁠

By: Kathryn Scanlan

3.56

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A stark, elegiac account of unexpected pleasures and the progress of seasons Fifteen years ago, … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Scanlan's Aug 9 - Fog⁠ book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • novella
  • short stories
  • adult
  • fiction
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17. 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

Similar categories in Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • magical realism
  • novella
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • japanese literature
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • japan
Cover of Five Preludes & a Fugue (Yeoyu, #1) by Cheon Heerahn

18. Five Preludes & a Fugue (Yeoyu, #1)

By: Cheon Heerahn

4.10

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

A young woman delves into the circumstances of her mother’s death ahead of her own marriage, interr… read more

Similar categories in Cheon Heerahn's Five Preludes & a Fugue (Yeoyu, #1) book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
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19. Homesick: Stories

By: Nino Cipri

4.08

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

Dark, irreverent, and truly innovative, the speculative stories in Homesick meditate on the theme o… read more

Similar categories in Nino Cipri's Homesick: Stories book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Your letter by Hyeon A. Cho

20. Your letter

By: Hyeon A. Cho

4.61

Format: 520 pages, None

Sori is a special young girl - kind, caring and principled well beyond her years. Unfortunately, th… read more

Similar categories in Hyeon A. Cho's Your letter book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • fiction
Cover of Thank You For Being With Us by Thomas Heerma van Voss

21. Thank You For Being With Us

By: Thomas Heerma van Voss

3.60

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

This chapbook features two newly translated short stories. In one, a father and son, barely on spea… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Heerma van Voss's Thank You For Being With Us book and Masatsugu Ono's At the Edge of the Woods

  • short stories

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Transform Your Habits

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Nghi Vo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Dragon Palace

Hiromi Kawakami

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Your Utopia

Bora Chung

3.65

Transform Your Habits

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Dolki Min

3.59

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Transform Your Habits

Çocukluğun Soğuk Geceleri

Tezer Özlü

4.03

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Open Throat

Henry Hoke

4.01

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Rachel Cusk

3.70

Transform Your Habits

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Helen DeWitt

4.10

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