11 best-selling japanese literature books like The Passenger: Japan (The Passenger, 1) by Various

Cover of The Passenger: Japan (The Passenger, 1) by Various

The Passenger: Japan (The Passenger, 1)

By: Various

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“Some Japanese stories end violently. Others never end at all, but only cut away, at the moment of …

If you liked the japanese literature plot in The Passenger: Japan (The Passenger, 1) by Various , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch

1. The Chronology of Water

By: Lidia Yuknavitch

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

This is not your mother's memoir. In The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch expertly moves the r… read more

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  • nonfiction
"my parents Oedipal fakers"

-Lidia Yuknavitch, The Chronology of Water

"...what is a couple over time but a line..."

-Lidia Yuknavitch, The Chronology of Water

"Make up stories until you find one you can live with."

-Lidia Yuknavitch, The Chronology of Water

"Always we were making. Making love, making trouble, making art."

-Lidia Yuknavitch, The Chronology of Water

Cover of Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Solomonow

2. Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution

By: Janette Sadik-Khan , Seth Solomonow

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An empowering road map for rethinking, reinvigorating, and redesigning our cities, from a pioneer i… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony by Héctor  García

3. A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony

By: Héctor García

3.69

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

For every fan of manga, anime, J-pop, or Zen, A Geek in Japanis a hip, smart and concise guide to t… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
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4. Another Kyoto

By: Alex Kerr , None

3.00

Format: 508 pages,

From Amazon: This book is the fruit of Alex Kerr's half-century of living in Japan and of lore glea… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Home (Binti, #2) by Nnedi Okorafor

5. Home (Binti, #2)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 260 pages, ebook

It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared… read more

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6. Lost Japan

By: Alex Kerr , Bodhi Fishman

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Origina… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Dancing in Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky

7. Dancing in Odessa

By: Ilya Kaminsky

3.50

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Poetry. Winner of the 2002 Dorset Prize, and recipient of the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, Ilya Kaminsky … read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. The Optimist's Daughter

By: Eudora Welty

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Optimist's Daughter is the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South a… read more

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9. The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction

By: Banana Yoshimoto , Shūichi Yoshida , Hiromi Kawakami , Michael Emmerich , Kaori Ekuni , Hitomi Kanehara , Mitsuyo Kakuta , Toshiyuki Horie , Hideo Furukawa , Jim Hinks , Nao-Cola Yamazaki , None , Masashi Matsuie

3.62

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

A shape-shifter arrives at Tokyo harbour in human form, set to embark on an unstoppable rampage thr… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan

10. Cerchi infiniti. Viaggi in Giappone

By: Cees Nooteboom , Laura Pignatti

3.33

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Certi viaggi hanno l'obiettivo segreto di <>, <>: <>, scrive Cees Nooteboom, infaticabile esplorato… read more

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11. Tokyo Express

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.68

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Quando muori resta a me by Zerocalcare

12. Quando muori resta a me

By: Zerocalcare

4.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Un viaggio con suo padre verso il paesino tra le Dolomiti da cui proviene la famiglia paterna sareb… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer  Croft

13. The Extinction of Irena Rey

By: Jennifer Croft

3.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, a propulsive, be… read more

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"The sun was higher, a white light between the birches that arched and bared their lenticels, shimmering their leaves."

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

"Glittering crystalline rainbows extended in every direction, while gentle gold beams swept between the softened trees that sparkled and beckoned and forbade."

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

"It was a new moon, but the stars of the northern hemisphere transformed her slim sinuous home, converting the oak strips on the convex walls into quicksilver that momentarily held the frenzied shadow…"

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

"It was barely spring in the southern hemisphere, and Buenos Aires was not yet soft, or sumptuous, or purple.* *I wasn't sure what this meant at first, but when I asked this author to explain it, she …"

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

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14. Parti e omicidi

By: Sayaka Murata

3.76

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Parti e omicidi è una raccolta di racconti ambientati in una Tokyo di un futuro non ben precisato, … read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun by Chris  Broad

15. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Specchio delle mie brame: La prigione della bellezza by Maura Gancitano

16. Specchio delle mie brame: La prigione della bellezza

By: Maura Gancitano

4.13

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

La bellezza oggi è qualcosa di ben preciso a cui adeguarsi: un certo modo di vestire, di mangiare, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
"Il bello è libero e davvero indipendente, non è una merce, non può essere consumato, non si fa pubblicità, non può essere posseduto, non provoca la noia e l’insoddisfazione che proviamo non appena co…"

-Maura Gancitano, Specchio delle mie brame: La prigione della bellezza

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17. The Heart in Winter

By: Kevin Barry

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more

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"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."

-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter

Cover of The Cat and The City by Nick  Bradley

18. The Cat and The City

By: Nick Bradley

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In Tokyo – one of the world’s largest megacities – a stray cat is wending her way through the back … read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan
"I can't stand that shit - people talking about things they think they should talk about, so as not to be socially awkward."

-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City

"Even if something dramatic or terrible in your life doesn't happen, just the act of growing older is like a massive trauma anyway."

-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City

"Seeing her books reassured her, made her feel calm. She'd read most of them, but there were a many waiting to be read, which gave her a sense of excitement, and conjured up one of her favourite Japan…"

-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City

"Flo n'avait pas l'air conditionné, c'était trop cher, en revanche elle avait beaucoup de livres. Ses étagères en étaient remplies, il n'y restait plus un centimètre libre. Les voir la rassurait et la…"

-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City

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19. My Death

By: Lisa Tuttle

3.98

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre p… read more

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20. The Twilight World

By: Werner Herzog

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The great filmmaker Werner Herzog, in his first novel, tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a… read more

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  • japan
Cover of Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball by Robert Whiting

21. Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball

By: Robert Whiting

4.25

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, onc… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japan
Cover of Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes by Moshe Kasher

22. Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes

By: Moshe Kasher

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riotous, whirlwind tour through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Turchia by Elif Batuman

23. Turchia

By: Elif Batuman

4.25

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Come seguendo a ritroso l’antica via della seta, dopo l’India The Passenger torna in Europa e scopr… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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24. Victim

By: Andrew Boryga

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bald-faced lies, and Javier Perez is will… read more

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Cover of Tōkyō tutto l'anno. Viaggio sentimentale nella grande metropoli by Laura Imai Messina

25. Tōkyō tutto l'anno. Viaggio sentimentale nella grande metropoli

By: Laura Imai Messina

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

«Tōkyō sembra sempre in costruzione. Da bruco a farfalla, da farfalla a rondine, da rondine a sasso… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Parigi by Tash Aw

26. Parigi

By: Tash Aw

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"Un anno dopo essere stato a Berlino, The Passenger torna a esplorare una città e va nella capitale… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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27. How to Live Japanese

By: Yutaka Yazawa

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Miyazaki to mountains, sake to sparking joy, find your Zen and make time to learn about how to… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of The Passenger: Japan (The Passenger, 1) by Various

28. The Passenger: Japan (The Passenger, 1)

By: Various

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“Some Japanese stories end violently. Others never end at all, but only cut away, at the moment of … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • essays
Cover of Roma by Leonardo Bianchi

29. Roma

By: Leonardo Bianchi

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Stando al racconto contemporaneo su Roma – propugnato tanto dai media quanto dai residenti – la cit… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen by Robert Jobson

30. Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen

By: Robert Jobson

3.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Through the author’s extensive connections within the royal household, this dynamic new biography t… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of India by Iperborea

31. India

By: Iperborea

3.90

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Il nuovo numero di The Passenger è dedicato all’India, meta per eccellenza del viaggio di formazion… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction

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4.21

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4.27

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3.87

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4.08

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