14 must-read japan books like Eat Japan by Lonely Planet Food

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Eat Japan

By: Lonely Planet Food

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The complete companion to Japanese culinary culture Whether it's rubbing your chopsticks together, …

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Cover of The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel by Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell

1. The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel

By: Hiromi Kawakami , Allison Markin Powell

3.74

Format: 336 pages,

From the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this funny, heartwarming story about love, life, … read more

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  • japan
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2. 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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  • japan
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3. Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

By: Bill Bryson

3.24

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funnie… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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4. Salvation of a Saint

By: Keigo Higashino , Alexander O. Smith

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 2011, The Devotion of Suspect Xwas a hit with critics and readers alike. The first major English… read more

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  • japan

5. A Quiet Place

By: Seichō Matsumoto , Louise Heal Kawai

3.43

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a he… read more

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6. Audition

By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Documentary-maker Aoyama hasn't dated anyone in the seven years since the death of his beloved wife… read more

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7. 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
Cover of Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Edmund Conway

8. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • nonfiction
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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9. The Pachinko Parlour

By: Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.61

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and … read more

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  • japan
"They made it illegal to speak Korean. You could be sentenced to death for speaking it. And do you know what your grandmother’s mother did to avoid being subjected to speaking Japanese at school? She …"

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour

"When Korea was divided, we were still nationals of a unified Korea. It was called Choson. At separation, the Japanese government gave us permission to keep our Korean identity, but we had to choose b…"

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour

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10. A Capitol Death (Flavia Albia Mystery #7)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Rome, ruled by the erratic Emperor Domitian, Flavia Albia is dragged into the worst sort of inve… read more

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11. Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Detective Kyoichiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct… read more

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  • japan
"How come you don't ask me any questions?" "Questions about what?" "About the investigation I'm working on," Kaga replied. "It's usually the first thing people ask me when I make inquiries. 'What's ha…"

-Keigo Higashino, Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2)

Cover of Silent Parade (Detective Galileo, #4) by Keigo Higashino

12. Silent Parade (Detective Galileo, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

3.90

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Detective Galileo, Keigo Higashino’s best loved character from The Devotion of Suspect X, returns i… read more

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

13. 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
  • japan
Cover of The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1) by Hisashi Kashiwai

14. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more

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  • food
  • japan
"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

Cover of A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3) by Keigo Higashino

15. A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

By: Keigo Higashino

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the latest from international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga is… read more

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  • japan
"Takes all sorts to make a world. It's hard to generalize what's odd and what's not."

-Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

"Murder cases are like cancer cells. Once they get their hooks into you, the pain and misery just keep on spreading. Whether the killer gets caught or the investigation is brought to a successful conc…"

-Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

Cover of The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) by Keigo Higashino

16. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more

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  • japan
Cover of The Grove of the Caesars (Flavia Albia Mystery #8) by Lindsey Davis

17. The Grove of the Caesars (Flavia Albia Mystery #8)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Too many people tell Flavia Albia, 'Don't go to the Grove'. Such warnings will only lure her to the… read more

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18. A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Rome, 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the f… read more

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Cover of Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I Knew Before Going To Japan by Ken Fukuyama

19. Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I Knew Before Going To Japan

By: Ken Fukuyama

3.60

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to experience Japan at its fullest potential without spending tons of your precious time on a… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japan
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20. Eat Japan

By: Lonely Planet Food

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The complete companion to Japanese culinary culture Whether it's rubbing your chopsticks together, … read more

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  • travel
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • japan
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21. Lonely Planet Experience Japan (Travel Guide)

By: Winnie Tan

4.19

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Lonely Planet's Experience Japan travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic dest… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6 must-read nonfiction books like Eat Japan by Lonely Planet Food

Transform Your Habits

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

Bill Bryson

3.24

Transform Your Habits

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Edmund Conway

4.52

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris Broad

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I Knew Before Going To Japan

Ken Fukuyama

3.60

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Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts

3.95

Transform Your Habits

La asombrosa tienda de la señora Yeom

Kim Ho-yeon

4.04

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DallerGut Dream Department Store

Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Transform Your Habits

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

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