8 Best classics books like The Gold Demon by K?y? Ozaki

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The Gold Demon

By: K?y? Ozaki

3.79

Format: 596 pages, Paperback

Excerpt from The Gold Demon About the Publisher This book is a reproduction of an important h…

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1. The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

By: Rick Yancey

4.01

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd,… read more

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"Time for the world to end."

-Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

"And then Evan Walker kisses me."

-Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

"Is this how humanity waves good-bye? Hell no."

-Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

"His heart, the war. Her face, the battlefield."

-Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

Cover of Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Yoshihiro Tatsumi

2. Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Yoshihiro Tatsumi

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master's stories, from the sou… read more

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  • classics
  • japanese literature
  • japan
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3. Confessions of a Mask

By: Yukio Mishima

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Confessions of a Maskis the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact tha… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan
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4. Crimen y castigo

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Esta novela, una de las mas grandes e imperecederas de la literatura universal, contiene dos de los… read more

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5. Dracula

By: Bram Stoker , David J. Skal , Nina Auerbach

4.02

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here. When Jonathan Harker visi… read more

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"Despair has its own calms."

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"This man belongs to me, I want him!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"Enter freely and of your own free will!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"We learn from failure, not from success!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

6. The Moon Over the Mountain: Stories

By: Paul McCarthy , Atsushi Nakajima , None

3.84

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

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7. The Life of a Stupid Man

By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.' … read more

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8. Thirst for Love

By: Yukio Mishima , Alfred H. Marks

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

In Thirst for Love, Japan's greatest modern writer created a portrait of sexual torment and corrosi… read more

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9. 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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10. 文豪ストレイドッグス 1 [Bungō Stray Dogs 1]

By: Kafka Asagiri , Sango Harukawa , 朝霧 カフカ , None

5.00

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

Gu Er Yuan woZhui waretaQing Nian Zhong Dao Dun ha, toaruZi Sha Zhi Yuan noNan woZhu keru. Nan noMi… read more

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11. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By: Mark Twain , E.W. Kemble , John Seelye , Guy Cardwell

3.83

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down t… read more

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  • classics
"งั้นก็เอาละ เราจะลงนรก..."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

"Confound it, it's foolish, Tom"

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

"He had a dream and it shot him."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

"All right, then, I'll go to hell."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

12. The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Anthea Bell , Jeremy Adler

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

It was E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) who first explored many of the themes and techniques which wer… read more

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13. The Grapes of Wrath

By: John Steinbeck

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles… read more

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14. The Language of Flowers

By: Vanessa Diffenbaugh

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weave… read more

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15. Eugene Onegin

By: Alexander Pushkin , James E. Falen

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their lite… read more

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  • classics
"He's happy now, he's almost sane."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"I'm only writing this to show That I stopped sinning long ago."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

Cover of Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) by Fonda Lee

16. Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

By: Fonda Lee

4.09

Format: 540 pages, Paperback

JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, ma… read more

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"Expectations are a funny thing,"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"¿Qué sentido tiene vivir para quien no puede confiar en sus hermanos?"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"True love, Hilo mused, was sensual and euphoric, but also painful and tyrannical, demanding obedience."

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"And if you loved someone, truly loved them, shouldn't their happiness matter even more than your honor?"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

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17. Cursed Bunny

By: Bora Chung

3.78

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more

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"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

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18. The Shards

By: Bret Easton Ellis

4.00

Format: 595 pages, Hardcover

A sensational new novel from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms that t… read more

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"Non investivo nel mondo reale – perché avrei dovuto? Non era fatto per me o per i miei bisogni o desideri."

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"Eravamo adolescenti, bambini superficialmente sofisticati, che non sapevano davvero nulla di come funzionava il mondo - lo stavamo sperimentando, immagino, ma senza averne cognizione. Almeno fino a q…"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"And I just stood there in the fading afternoon light, realizing at seventeen that I was already staring into my past — that the past had a meaning that would always define you. I remember this being …"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

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19. The Poems of Nakahara Chuya

By: Chūya Nakahara

4.30

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Born in 1907, Nakahara Chuya was one of the most gifted and colourful of Japan’s early modern poets… read more

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  • classics
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"Song of the Sheep (to Yasuhara Yoshihiro) III She trusted me completely, confided in me completely, her heart was the colour of an orange; that tenderness did not overflow, nor did it cringe away, li…"

-Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya

"Image (II) Over every extinguished past, tears gush out. The castle wall is desiccated; the wind blows. The grass waves; over the hills, across the fields no rest; white angels countenances do not ap…"

-Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya

"Quietude Nothing visits me; my heart is quiet. It was Sunday’s roofed school paths, - everyone gone to the meadow. The floorboards have a cold shine, small birds are singing in the garden. The half-s…"

-Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya

"Lost Hope Vanishing into the dark sky, my young day’s blazing hope. Like a summer night’s star, even now visible far off in the sky, even now. Vanishing into the dark sky, my young day’s dreams and h…"

-Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya

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20. The Flowers of Buffoonery

By: Osamu Dazai

3.83

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba—the narrator of No Longer Hu… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan
"But in my softness I find peace, however fleeting."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"Hacían reír a otros. Querían provocar la risa en otros a cualquier precio, incluso a costa de su propio dolor."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"It was only natural for Yozo to vacillate when asked about the reason behind his suicide – it was everything to him."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"The next morning was peaceful and clear. The sea was calm. White smoke from the volcano on Oshima, just above the horizon, drifted up into the sky. Never mind. I hate describing scenery."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

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21. Life for Sale

By: Yukio Mishima

3.72

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will … read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan
"It's only the desire to live as long as possible that makes everything seem complicated and mysterious."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

"Když si rozsvítíš v malém pokoji modrou lampu, taky ti všechno zmodrá, ale tím se z toho pokoje ještě moře nestane."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

"A dead body reminds me a bit of a bottle of whisky. If you drop the bottle and it cracks, what’s inside pours out. It’s only natural."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

"To say human life had no meaning was the easy part. But Hanio was struck all over again by the huge amount of energy required to live a life filled with so much meaninglessness."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

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22. 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

By: Kafka Asagiri

4.73

Format: 484 pages, Paperback

中原中也とは“何”なのか――? 今明かされる双黒の「十六歳」の物語。 太宰治とともに『荒覇吐事件』を終息させ、ポートマフィアに加入して1年。 幹部の座を狙う中原中也の前に現れたのは、中也を弟… read more

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"I will mourn for you, Verlaine,"

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

"Verlaine – “You sound like you’re certain he’s human."

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

"Master Chuuya and Dazai stood side by side. There was something surprisingly perfect about it."

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

"Maybe that's what you wanna do, but don't shove your beliefs down my throat. 'Cause that ain't how I feel at all."

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER

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23. At the End of the Matinee

By: Keiichirō Hirano

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Keiichiro Hirano offers a timeless ode to love’s fragility and its resilience in… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 7 (light novel): Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen (Volume 7) (Bungo Stray Dogs (light novel), 7) by Kafka Asagiri

24. Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 7 (light novel): Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen (Volume 7) (Bungo Stray Dogs (light novel), 7)

By: Kafka Asagiri

4.58

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

Not long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, his right-hand man, Osamu Dazai, has a… read more

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25. Of Dawn, Of Dusk: The Poetry of Tachihara Michizo

By: Michizo Tachihara

4.39

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

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  • classics
"In my heart Say, ticklish cricket in my heart, although it's winter you continue strumming your wings."

-Michizo Tachihara, Of Dawn, Of Dusk: The Poetry of Tachihara Michizo

"At noon when we part I'll fling away my fragile heart the way I flick unripe seed and then tremble… tremble."

-Michizo Tachihara, Of Dawn, Of Dusk: The Poetry of Tachihara Michizo

"To early spring Yes! Flowers will bloom again. Birds will then sing as always, and people will smile at one another in the spring."

-Michizo Tachihara, Of Dawn, Of Dusk: The Poetry of Tachihara Michizo

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26. 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

By: Kafka Asagiri

4.49

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

今から十余年前、横浜で用心棒として名を馳せる銀髪の一匹狼がいた。その名は福沢諭吉。彼は妙な成り行きから、傍若無人で破壊的に人の話を聞かないが、超天才的な推理力を持つ少年・江戸川乱歩の面倒を見るはめに… read more

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  • japanese literature
"Not a single soul opened their mouth as their eyes were glued to the stage. They forgot to make expressions. They even forgot who they were as they gazed intently at the play. The power of performanc…"

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

"The actress winked. 'It's a small industry, yeah? People get together... They break up... Maybe someone banged one of the new girls, or they broke up and she quit. Who doesn't have one or two people …"

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

"Fukuzawa looked extremely surly that day. The weekend crowd rolled back like the tide as he strode down the avenue. Even cars stopped as he walked across the pedestrian crossing, even though their li…"

-Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

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27. The Gold Demon

By: K?y? Ozaki

3.79

Format: 596 pages, Paperback

Excerpt from The Gold Demon About the Publisher This book is a reproduction of an important h… read more

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  • classics
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novel, Vol. 5: Dead Apple by Kafka Asagiri

28. Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novel, Vol. 5: Dead Apple

By: Kafka Asagiri

4.17

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Six years have passed since the bloody Dragon's Head Conflict took place. An unexplained spate of s… read more

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  • japanese literature

9 Best japanese literature books like The Gold Demon by K?y? Ozaki

Transform Your Habits

Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Yoshihiro Tatsumi

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Confessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima

2.57

Transform Your Habits

The Poems of Nakahara Chuya

Chūya Nakahara

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Flowers of Buffoonery

Osamu Dazai

3.83

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24 must-read fiction books like Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novel, Vol. 5: Dead Apple by Kafka Asagiri

Transform Your Habits

Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination

Edogawa Rampo , James B. Harris

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Yoshihiro Tatsumi

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Naomi

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Anthony H. Chambers

3.33

Transform Your Habits

憂国のモリアーティ 8 [Yūkoku no Moriarty 8]

Ryōsuke Takeuchi

4.42

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