9 must-read historical fiction books like The Samurai and the Prisoner by Honobu Yonezawa

Cover of The Samurai and the Prisoner by Honobu Yonezawa

The Samurai and the Prisoner

By: Honobu Yonezawa

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The winter of 1578, four years prior to the Honno–ji Incident. Araki Murashige has betrayed his all…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Samurai and the Prisoner by Honobu Yonezawa , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1) by Django Wexler

1. The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1)

By: Django Wexler

4.80

Format: None pages,

Enter an epic fantasy world that echoes with the thunder of muskets and the clang of steel--but whe… read more

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2. Musashi

By: Eiji Yoshikawa , Edwin O. Reischauer , None

3.33

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Musashi is a novel … read more

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3. The Dragon Scroll (Sugawara Akitada, #1)

By: I.J. Parker

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The first book in a riveting mystery series that exquisitely captures the exotic culture of ancient… read more

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4. When the Eagle Hunts (Eagle, #3)

By: Simon Scarrow

3.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

Simon Scarrow's brilliant adventure novels about the Roman army appear with stunning new covers. Af… read more

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Cover of Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4) by Terry Pratchett

5. Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.78

Format: 197 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. All he wants is h… read more

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"Where the hell did demons live, anyway?"

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Most of history is pretty appaling, when you look hard at it. Or even not very hard."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

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6. Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

By: James Clavell

4.30

Format: 732 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk S… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There can only be one Tai-Pan."

-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

"You live by the lash and you'll die by it."

-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

"Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle."

-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

"Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way."

-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

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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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  • fiction
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8. Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

By: James Clavell

4.41

Format: 1152 pages, Paperback

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and e… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I can't use hope against swords."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"What is pain to a man? A privilege!"

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now ."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Horses are far worse than men for treachery..."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

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9. Love in the Big City

By: Sang Young Park

3.65

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Love in the Big City is the English-language debut of Sang Young Park, one of Korea’s most exciting… read more

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"I like the universe that is you"

-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City

"Let's be hamburguer patties together forever,"

-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City

"Sometimes his very existence to me is the existence of love itself"

-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City

"Jaehee, who had taught me that every season is its own beautiful moment -- that Jaehee didn't live here anymore."

-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City

Cover of The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) by Seishi Yokomizo

10. The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.66

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translate… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What was Kenzo's reaction to all this criticism? His approach was to stay completely silent. He made no move whatsoever to respond to any of it. And, of course, water eventually wins over fire. One b…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

Cover of Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2) by Keigo Higashino

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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  • fiction
"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 Nipponia Nippon by Kazushige Abe

12. Nipponia Nippon

By: Kazushige Abe

3.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Il diciassettenne protagonista Haruo vive in cittadina di provincia nel nord del Giappone. È un ado… read more

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13. Rental Person Who Does Nothing

By: Shoji Morimoto

3.34

Format: 160 pages, ebook

Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lone… read more

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"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

"I felt comfortable in a community that existed just for the moment, with simple, temporary relationships uncomplicated by past or future."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

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14. Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 1

By: Tang Jiu Qing

4.50

Format: 446 pages, Paperback

SCOURGE OF A NATION Shen Zechuan is the eighth son of the traitorous Prince of Jianxing, a man w… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Xiao Chiye was like the blazing sun. He was also like the wind from the grassland. He stood out from the masses. To Shen Zechuan, hiding that handkerchief on that day with the gloomy and damp rain an…"

-Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 1

Cover of The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5) by Seishi Yokomizo

15. The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.89

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan’s master of crime. Amid the rubb… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The African Samurai

By: Craig Shreve

4.07

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Set in late 16th-century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful hist… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) by Amber Chen

17. Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1)

By: Amber Chen

3.73

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after h… read more

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Cover of The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1) by K.X. Song

18. The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

By: K.X. Song

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Infused with magic and romance, this sweeping fantasy adventure inspired by the legend of Mulan fol… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"She swallowed hard. 'They would never let a woman hold on to power."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"They say a girl with an ill-fated mother is doomed to follow in her footsteps."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"I needed to prove that I, as a woman, could be better than the rest of them. That I too could belong. That I too could be free."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"Because it was depravity, for a woman to desire more than her lot in life. To aspire to more than safety, protection. To aspire to power ."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

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19. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

Cover of The Samurai and the Prisoner by Honobu Yonezawa

20. The Samurai and the Prisoner

By: Honobu Yonezawa

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The winter of 1578, four years prior to the Honno–ji Incident. Araki Murashige has betrayed his all… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2 by Tang Jiu Qing

21. Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

By: Tang Jiu Qing

4.71

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

KNOW THINE ENEMY After a passionate night together, Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye part the next mo… read more

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17 must-read fiction books like The Samurai and the Prisoner by Honobu Yonezawa

Transform Your Habits

The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1)

Django Wexler

4.80

Transform Your Habits

Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

Terry Pratchett

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

James Clavell

4.30

Transform Your Habits

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

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

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19 must-read fiction books like Nipponia Nippon by Kazushige Abe

Transform Your Habits

Vladivostok Circus

Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.49

Transform Your Habits

This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

Natsuko Imamura

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Nipponia Nippon

Kazushige Abe

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Dragon Palace

Hiromi Kawakami

3.31

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