5 Top dystopia books like Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

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Under the Eye of the Big Bird

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction m…

If you liked the dystopia plot in Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. Kill or Be Killed, Vol. 1

By: Ed Brubaker , Sean Phillips , Elizabeth Breitweiser

4.45

Format: 864 pages, Paperback

The bestselling team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (The Fade Out, Criminal, Fatale) return with … read more

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2. Emily Forever

By: Maria Navarro Skaranger

3.37

Format: 177 pages, Hardcover

«Stakkars hun som heter Emily, i dag, på dagen i dag, har hun gått gravid i hele syv måneder, og de… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Ekko: Et essay om algoritmer og begjær by Lena Lindgren

3. Ekko: Et essay om algoritmer og begjær

By: Lena Lindgren

4.31

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Ekko var nymfen som snakket for mye. For dette ble hun dømt til en skjebne hvor hun bare kunne gjen… read more

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Cover of Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks by Natsuko Imamura

4. Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks

By: Natsuko Imamura

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The startling first collection of dark, surreal, and unsettling stories from the international priz… read more

Similar categories in Natsuko Imamura's Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • japan
Cover of The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) by Mai Mochizuki

5. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)

By: Mai Mochizuki

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more

Similar categories in Mai Mochizuki's The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
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6. 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 Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • 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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7. The Night Guest

By: Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Hildur Knutsdottir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík … read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
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8. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Anne Michaels's Held book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

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9. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's American Rapture book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • adult
  • fiction
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10. Mina's Matchbox

By: Yōko Ogawa

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, psychologically astute author of The Memory Police, here is a hypnotic, int… read more

Similar categories in Yōko Ogawa's Mina's Matchbox book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • literary fiction
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • japan
"Quant à l'endroit où se trouvait mon père, le jour de ses funérailles, ma mère me l'avait indiqué. C'est un peu loin, mais un jour ou l'autre nous irons le rejoindre, il n'y a pas à craindre de s'éga…"

-Yōko Ogawa, Mina's Matchbox

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11. Playground

By: Richard Powers

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
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12. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

Similar categories in Helen Phillips's Hum book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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13. Banal Nightmare

By: Halle Butler

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more

Similar categories in Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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14. We'll Prescribe You a Cat

By: Syou Ishida

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A cat a day keeps the doctor away… Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has… read more

Similar categories in Syou Ishida's We'll Prescribe You a Cat book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • literary fiction
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • adult
  • japan
Cover of Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

15. Under the Eye of the Big Bird

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction m… read more

Similar categories in Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • asian literature
  • speculative fiction
  • japan
  • science fiction
Cover of Byen bak muren by Haruki Murakami

16. Byen bak muren

By: Haruki Murakami

3.77

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

I 1980 skrev Haruki Murakami en novelle om en by omgitt av en mur. Fem år senere utga han fortellin… read more

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17. Isola

By: Allegra Goodman

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable epic saga of a French noblewoman deserted on an island where her survival will dep… read more

Similar categories in Allegra Goodman's Isola book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun

18. The Marigold Mind Laundry

By: Jungeun Yun

3.40

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Marigold Mind Laundry, where we wash away the stains from your heart. In this enc… read more

Similar categories in Jungeun Yun's The Marigold Mind Laundry book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • asian literature
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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19. Tiny Threads

By: Lilliam Rivera

3.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A young woman gets her dream job working for a famous designer—and discovers the dark side of the g… read more

Similar categories in Lilliam Rivera's Tiny Threads book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Repeat Room by Jesse Ball

20. The Repeat Room

By: Jesse Ball

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Franz Kafka meets Yorgos Lanthimos in this provocative new novel from one of America’s most brillia… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Ball's The Repeat Room book and Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad

21. Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

By: Isabella Hammad

4.74

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning novelist of The Parisian and Enter Ghost comes an outstanding essay on the P… read more

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17 must-read fiction books like Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

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Emily Forever

Maria Navarro Skaranger

3.37

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Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks

Natsuko Imamura

3.47

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The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)

Mai Mochizuki

3.67

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The Lonesome Bodybuilder

Yukiko Motoya

3.59

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Transform Your Habits

The Diving Pool: Three Novellas

Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder , Stephen Snyder

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Ms Ice Sandwich

Mieko Kawakami , Louise Heal Kawai

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Spring Garden

Tomoka Shibasaki , Polly Barton

3.27

Transform Your Habits

The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel

Hiromi Kawakami , Allison Markin Powell

3.74

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