8 best-selling nonfiction books like Soul of Tokyo: A Guide of 30 Exceptional Experiences by Fany Péchiodat

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Soul of Tokyo: A Guide of 30 Exceptional Experiences

By: Fany Péchiodat

4.10

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

“JAPAN TASTES LIKE A GRAIN OF RICE.YOU HAVE TO BITE INTO IT GENTLY.AND GET TO ITS HEART.”– François…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Soul of Tokyo: A Guide of 30 Exceptional Experiences by Fany Péchiodat , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Tokyo on Foot: Travels in the City's Most Colorful Neighborhoods by Florent Chavouet

1. Tokyo on Foot: Travels in the City's Most Colorful Neighborhoods

By: Florent Chavouet

4.03

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend int… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • japan
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2. Moneyball

By: Michael Lewis

4.26

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

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3. She and Her Cat

By: Makoto Shinkai , Tsubasa Yamaguchi

3.69

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

“It was the start of spring. It was raining. That was the day that she brought me home.” This is… read more

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  • japan
"Let's go home together."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

"The only one waiting at home for me is my cat!"

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

"And then after that long, long phone call, she wept."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

"She's always ready with a kind smile for me. But . . . sometimes, that can be intensely frustrating."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

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4. The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

By: Cait Flanders

3.47

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the co… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I wanted to be surrounded by those who valued living over working, Spending time outdoors over spending time online, and doing things for themselves over paying for every possible convenience"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

"Stuff I purchased with every intention of using, but only because I told myself it would somehow help. I wasn't good enough, but this stuff would make me better. I wanted to read, wear, and do everyt…"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

"I couldn't ever blame them for trying to get me to shop with them or ship for myself or simply enjoy my money - this was a behavior many people learned and exhibited in all kinds of circumstances in …"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

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5. Four Thousand Weeks

By: Oliver Burkeman

4.22

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans, yet practically no time at all to put them into action."

-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

"Rendering yourself more efficient — either by implementing various productivity techniques or by driving yourself harder—won’t generally result in the feeling of having ‘enough time,’ because, all el…"

-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

"The problem with trying to make time for everything that feels important—or just for enough of what feels important—is that you definitely never will. The reason isn’t that you haven’t yet discovered…"

-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

Cover of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1) by Satoshi Yagisawa

6. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

By: Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. … read more

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  • japan
"It hurts to realize that it might be too late now for anything but regret."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"And here I am spending a sleepless night in a strange place. We might not be far from home, but I feel lonely."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"In my dream, I was an android maid living in a city in the not-so- distant future. In that neighbourhood, all the buildings were made of used books."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"No es cuestión de ser expertos o novatos. Si lo plantea así, ni siquiera yo lo soy tanto. Lo importante es sentir emociones al toparse con un libro."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

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7. 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
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8. The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did]

By: Philippa Perry

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

This book is about how we have relationships with our children, what gets in the way of a good conn… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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10. How Do You Live?

By: Genzaburo Yoshino

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite childhood book, in English for the first time. First pub… read more

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  • japan
"you can't become a great man without having great thoughts."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"We must not forget to make a habit of modesty and restraint in our lives."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?"

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"There is nothing more beautiful than people nurturing goodwill toward their fellow beings."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

Cover of Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

11. Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.91

Format: 220 pages, ebook

The latest novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following fou… read more

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  • japan
"surviving alone is much the same as dying alone"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"I will remember this comforting warmth for the rest of my life"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"People’s true feelings are not in plain sight. The other person might not be thinking anything, but there is a tendency to just assume what the other is feeling without reaching out and asking."

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"When you give a gift to someone who is striving to achieve their dreams, you have to give them the most cherished thing you have. Some days that person who is chasing their dreams will not be able to…"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

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12. Tokyo Like a Local (Local Travel Guide)

By: DK Eyewitness Travel

3.44

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Experience Tokyo the local way with this insider's guideThere's nowhere like Tokyo: soaring skyscra… read more

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  • travel
  • japan
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13. Moon Tokyo Walks: See the City Like a Local

By: Moon Travel Guides

4.31

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Experience Tokyo like a local: on foot! Stroll through the city and soak up its infectious energy, … read more

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14. Soul of Tokyo: A Guide of 30 Exceptional Experiences

By: Fany Péchiodat

4.10

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

“JAPAN TASTES LIKE A GRAIN OF RICE.YOU HAVE TO BITE INTO IT GENTLY.AND GET TO ITS HEART.”– François… read more

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  • travel
  • photography
  • nonfiction
  • japan
Cover of Copenhagen Like a Local: By the people who call it home (Local Travel Guide) by DK Eyewitness Travel

15. Copenhagen Like a Local: By the people who call it home (Local Travel Guide)

By: DK Eyewitness Travel

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Explore the hidden gems that Copenhagen has to offer, from the people who call it home to your pock… read more

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  • travel

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4.03

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3.69

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Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

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

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4.18

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4.06

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Charity Norman

4.33

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4.25

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Emily Perkins

3.43

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