6 Top japan books like Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Bilingual Legends and Fables in Japanese and English (Free online Audio Recording) (Stories for Language Learners) by Eriko Sato

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Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Bilingual Legends and Fables in Japanese and English (Free online Audio Recording) (Stories for Language Learners)

By: Eriko Sato

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills! Japanese Folktales for Langua…

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1. The Castle of Otranto

By: Horace Walpole

3.18

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more

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"My soul abhors a falsehood"

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"This life is but a pilgrimage."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

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2. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Cover of Botchan by Natsume Sōseki, Joel Cohn

3. Botchan

By: Natsume Sōseki , Joel Cohn

3.64

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Like The Catcher in the Rye or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Botchan, a hilarious tale about … read more

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"الواقع أن البشر هم أقل ما يمكن الاعتماد عليه في هذا العالم."

-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan

"Age should never meddle with such a matter. Mind your own business."

-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan

"Really, there’s nothing in the world as undependable as human beings."

-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan

"Ketika manusia bebas memutuskan untuk menghormatimu, hadiah yang kaumiliki lebih mahal nilainya daripada apapun."

-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan

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4. The Vampyre; A Tale

By: John William Polidori

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Vampyreis a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byr… read more

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5. The Witches

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

This is not a fairy tale. This is about realwitches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real w… read more

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6. The Strange Library

By: Haruki Murakami , Ted Goossen

4.36

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about … read more

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7. The Lake

By: Banana Yoshimoto , Michael Emmerich

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

A major literary sensation is back with a quietly stunning tour de force. While The Lake shows off … read more

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8. All the Lovers in the Night

By: Mieko Kawakami

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a city wher… read more

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"It only took me a couple of hours to realise that she was a woman of talents beyond anything I could imagine - even though I was a stranger to such talents myself."

-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

"The light at night is special because the overwhelming light of day has left us, and the remaining half draws on everything it has to keep the world around us bright."

-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"

-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"

-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

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9. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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Cover of There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura

10. There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job

By: Kikuko Tsumura

3.60

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Convenience Store Woman meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this strange, compelling, darkly fu… read more

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"Although I was also aware that in a workplace context, people could become bad sorts as and when the situation required, so maybe it was more accurate to say he wasn't always a bad sort."

-Kikuko Tsumura, There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job

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11. Tokyo Ueno Station

By: Yū Miri

3.47

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Emperor, Kazu’s life is tied by a series of coincid… read more

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"There’s that sound again."

-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station

"To speak is to stumble, to hesitate, to detour and hit dead ends. To listen is straightforward. You can always just listen."

-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station

"I was always tired. There was never a time I was not tired. Not when life had its claws in me, and not when I escaped from it. I did not live with intent, I only lived. But that’s all over now."

-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station

"I used to think life was like a book: you turn the first page, and there’s the next, and as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one. But life is nothing like a story in a…"

-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station

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12. A Magical Girl Retires

By: Park Seolyeon

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more

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"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

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13. Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern

By: Jing Tsu

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world… read more

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14. Japanese Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English (Online Audio Included)

By: Anne McNulty

4.02

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A great story can lead a reader down a rabbit hole of discovery--especially if it's presented in tw… read more

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15. Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Bilingual Legends and Fables in Japanese and English (Free online Audio Recording) (Stories for Language Learners)

By: Eriko Sato

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills! Japanese Folktales for Langua… read more

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6 Top japanese literature books like Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Bilingual Legends and Fables in Japanese and English (Free online Audio Recording) (Stories for Language Learners) by Eriko Sato

Transform Your Habits

Botchan

Natsume Sōseki , Joel Cohn

3.64

Transform Your Habits

All the Lovers in the Night

Mieko Kawakami

3.72

Transform Your Habits

There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job

Kikuko Tsumura

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Tokyo Ueno Station

Yū Miri

3.47

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11 Top adult books like What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2) by Randall Munroe

Transform Your Habits

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

Transform Your Habits

How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

Cody Cassidy

4.06

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