The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Shūichi Yoshida , Hiromi Kawakami , Michael Emmerich , Kaori Ekuni , Hitomi Kanehara , Mitsuyo Kakuta , Toshiyuki Horie , Hideo Furukawa , Jim Hinks , Nao-Cola Yamazaki , None , Masashi Matsuie
3.62
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
A shape-shifter arrives at Tokyo harbour in human form, set to embark on an unstoppable rampage thr…
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1. Ms Ice Sandwich
By: Mieko Kawakami , Louise Heal Kawai
3.78
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
A quixotic and funny tale about first love – from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author. Ms Ice San… read more
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- contemporary
- japan
2. The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel
By: Hiromi Kawakami , Allison Markin Powell
3.74
Format: 336 pages,
From the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this funny, heartwarming story about love, life, … read more
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- fiction
- japan
- asian literature
- japanese literature
- contemporary
3. Goodbye Tsugumi
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Michael Emmerich
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cou… read more
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- japan
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- japanese literature
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5. The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Shūichi Yoshida , Hiromi Kawakami , Michael Emmerich , Kaori Ekuni , Hitomi Kanehara , Mitsuyo Kakuta , Toshiyuki Horie , Hideo Furukawa , Jim Hinks , Nao-Cola Yamazaki , None , Masashi Matsuie
3.62
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
A shape-shifter arrives at Tokyo harbour in human form, set to embark on an unstoppable rampage thr… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- contemporary
- japan
6. Record of a Night Too Brief
By: Hiromi Kawakami , Lucy North
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Akutagawa Prize-winning stories from the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo. In these three hau… read more
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7. Idol, Burning
By: Rin Usami
3.23
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more
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- fiction
- japan
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- japanese literature
- contemporary
"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
8. The Last Children of Tokyo
By: Yōko Tawada
3.43
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
Yoshiro thinks he might never die. A hundred years old and counting, he is one of Japan's many 'old… read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"Unable to turn back the clock, they let themselves be turned."-Yōko Tawada, The Last Children of Tokyo
"She's always hated good-byes and as she got older she hated them even more."-Yōko Tawada, The Last Children of Tokyo
"With children like this having children of their own, it was no wonder the world was full of children."-Yōko Tawada, The Last Children of Tokyo
"งานหลักของพวกสมาชิกสภาคือ การปรับเปลี่ยกฎหมาย กฎหมายนั้นเปลี่ยนตลอดเวลา จึงแน่นอนว่าถูกปรับเปลี่ยน . แต่ใครเปลี่ยนเพื่ออะไร เปลี่ยนอย่างไรนั้น ไม่มีการสื่อให้รู้เลย ประชาชนใช้ชีวิตจัดระเบียบตัวเองในสภาพมองไม่เห็นกฎหมาย …"-Yōko Tawada, The Last Children of Tokyo
9. 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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"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)
"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)
"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)
10. The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.45
Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition
Who loves Mr Nishino?Minami is the daughter of Mr Nishino's true love.Bereaved Shiori is tempted by… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- contemporary
- japan
"People have the right to fall in love, but not the right to be loved."-Hiromi Kawakami, The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
"Of course, everyone has a touch of madness in them. In fact, there’s something frightening about a person who isn’t a little crazy."-Hiromi Kawakami, The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
"He had underestimated me. All along. Even though I had not underestimated him. But, how do you love someone without blinding yourself? Don’t we all have to indulge each other, let our guard down, and…"-Hiromi Kawakami, The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
"I really just couldn’t think of anything. Absolutely nothing that I wanted to do. There were plenty of things that I don’t want to do. Like torment animals. Or be jealous of other people’s happiness.…"-Hiromi Kawakami, The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
11. Dragon Palace
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.31
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 From the bestselling author of Strange Weather i… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- japanese literature
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12. Weasels in the Attic
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more
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- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- contemporary
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"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic
13. Nails and Eyes
By: Kaori Fujino
3.43
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- contemporary
- japan
"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
14. The Premonition
By: Banana Yoshimoto
3.43
Format: 133 pages, Hardcover
The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and he… read more
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- fiction
- japanese literature
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"I'd never known a love before that could blot out the world around like this."-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
"Later, for the first time in a very long time, I heard my aunt play the piano. Its tone was soft, and just like I remembered it. At the kitchen window one overcast afternoon, I watched its beautiful …"-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
15. Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)
By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
3.96
Format: 173 pages, ebook
The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following a… read more
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"Yet, even so, Mieko and I shared our lives. But Meiko had an accident and fell into a vegetative state. Her eyes no longer saw; her ears no longer heard. My children grieved, but as much as I felt it…"-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)
16. Your Utopia
By: Bora Chung
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more
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- short stories
- anthologies
17. People From My Neighbourhood
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.53
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interl… read more
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"Even the smallest hole is enough to send a balloon spiraling to the ground. The falsification of memory is like that. All it takes is one individual who remembers the truth, said Romi, for the whole …"-Hiromi Kawakami, People From My Neighbourhood
18. 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
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19. Things Remembered and Things Forgotten
By: Kyōko Nakajima
3.82
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
'If we want to understand what has been lost to time, there is no way other than through the exerci… read more
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20. Kamusari Tales Told at Night (Forest, #2)
By: Shion Miura
4.06
Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition
From Shion Miura, award-winning author of The Easy Life in Kamusari, comes a spirit-lifting novel a… read more
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21. The Book of X
By: Sarah Rose Etter
4.04
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot… read more
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