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…
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1. Now You're One of Us
By: Asa Nonami , Michael Volek , Mitsuko Volek
3.30
Format: 239 pages, Paperback
Blood Is Thicker Than Tears In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and Ira Levin's Rose… read more
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- japanese literature
- adult
- fiction
- japan
2. 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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- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- japan
3. Hardboiled & Hard Luck
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Michael Emmerich
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Banana Yoshimoto's warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young Japanese have earned… read more
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- magical realism
- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
4. Wednesday's Child: Stories
By: Yiyun Li
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A new collection—about loss, alienation, aging, and the strangeness of contemporary life—by the awa… read more
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- asian literature
- short stories
- adult
- fiction
5. Vladivostok Circus
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.49
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A Vladivostok, dans l'enceinte désertée d'un cirque entre deux saisons, un trio s'entraîne à la bar… read more
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- adult
- fiction
6. 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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- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- japan
7. This is Amiko, Do You Copy?
By: Natsuko Imamura
3.63
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Other people don’t seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or … read more
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- asian literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?
8. 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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- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
9. 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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- magical realism
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- adult
- surreal
- fantasy
- japan
10. 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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- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- japan
"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
11. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
By: Hwang Bo-Reum
4.02
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more
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- asian literature
- adult
- fiction
"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
12. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
By: Hisashi Kashiwai
3.70
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- japan
"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
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
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- 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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- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- japan
"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. The Goodbye Cat
By: Hiro Arikawa
3.90
Format: 285 pages, ebook
In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles , se… read more
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- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- japan
"If you can make it in time, you want to say goodbye. Want to say thank you, and I love you."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
"If, for instance, I were the one who had to say goodbye, I don’t think I’d want my final hours to be sad. I would want to see my loved ones’ smiles to the very end."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
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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- fiction
- short stories
- adult
- anthologies
17. A Perfect Day to Be Alone
By: Nanae Aoyama
3.12
Format: 160 pages, ebook
It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more
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- asian literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
18. The Factory
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.34
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Jap… read more
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- magical realism
- japanese literature
- fiction
- fantasy
- japan
"As I opened the basement-level door, I thought I could smell birds."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"I didn’t have to answer any weird questions about what I was reading, or hear anyone’s thoughts about which 7-Eleven bento they liked best."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"All I could see was a meaningless arrangement of squiggles and dots, symbols and patterns, running on endlessly. Words are such unstable things."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"Life has nothing to do with work and work has no real bearing on life. I used to think they were connected, but now I can see there’s just no way."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
19. A Woman of Pleasure
By: Kiyoko Murata
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th… read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- japan
20. Dead-End Memories: Stories
By: Banana Yoshimoto
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Japan's internationally celebrated master storyteller returns with five stories of women on their w… read more
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- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- japan
"There was a candor about him I noticed in people whose parents had given them something unconditional and absolute growing up."-Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories
"Time simply floated open and started to expand. Time held the two of us in light, inside a space so vast it might have reached the heavens, and turned eternal."-Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories
"Anyone seeing us would have thought we were newlyweds, or a nice cohabiting couple. But we were only two people, a little regretful, and soon to part. We were having so much fun. It made me sad."-Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories
"The words I read in books seemed to strike me more deeply, and with my senses sharpened by grief, I noticed the glittering transition of the seasons as clearly as if I held the grief in the palm of m…"-Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories
21. Mild Vertigo
By: Mieko Kanai
3.55
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Housewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and… read more
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- asian literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
22. 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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- magical realism
- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- japan
23. Harlequin Butterfly
By: Toh EnJoe
3.37
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
A surreal novella about the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of l… read more
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- magical realism
- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
24. The Tatami Time Machine Blues (Tatami Series, #2)
By: Tomihiko Morimi
3.94
Format: 182 pages, Hardcover
In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we … read more
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- magical realism
- japanese literature
- fiction
- fantasy
- japan
25. Organ Meats
By: K-Ming Chang
3.35
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Two girls are bound by red string and canine heritage in this vivid tale about female companionship… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- fantasy
26. Hit Parade of Tears
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.43
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A new collection of stories from the cult author of Terminal Boredom. Izumi Suzuki had ideas abo… read more
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- magical realism
- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- fantasy
- japan
"Love isn't like a house you can just kick back and live in once its completed. No, it gets more worn and tattered day by day, unless you keep on making it up."-Izumi Suzuki, Hit Parade of Tears
27. 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
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- asian literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- 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
28. Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare
By: Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From major new storytelling talent Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, a blazing, bodily, raucous journey throu… read more
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- short stories
- magical realism
- fiction
29. Elsewhere
By: Yan Ge
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From multi-award-winning author Yan Ge, a shimmering, genre-bending English-language debut that ann… read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
- short stories
- anthologies
30. Goodnight Tokyo
By: Atsuhiro Yoshida
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A symphony of interconnected lives that offers a compelling reflection on life in modern-day metrop… read more
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- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- japan
31. Love at Six Thousand Degrees
By: Maki Kashimada
3.00
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE MISHIMA YUKIO PRIZE An ordinary housewife finds herself haunted by visions of a mu… read more
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- asian literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"There are always bloodstains when you wrap someone's body with bandages. The same can be said for this woman. They aren't anything special. There isn't anything special about my bloodstains, about my…"-Maki Kashimada, Love at Six Thousand Degrees