17 must-read fiction books like The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) by Shion Miura

Cover of The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) by Shion Miura

The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

By: Shion Miura

3.97

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage, comes a rapturous novel where the …

If you liked the fiction plot in The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) by Shion Miura , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of To the Sky Kingdom by None, 唐七公子, Poppy Toland, Tang Qi Gong Zi

1. To the Sky Kingdom

By: None , 唐七公子 , Poppy Toland , Tang Qi Gong Zi

3.84

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

When the immortal Bai Qian finally meets her intended husband, the heir to the Sky Throne, she cons… read more

Similar categories in None's To the Sky Kingdom book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • asia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"The jet-black sky behind him was reflected in this smile, and under the soft candlelight, it seemed to radiate with the brilliance of the whole universe."

-None, To the Sky Kingdom

Cover of Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, Alison  Watts

2. Sweet Bean Paste

By: Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sentaro has failed: he has a criminal record, drinks too much, and hasn't managed to fulfil his dre… read more

Similar categories in Durian Sukegawa's Sweet Bean Paste book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • contemporary
  • japan

3. Highway with Green Apples

By: Bae Suah , Sora Kim-Russell

3.50

Format: 200 pages,

Award-winning Korean writer Bae Suah tells the story of a young woman in search of meaning as she c… read more

Similar categories in Bae Suah's Highway with Green Apples book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

Cover of More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2) by Satoshi Yagisawa

4. 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

Similar categories in Satoshi Yagisawa's More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2) book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1) by Satoshi Yagisawa

5. 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

Similar categories in Satoshi Yagisawa's Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1) book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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)

Cover of The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) by Shion Miura

6. The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

By: Shion Miura

3.97

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage, comes a rapturous novel where the … read more

Similar categories in Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • asia
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fantasy
  • nature
Cover of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

7. 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

Similar categories in Hwang Bo-Reum's Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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

Cover of The Puma Years by Laura   Coleman

8. The Puma Years

By: Laura Coleman

4.34

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

In this rapturous memoir, writer and activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating jour… read more

Similar categories in Laura Coleman's The Puma Years book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • nature
"The jungle really seems to listen to everything. I've never felt so vulnerable. It won't stop listening, and I don't know how to tell it that I hate it."

-Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

Cover of The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1) by Hisashi Kashiwai

9. 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

Similar categories in Hisashi Kashiwai's The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1) book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • japan
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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)

Cover of An Eye for an Eye (Detective Kate Young, #1) by Carol Wyer

10. An Eye for an Eye (Detective Kate Young, #1)

By: Carol Wyer

4.15

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

A killer running rings around the police. A detective spiralling out of control. DI Kate Young i… read more

Similar categories in Carol Wyer's An Eye for an Eye (Detective Kate Young, #1) book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • fiction
Cover of Mother Dear by Nova Lee Maier

11. Mother Dear

By: Nova Lee Maier

3.89

Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s only one thing worse than doing the unthinkable: what you’re willing to do to hide it.Helen… read more

Similar categories in Nova Lee Maier's Mother Dear book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

12. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

By: Michiko Aoyama

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel show… read more

Similar categories in Michiko Aoyama's What You Are Looking For Is in the Library book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • japan
Cover of North to Paradise by Ousman Umar

13. North to Paradise

By: Ousman Umar

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to … read more

Similar categories in Ousman Umar's North to Paradise book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

Cover of A Man by Keiichirō Hirano

14. A Man

By: Keiichirō Hirano

3.93

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A man follows another man’s trail of lies in a compelling psychological story about the search for … read more

Similar categories in Keiichirō Hirano's A Man book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • japan
"He or she would need countless such anonymous acts of goodwill to safely enter the world and grow up. And he found it comforting to know that he had been able to offer one of them."

-Keiichirō Hirano, A Man

Cover of The Other Man by Farhad J. Dadyburjor

15. The Other Man

By: Farhad J. Dadyburjor

3.66

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartwarming and transporting romantic comedy about finding happy ever after on your own terms. … read more

Similar categories in Farhad J. Dadyburjor's The Other Man book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai

16. The Ardent Swarm

By: Yamen Manai

4.10

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning Tunisian author comes a stirring allegory about a country in the aftermath of… read more

Similar categories in Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A God that could still console him for the cruelty of man through the gentleness of his bees."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

"Most of them hadn’t even chosen their spouses, and now they were meant to choose who would govern them."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

Cover of The Caiman by Maria Eugenia Manrique

17. The Caiman

By: Maria Eugenia Manrique

4.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable story of a man and his alligator. When Faoro the clockmaker adopts a baby alligat… read more

Similar categories in Maria Eugenia Manrique's The Caiman book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

Cover of Where the Desert Meets the Sea by Werner Sonne

18. Where the Desert Meets the Sea

By: Werner Sonne

3.77

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

An illuminating and heart-stirring historical novel set in post-WWII Palestine, where the boundarie… read more

Similar categories in Werner Sonne's Where the Desert Meets the Sea book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • asia
  • fiction
Cover of At the End of the Matinee by Keiichirō Hirano

19. At the End of the Matinee

By: Keiichirō Hirano

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Keiichiro Hirano offers a timeless ode to love’s fragility and its resilience in… read more

Similar categories in Keiichirō Hirano's At the End of the Matinee book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • japan
Cover of Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro

20. Go

By: Kazuki Kaneshiro

3.63

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

For two teens, falling in love is going to make a world of difference in this beautifully translate… read more

Similar categories in Kazuki Kaneshiro's Go book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"But,"

-Kazuki Kaneshiro, Go

"Though I may have been a misfit, I was also a romantic."

-Kazuki Kaneshiro, Go

"Nationality isn’t much more than a lease to an apartment, "

-Kazuki Kaneshiro, Go

"Take a good look at the wide world,' he said. 'You decide the rest."

-Kazuki Kaneshiro, Go

Cover of The Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu Miyashita

21. The Forest of Wool and Steel

By: Natsu Miyashita

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

What he experienced that day wasn’t life-changing . . . It was life-making. Tomura is startled b… read more

Similar categories in Natsu Miyashita's The Forest of Wool and Steel book and Shion Miura's The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • japan
"The road of head was steep and long, and I had no firm idea as to how to achieve my goals. First came the will to do it, then persistence and effort. And then maybe something else entirely."

-Natsu Miyashita, The Forest of Wool and Steel

"When you heard Kazune play, it summoned up visible, tangible scenery. Light shining down among the trees, wet with morning dew. Drops of water sparkling on the tips of leaves, then dripping down. One…"

-Natsu Miyashita, The Forest of Wool and Steel

"With both hands, he played an octave. The piano, part of the scenery until now, began to breathe. As each note was struck, the piano raised its heavy body and stretched its folded arms and legs, prep…"

-Natsu Miyashita, The Forest of Wool and Steel

14 must-read contemporary books like The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) by Shion Miura

Transform Your Habits

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts

3.95

Transform Your Habits

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

Transform Your Habits

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

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

Transform Your Habits

The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

Shion Miura

3.97

View all the books

20 best-selling fiction books like More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2) by Satoshi Yagisawa

Transform Your Habits

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts

3.95

Transform Your Habits

La asombrosa tienda de la señora Yeom

Kim Ho-yeon

4.04

Transform Your Habits

DallerGut Dream Department Store

Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Transform Your Habits

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.