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…
Want to Read $ 12.99"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)
"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)
"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)
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1. 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
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- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- japanese literature
- japan
2. DallerGut Dream Department Store
By: Lee Mi-ye
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD|| In a mysterious town that lies h… read more
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- cozy mystery
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak"-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak."-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"I don't think humans are some self-driving car racing toward the finish line. We must own our lives, start the engine ourselves, and sometimes put on brakes."-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"I believe there are two ways to love your life, Penny. The first is to work hard to change your life when you feel unsatisfied.' 'That seems about right.' Penny nods. 'The second option may look easi…"-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
3. 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
- contemporary
- adult
- japan
- audiobook
4. 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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- japanese literature
- japan
- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"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)
5. 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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- cozy mystery
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"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
6. 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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- cozy mystery
- food
- japan
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- japanese literature
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
"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)
7. She and Her Cat: Stories
By: Makoto Shinkai
3.89
Format: 135 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs and Murata Sayaka’s Earthlings, this Japanese bestsel… read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I recalled that rainy day when I'd rescued Chobi-or so I'd arrogantly believed at the time. Actually, I was the one who'd been rescued."-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat: Stories
8. Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
3.99
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for … read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Life, too, passes through difficult winters. But after any winter, spring will follow..."-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
"Standing there together next to the tracks as the trains roared and whooshed past for what seemed like for ever, Kinuyo hugged Kazu tightly and stroked her head until she stopped crying. As time pass…"-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
"La señora Kōtake estaba impactada porque su propio cuerpo también estaba inmerso en esa especie de vaivén, fundiéndose con el vapor del café. Cuando se dio cuenta, todo lo que había a su alrededor es…"-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
"If I had led a sad life as a result of my sister's death, then it would have been as if her death had caused it. So, I thought I mustn't allow that to happen. I swore to myself that I would make sure…"-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
9. Butter
By: Asako Yuzuki
3.60
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more
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- food
- japanese literature
- fiction
- mystery
- contemporary
- japan
- audiobook
"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
10. 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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- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- contemporary
- adult
- japan
- audiobook
"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
11. 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
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- japanese literature
- japan
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
12. 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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- japanese literature
- japan
- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"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)
13. Rental Person Who Does Nothing
By: Shoji Morimoto
3.34
Format: 160 pages, ebook
Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lone… read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing
"I felt comfortable in a community that existed just for the moment, with simple, temporary relationships uncomplicated by past or future."-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing
14. 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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- japanese literature
- japan
- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"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)
15. 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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- japanese literature
- japan
- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"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
16. The Lantern of Lost Memories
By: Sanaka Hiiragi
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed Japanese author Sanaka Hiigari comes a heartwarming, life-affirming novel about a ma… read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
17. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)
By: Mai Mochizuki
3.67
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more
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- cozy mystery
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- japan
18. 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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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
19. The Bookshop Woman
By: Nanako Hanada
3.60
Format: 204 pages, ebook
A love story to climbing all the way down a book's rope, free diving to its bottom, and then resurf… read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
- asian literature
- contemporary
- audiobook
20. Four Seasons in Japan
By: Nick Bradley
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation… read more
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"Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"You don’t have to, though,’ his friend said, with a tilt of his head. ‘You can do whatever you like, man. It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"But the important thing is that you turn up, you get out your pen, and you draw one small thing, one line at a time. That’s how you achieve something big."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"I remember looking out into that dark night sky, and I remember feeling something I hadn’t in a long time – I want to live. Having found myself that close to death, I suddenly knew that I wasn’t read…"-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
21. 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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- adult
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