Good Samurai Fiction Books
Explore the best samurai fiction books with our curated list of thrilling tales. Discover epic battles, honor, and adventure in top-rated novels about legendary warriors.
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Johnny Got His Gun
by Dalton Trumbo
A powerful narrative which exposes the brutalities and useless suffering caused by war.
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The Samurai's Garden
by Gail Tsukiyama
Shortly before World War II, a Chinese man, sent to Japan to recover from tuberculosis, meets a lovely Japanese girl and four older residents, in …
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Sam Samurai
by Jon Scieszka
Thanks to their magical book, Fred, Sam, and Joe inadvertently travel through time to seventeenth century Japan.
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The Revenge of the Forty-seven Samurai
by Erik Christian Haugaard
A fourteen-year-old serving boy finds himself surrounded by suspicion and betrayal as his master gathers a group of samurai to avenge Lord Asano's death.
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Kill the Shogun
by Dale Furutani
Seventeenth century Japanese warrior Matusuyama Kaze can finally fulfill his quest to rescue his lord's kidnapped daughter, but the danger facing him is greater than …
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Den of the White Fox
by Lensey Namioka
In medieval Japan, two out-of-work samurai warriors must use their fighting skills when they join a group of local boys, led by the mysterious White …
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Across the Nightingale Floor
by Lian Hearn
In a novel set in ancient Japan, a young boy named Takeo becomes a pawn in the ceaseless wars between rival warlord clans in a …
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Cloud of Sparrows
by Takashi Matsuoka
In Japan in 1861, Lord Genji, a young nobleman with a gift for prophecy, joins forces with two Christian missionaries, a mysterious geisha, and a …
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Rashomon Gate
by Ingrid J. Parker
Award-winning writer Parker brings ancient Japan to life in a tale of blackmail and murder among high-ranking nobles. 10 illustrations.