My favorite books about Japan

Discover the best books about Japan with this curated list of favorites. Explore Japanese culture, history, and fiction through these must-read titles for Japan enthusiasts.

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The Makioka Sisters

by Junichiro Tanizaki

Four daughters of an old merchant family unknowingly face the end of a gentler way of life in Osaka, Japan in 1938.
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Kokoro

by Bishop of Hippo Soseki

Haunted by tragic secrets, Sensei slowly opens up to his young disciple, confessing indiscretions from his own student days that have left him reeling with …
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Silence

by Shūsaku Endō

Translation, from the Japanese, of Chinmoku.
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Kitchen

by Banana Yoshimoto

Relates the experiences of two free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan.
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by Natsuo Kirino

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • Winner of Japan's Grand Prix for Crime Fiction • Edgar Award …
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