Japanese Literature in English

1.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating — 349,148 ratings
2.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating — 91,303 ratings
3.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 624,916 ratings
4.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,491 ratings
5.
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating — 49,429 ratings
6.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,225 ratings
7.
Sweet Bean Paste
Sweet Bean Paste 4.06 avg rating — 66,930 ratings
8.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,580 ratings
9.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human 3.95 avg rating — 228,385 ratings
9.
If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating — 113,350 ratings
11.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating — 124,216 ratings
12.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating — 95,647 ratings
13.
Confessions
Confessions 3.93 avg rating — 72,841 ratings
14.
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 72,716 ratings
15.
The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating — 34,194 ratings
16.
After Dark
After Dark 3.74 avg rating — 182,592 ratings
17.
The Strange Library
The Strange Library 3.55 avg rating — 67,714 ratings
18.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating — 45,880 ratings
19.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 3.87 avg rating — 193,992 ratings
20.
Ms Ice Sandwich
Ms Ice Sandwich 3.77 avg rating — 14,500 ratings
21.
The Lonesome Bodybuilder
The Lonesome Bodybuilder 3.57 avg rating — 5,765 ratings
22.
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters 4.03 avg rating — 11,389 ratings
23.
A Midsummer's Equation (Detective Galileo, #3)
A Midsummer's Equation (Detective Galileo, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 10,988 ratings
24.
Salvation of a Saint (Detective Galileo, #2)
Salvation of a Saint (Detective Galileo, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 25,233 ratings
25.
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 22,255 ratings
26.
The Nakano Thrift Shop
The Nakano Thrift Shop 3.37 avg rating — 14,371 ratings
27.
The Ten Loves of Nishino
The Ten Loves of Nishino 3.44 avg rating — 6,932 ratings
28.
Goodbye Tsugumi
Goodbye Tsugumi 3.77 avg rating — 14,915 ratings
29.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,521 ratings
30.
Penance
Penance 3.82 avg rating — 11,318 ratings
31.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 3.84 avg rating — 49,511 ratings
32.
The Great Passage
The Great Passage 3.81 avg rating — 11,538 ratings
33.
Revenge
Revenge 4.02 avg rating — 27,952 ratings
34.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 696,627 ratings
35.
Malice (The Detective Kaga Series Book 1)
Malice (The Detective Kaga Series Book 1) 4.06 avg rating — 33,021 ratings
36.
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility, #2)
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 8,616 ratings
37.
Where the Wild Ladies Are
Where the Wild Ladies Are 3.77 avg rating — 6,375 ratings
38.
The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, #4)
The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 5,214 ratings
39.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library 4.05 avg rating — 99,108 ratings
40.
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store 4.42 avg rating — 38,620 ratings
41.
Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy 3.72 avg rating — 2,949 ratings
41.
Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 120,450 ratings
43.
Parade
Parade 3.78 avg rating — 3,164 ratings
44.
Rashomon and Other Stories
Rashomon and Other Stories 4.01 avg rating — 11,727 ratings
45.
In the Miso Soup
In the Miso Soup 3.62 avg rating — 41,528 ratings
46.
Some Prefer Nettles
Some Prefer Nettles 3.61 avg rating — 4,801 ratings
47.
The Cake Tree in the Ruins
The Cake Tree in the Ruins 4.26 avg rating — 682 ratings
48.
Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating — 37,720 ratings
49.
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat 3.68 avg rating — 17,000 ratings
50.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
51.
The Bear and the Paving Stone
The Bear and the Paving Stone 3.23 avg rating — 542 ratings
52.
Moshi Moshi
Moshi Moshi 3.71 avg rating — 7,223 ratings
52.
Tokyo Ueno Station
Tokyo Ueno Station
by: Yū Miri
3.45 avg rating — 28,924 ratings
54.
春の庭 [Haru no niwa]
春の庭 [Haru no niwa] 3.25 avg rating — 1,630 ratings
55.
The Thief
The Thief 3.52 avg rating — 8,128 ratings
56.
Record of a Night Too Brief
Record of a Night Too Brief 3.20 avg rating — 3,038 ratings
57.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating — 9,588 ratings
58.
South of the Border, West of the Sun
South of the Border, West of the Sun 3.86 avg rating — 145,064 ratings
59.
Inhabitation
Inhabitation 3.73 avg rating — 265 ratings
60.
Grotesque
Grotesque 3.74 avg rating — 13,635 ratings
61.
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Tales of Moonlight and Rain 3.79 avg rating — 2,869 ratings
62.
The Temple of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility, #3)
The Temple of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 5,588 ratings
62.
The Waiting Years
The Waiting Years 3.95 avg rating — 2,952 ratings
64.
Strangers
Strangers 3.62 avg rating — 8,345 ratings
65.
Coin Locker Babies
Coin Locker Babies 3.80 avg rating — 9,418 ratings
66.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 38,206 ratings
67.
The Sound of Waves
The Sound of Waves 3.77 avg rating — 22,717 ratings
68.
The Sound of the Mountain
The Sound of the Mountain 3.84 avg rating — 9,218 ratings
69.
The Devil's Disciple
The Devil's Disciple 3.79 avg rating — 2,867 ratings
70.
Almost Transparent Blue
Almost Transparent Blue 3.29 avg rating — 12,925 ratings
71.
Earthlings
Earthlings 3.60 avg rating — 91,691 ratings
72.
The Samurai
The Samurai 4.02 avg rating — 3,498 ratings
72.
Real World
Real World 3.41 avg rating — 8,668 ratings
74.
Stand-In Companion (Red Circle Minis, #1)
Stand-In Companion (Red Circle Minis, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 114 ratings
75.
Piercing
Piercing 3.69 avg rating — 17,676 ratings
76.
Black Rain
Black Rain 3.99 avg rating — 4,436 ratings
77.
Backlight (Red Circle Minis, #2)
Backlight (Red Circle Minis, #2) 3.59 avg rating — 102 ratings
78.
Territory of Light
Territory of Light 3.59 avg rating — 9,668 ratings
79.
Last Winter We Parted
Last Winter We Parted 3.39 avg rating — 1,464 ratings
80.
Goth
Goth 3.82 avg rating — 2,604 ratings
81.
The End of the Moment We Had
The End of the Moment We Had 2.80 avg rating — 832 ratings
81.
Schoolgirl
Schoolgirl 3.99 avg rating — 22,637 ratings
81.
The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun 3.98 avg rating — 39,491 ratings
84.
The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro
The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro 3.70 avg rating — 496 ratings
85.
Deep River
Deep River 3.94 avg rating — 2,726 ratings
86.
Slow Boat
Slow Boat 3.30 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
86.
Black Fairy Tale
Black Fairy Tale
by: Otsuichi
3.88 avg rating — 632 ratings
88.
Goth
Goth
by: Otsuichi
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,346 ratings
89.
The Kingdom
The Kingdom 3.03 avg rating — 903 ratings
90.
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 20,941 ratings
91.
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
The Woman in the Purple Skirt 3.27 avg rating — 16,806 ratings
92.
The Old Capital
The Old Capital 3.73 avg rating — 7,476 ratings
92.
Dendera
Dendera 3.50 avg rating — 417 ratings
94.
People From My Neighbourhood
People From My Neighbourhood 3.50 avg rating — 12,161 ratings
95.
Beauty and Sadness
Beauty and Sadness 3.81 avg rating — 14,578 ratings
96.
Life Ceremony
Life Ceremony 3.75 avg rating — 25,307 ratings
97.
Spark
Spark 3.09 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
97.
Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo
Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo 3.92 avg rating — 368 ratings
99.
I Want to Kick You in the Back
I Want to Kick You in the Back 3.21 avg rating — 881 ratings
99.
A True Novel
A True Novel 4.28 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
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