Japanese authors

1.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,196 ratings
2.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,569 ratings
3.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 696,575 ratings
4.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,471 ratings
5.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,141 ratings
6.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,027 ratings
7.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,037 ratings
8.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,104 ratings
9.
RashĹŤmon and Seventeen Other Stories
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories 4.14 avg rating — 9,855 ratings
10.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,386 ratings
11.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,519 ratings
12.
Kokoro
Kokoro 4.04 avg rating — 39,420 ratings
13.
Snow Country
Snow Country 3.57 avg rating — 38,913 ratings
14.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
15.
Ring (Ring, #1)
Ring (Ring, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 28,618 ratings
16.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating — 349,113 ratings
17.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 3.84 avg rating — 49,504 ratings
18.
After Dark
After Dark 3.74 avg rating — 182,578 ratings
19.
N.P
N.P 3.55 avg rating — 12,445 ratings
20.
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 22,253 ratings
21.
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,475 ratings
22.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human 3.95 avg rating — 228,340 ratings
23.
Goodbye Tsugumi
Goodbye Tsugumi 3.77 avg rating — 14,914 ratings
24.
Beauty and Sadness
Beauty and Sadness 3.81 avg rating — 14,576 ratings
25.
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion 3.97 avg rating — 23,507 ratings
26.
The Silent Cry
The Silent Cry 3.84 avg rating — 4,499 ratings
27.
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 137,393 ratings
28.
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World 3.78 avg rating — 43,678 ratings
29.
A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating — 41,023 ratings
29.
The Unconsoled
The Unconsoled 3.59 avg rating — 17,604 ratings
31.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating — 91,296 ratings
32.
Spiral (Ring, #2)
Spiral (Ring, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 7,975 ratings
33.
Dark Water
Dark Water 3.64 avg rating — 4,910 ratings
33.
Musashi
Musashi 4.47 avg rating — 22,913 ratings
35.
The Book of Tea
The Book of Tea 3.85 avg rating — 16,836 ratings
36.
Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating — 37,716 ratings
37.
The Face of Another
The Face of Another 3.74 avg rating — 5,442 ratings
38.
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes 3.70 avg rating — 14,878 ratings
39.
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility, #2)
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 8,615 ratings
40.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating — 45,873 ratings
41.
Loop (Ring, #3)
Loop (Ring, #3) 3.52 avg rating — 4,502 ratings
41.
The Sound of the Mountain
The Sound of the Mountain 3.84 avg rating — 9,218 ratings
43.
Lizard
Lizard 3.74 avg rating — 10,037 ratings
44.
Hardboiled & Hard Luck
Hardboiled & Hard Luck 3.74 avg rating — 7,211 ratings
45.
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy 3.95 avg rating — 59,362 ratings
46.
After the Quake
After the Quake 3.77 avg rating — 57,209 ratings
47.
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks 4.01 avg rating — 2,981 ratings
47.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating — 37,111 ratings
49.
The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, #4)
The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 5,212 ratings
50.
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
51.
The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating — 34,189 ratings
52.
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating — 49,423 ratings
53.
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat 3.68 avg rating — 16,996 ratings
54.
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 — 624,795 ratings
55.
When We Were Orphans
When We Were Orphans 3.54 avg rating — 45,937 ratings
56.
One Man's Justice
One Man's Justice 3.94 avg rating — 362 ratings
57.
The Summer of the Ubume
The Summer of the Ubume 3.90 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
58.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating — 124,189 ratings
59.
Kamikaze Girls
Kamikaze Girls 4.22 avg rating — 1,738 ratings
60.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches 4.02 avg rating — 6,177 ratings
61.
Amrita
Amrita 3.62 avg rating — 7,541 ratings
61.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating — 95,632 ratings
61.
The Great Passage
The Great Passage 3.81 avg rating — 11,538 ratings
64.
If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating — 113,311 ratings
65.
Something Like an Autobiography
Something Like an Autobiography 4.13 avg rating — 4,407 ratings
66.
Black Rain
Black Rain 3.99 avg rating — 4,436 ratings
66.
Sweet Bean Paste
Sweet Bean Paste 4.06 avg rating — 66,916 ratings
68.
People From My Neighbourhood
People From My Neighbourhood 3.50 avg rating — 12,160 ratings
69.
Asleep
Asleep 3.77 avg rating — 15,367 ratings
70.
All She Was Worth
All She Was Worth 3.69 avg rating — 3,785 ratings
71.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library 4.05 avg rating — 99,066 ratings
72.
Snakes And Earrings
Snakes And Earrings 3.18 avg rating — 5,604 ratings
72.
Strangers
Strangers 3.62 avg rating — 8,345 ratings
72.
Matsuo BashĹŤ
Matsuo Bashō 4.29 avg rating — 129 ratings
75.
The Tale of the Heike
The Tale of the Heike
by: Anonymous
4.05 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
76.
Land of Rising Ghosts & Goblins: The Supernatural World in Japanese Myths, Folklores, Anime & Pop-Culture
Land of Rising Ghosts & Goblins: The Supernatural World in Japanese Myths, Folklores, Anime & Pop-Culture really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
76.
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 72,706 ratings
78.
Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart 3.83 avg rating — 175,472 ratings
79.
Quicksand
Quicksand 3.65 avg rating — 4,188 ratings
80.
Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Tales of the Magatama, #1)
Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Tales of the Magatama, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
81.
The Spring of My Life and Selected Haiku
The Spring of My Life and Selected Haiku 4.30 avg rating — 471 ratings
81.
The Tattoo Murder Case
The Tattoo Murder Case 3.73 avg rating — 3,489 ratings
83.
Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima 4.27 avg rating — 8,472 ratings
84.
Inspector Imanishi Investigates
Inspector Imanishi Investigates 3.83 avg rating — 4,790 ratings
85.
The Strange Library
The Strange Library 3.55 avg rating — 67,710 ratings
86.
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two: The Day After
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two: The Day After 4.38 avg rating — 3,129 ratings
87.
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 20,938 ratings
88.
Parade
Parade 3.78 avg rating — 3,162 ratings
89.
The Samurai
The Samurai 4.02 avg rating — 3,498 ratings
89.
Cherry Ingram
Cherry Ingram
by: Naoko Abe
3.90 avg rating — 1,339 ratings
91.
Stille sneeuwval - de geschiedenis van de zusters Makioka
Stille sneeuwval - de geschiedenis van de zusters Makioka 4.03 avg rating — 11,389 ratings
92.
İnsanlığımı Yitirirken
İnsanlığımı Yitirirken 3.95 avg rating — 228,340 ratings
93.
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating — 49,423 ratings
94.
Japanese Cuisine
Japanese Cuisine 4.02 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
95.
The Strange Library
The Strange Library 3.55 avg rating — 67,710 ratings
95.
Revenge
Revenge 4.02 avg rating — 27,952 ratings
97.
Adolf 1: A Tale of the Twentieth Century
Adolf 1: A Tale of the Twentieth Century 4.16 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
98.
The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)
The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 6,324 ratings
99.
She and Her Cat
She and Her Cat 3.88 avg rating — 19,010 ratings
100.
No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War
No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War 4.16 avg rating — 2,049 ratings
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