An Unusual Japanese Book List

1.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,397 ratings
2.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating — 45,880 ratings
3.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,107 ratings
4.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,580 ratings
5.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,048 ratings
6.
Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart 3.83 avg rating — 175,482 ratings
7.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating — 349,148 ratings
8.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,491 ratings
9.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human 3.95 avg rating — 228,385 ratings
10.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,225 ratings
11.
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
12.
In the Miso Soup
In the Miso Soup 3.62 avg rating — 41,528 ratings
13.
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat 3.68 avg rating — 17,000 ratings
14.
Rainbirds
Rainbirds 3.48 avg rating — 7,152 ratings
15.
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination 4.05 avg rating — 5,965 ratings
16.
Some Prefer Nettles
Some Prefer Nettles 3.61 avg rating — 4,801 ratings
17.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,521 ratings
18.
The Key
The Key 3.57 avg rating — 7,330 ratings
19.
Naomi
Naomi 3.69 avg rating — 8,403 ratings
20.
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 137,397 ratings
21.
Revenge
Revenge 4.02 avg rating — 27,952 ratings
22.
Grotesque
Grotesque 3.74 avg rating — 13,635 ratings
23.
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Tales of Moonlight and Rain 3.79 avg rating — 2,869 ratings
24.
Japanese Gothic Tales
Japanese Gothic Tales 3.96 avg rating — 593 ratings
25.
Asleep
Asleep 3.77 avg rating — 15,368 ratings
26.
After Dark
After Dark 3.74 avg rating — 182,592 ratings
27.
The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating — 34,194 ratings
28.
The Briefcase
The Briefcase 3.69 avg rating — 49,429 ratings
29.
The Ruined Map
The Ruined Map 3.46 avg rating — 2,767 ratings
30.
Dance Dance Dance
Dance Dance Dance 4.04 avg rating — 97,116 ratings
31.
Audition
Audition 3.49 avg rating — 16,722 ratings
32.
If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating — 113,350 ratings
33.
The Strange Library
The Strange Library 3.55 avg rating — 67,714 ratings
34.
Snakes and Earrings
Snakes and Earrings 3.18 avg rating — 5,604 ratings
35.
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window 4.40 avg rating — 31,146 ratings
36.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating — 9,588 ratings
37.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating — 37,113 ratings
38.
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
by: Anonymous
3.79 avg rating — 2,361 ratings
39.
Coin Locker Babies
Coin Locker Babies 3.80 avg rating — 9,418 ratings
40.
The Box Man
The Box Man 3.59 avg rating — 7,276 ratings
41.
After the Quake
After the Quake 3.77 avg rating — 57,210 ratings
42.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,455 ratings
43.
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories 4.14 avg rating — 9,855 ratings
44.
Quicksand
Quicksand 3.65 avg rating — 4,189 ratings
45.
The Great Passage
The Great Passage 3.81 avg rating — 11,538 ratings
45.
Life Ceremony
Life Ceremony 3.75 avg rating — 25,307 ratings
47.
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,072 ratings
48.
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories 3.89 avg rating — 3,330 ratings
49.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 206,483 ratings
49.
Sweet Bean Paste
Sweet Bean Paste 4.06 avg rating — 66,930 ratings
51.
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,476 ratings
52.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating — 95,647 ratings
53.
The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto
The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto 3.67 avg rating — 330 ratings
54.
The Old Capital
The Old Capital 3.73 avg rating — 7,476 ratings
55.
People From My Neighbourhood
People From My Neighbourhood 3.50 avg rating — 12,161 ratings
56.
No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners! My Life in Japan in the 80's
No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners! My Life in Japan in the 80's 3.86 avg rating — 97 ratings
57.
Abandon the Old in Tokyo
Abandon the Old in Tokyo 3.94 avg rating — 2,688 ratings
57.
Ink (Paper Gods, #1)
Ink (Paper Gods, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 10,024 ratings
57.
Backlight (Red Circle Minis, #2)
Backlight (Red Circle Minis, #2) 3.59 avg rating — 102 ratings
57.
Stand-In Companion (Red Circle Minis, #1)
Stand-In Companion (Red Circle Minis, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 114 ratings
61.
Stille sneeuwval - de geschiedenis van de zusters Makioka
Stille sneeuwval - de geschiedenis van de zusters Makioka 4.03 avg rating — 11,389 ratings
61.
Ring
Ring 3.79 avg rating — 28,630 ratings
63.
A Drifting Life
A Drifting Life 4.02 avg rating — 3,105 ratings
64.
The Nakano Thrift Shop
The Nakano Thrift Shop 3.37 avg rating — 14,371 ratings
65.
Comics Underground -- Japan: A Manga Anthology
Comics Underground -- Japan: A Manga Anthology 3.71 avg rating — 192 ratings
66.
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes 3.70 avg rating — 14,879 ratings
67.
Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo
Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo 3.92 avg rating — 368 ratings
68.
おもいでエマノン [Omoide Emanon] (Emanon, #1)
おもいでエマノン [Omoide Emanon] (Emanon, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 2,812 ratings
69.
A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating — 41,029 ratings
70.
Scattered All Over the Earth
Scattered All Over the Earth 3.25 avg rating — 6,397 ratings
71.
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 22,255 ratings
71.
Hell Screen
Hell Screen 4.17 avg rating — 2,817 ratings
73.
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino 3.44 avg rating — 6,932 ratings
74.
Schoonheid en verdriet
Schoonheid en verdriet 3.81 avg rating — 14,578 ratings
75.
Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy 3.72 avg rating — 2,949 ratings
76.
Evil and the Mask
Evil and the Mask 3.57 avg rating — 2,099 ratings
77.
The Thief
The Thief 3.52 avg rating — 8,128 ratings
78.
The Sound of the Mountain
The Sound of the Mountain 3.84 avg rating — 9,218 ratings
78.
Nip The Buds, Shoot The Kids
Nip The Buds, Shoot The Kids 3.81 avg rating — 5,304 ratings
80.
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks 4.01 avg rating — 2,981 ratings
81.
First Snow on Fuji
First Snow on Fuji 3.78 avg rating — 1,516 ratings
81.
The Waiting Years
The Waiting Years 3.95 avg rating — 2,952 ratings
83.
Villain
Villain 3.56 avg rating — 2,927 ratings
84.
The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun 3.98 avg rating — 39,491 ratings
85.
Kokoro
Kokoro 4.04 avg rating — 39,424 ratings
86.
Manazuru
Manazuru 3.45 avg rating — 2,034 ratings
87.
Dororo, Vol. 1
Dororo, Vol. 1 3.97 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
87.
Bosley Sees the World: A Dual Language Book in Japanese and English
Bosley Sees the World: A Dual Language Book in Japanese and English 4.12 avg rating — 94 ratings
87.
Los cerezos en flor
Los cerezos en flor 4.51 avg rating — 78 ratings
87.
Post-war Japanese Poetry
Post-war Japanese Poetry 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings
87.
Toddler-Hunting & Other Stories
Toddler-Hunting & Other Stories 3.81 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
87.
The Game of 100 Ghosts
The Game of 100 Ghosts 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings
87.
Dark Lanterns
Dark Lanterns
by: Zoe Drake
3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings
87.
Hikari Okami: Kitsune Series
Hikari Okami: Kitsune Series really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
87.
Goth
Goth
by: Otsuichi
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,346 ratings
87.
Queen of K'n-Yan
Queen of K'n-Yan 3.10 avg rating — 134 ratings
87.
Hotel Iris
Hotel Iris 3.33 avg rating — 7,834 ratings
87.
Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends Vol. 1
Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends Vol. 1 4.23 avg rating — 228 ratings
87.
Naoko
Naoko 3.88 avg rating — 6,192 ratings
87.
Japanese Dream
Japanese Dream 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
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