Books Set in Japan

1.
Rainbirds
Rainbirds 3.48 avg rating β€” 7,153 ratings
2.
A Mortal Song
A Mortal Song 3.70 avg rating β€” 665 ratings
3.
Beautiful Shining People
Beautiful Shining People really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 808 ratings
4.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,082,711 ratings
5.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating β€” 349,283 ratings
6.
Jiko Bukken: a ghost story
Jiko Bukken: a ghost story really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
7.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,507 ratings
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Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating β€” 49,441 ratings
9.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating β€” 121,536 ratings
10.
The Legend of Akikumo
The Legend of Akikumo 3.15 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
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The Samurai's Garden
The Samurai's Garden 4.16 avg rating β€” 27,759 ratings
12.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating β€” 528,327 ratings
13.
If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating β€” 113,436 ratings
14.
Revolution: 80 Days
Revolution: 80 Days 4.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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Tangled Spirits (Tangled Spirits #1)
Tangled Spirits (Tangled Spirits #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 87 ratings
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Ink (Paper Gods, #1)
Ink (Paper Gods, #1) 3.66 avg rating β€” 10,024 ratings
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Temple Alley Summer
Temple Alley Summer 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,566 ratings
18.
The Commoner
The Commoner 3.52 avg rating β€” 5,081 ratings
18.
Schweigen
Schweigen 4.09 avg rating β€” 37,728 ratings
18.
Where the Wild Ladies Are
Where the Wild Ladies Are 3.77 avg rating β€” 6,377 ratings
21.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating β€” 66,782 ratings
22.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating β€” 306,625 ratings
23.
The Nakano Thrift Shop
The Nakano Thrift Shop 3.37 avg rating β€” 14,375 ratings
24.
The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating β€” 34,202 ratings
25.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating β€” 95,687 ratings
26.
People From My Neighbourhood
People From My Neighbourhood 3.50 avg rating β€” 12,165 ratings
27.
A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating β€” 41,037 ratings
28.
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida 3.82 avg rating β€” 4,343 ratings
29.
The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)
The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 6,327 ratings
30.
Sweet Bean Paste
Sweet Bean Paste 4.06 avg rating β€” 66,985 ratings
31.
Audrey Hepburn's Neck
Audrey Hepburn's Neck 3.49 avg rating β€” 540 ratings
31.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating β€” 91,348 ratings
31.
Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan (A Latitude 20 Book)
Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan (A Latitude 20 Book) 4.19 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
31.
Coral Hare: Atomic Agent
Coral Hare: Atomic Agent
by: Clive Lee
4.16 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
31.
Lost in Tokyo
Lost in Tokyo 3.43 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
31.
Schatten
Schatten 4.57 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
31.
Spider Eats Fright
Spider Eats Fright 4.05 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
31.
Bittersweet (The Kaveesh, #1)
Bittersweet (The Kaveesh, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
31.
Colour Me In
Colour Me In 3.49 avg rating β€” 150 ratings
31.
Secret of the Samurai Sword
Secret of the Samurai Sword 4.09 avg rating β€” 286 ratings
31.
Rebel Skies (Rebel Skies, #1)
Rebel Skies (Rebel Skies, #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 1,910 ratings
31.
Sweden
Sweden 3.50 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn
Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn 3.37 avg rating β€” 84 ratings
31.
How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart
How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart 3.83 avg rating β€” 808 ratings
31.
The Last Tea Bowl Thief
The Last Tea Bowl Thief 4.31 avg rating β€” 198 ratings
31.
Fifty Words for Rain
Fifty Words for Rain 3.88 avg rating β€” 45,947 ratings
47.
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept 3.83 avg rating β€” 378 ratings
47.
Blossoms and Shadows
Blossoms and Shadows 3.22 avg rating β€” 1,062 ratings
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The Daydreamer Detective
The Daydreamer Detective 4.11 avg rating β€” 602 ratings
47.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 354,105 ratings
47.
Watersong
Watersong 3.74 avg rating β€” 710 ratings
47.
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories 4.14 avg rating β€” 9,857 ratings
47.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,371 ratings
47.
The Samurai's Tale
The Samurai's Tale 3.66 avg rating β€” 2,312 ratings
47.
Rebel Fire (Rebel Skies, #2)
Rebel Fire (Rebel Skies, #2) 4.07 avg rating β€” 396 ratings
47.
The Woman in the White Kimono
The Woman in the White Kimono
by: Ana Johns
4.27 avg rating β€” 26,155 ratings
57.
My Year of Meats
My Year of Meats 4.03 avg rating β€” 20,798 ratings
57.
The Daydreamer Detective Braves The Winter
The Daydreamer Detective Braves The Winter 4.39 avg rating β€” 109 ratings
57.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating β€” 9,590 ratings
57.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,082,711 ratings
57.
The Boy and the Samurai
The Boy and the Samurai 3.81 avg rating β€” 195 ratings
57.
Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858
Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,530 ratings
57.
The Last Concubine (The Shogun Quartet #2)
The Last Concubine (The Shogun Quartet #2) 3.84 avg rating β€” 3,321 ratings
64.
Ash Garden
Ash Garden 3.33 avg rating β€” 771 ratings
64.
Mamachari Matchmaker (Kami No Sekai Short Story Series #3)
Mamachari Matchmaker (Kami No Sekai Short Story Series #3) 4.69 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
64.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 696,810 ratings
64.
The Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samurai
The Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samurai 3.87 avg rating β€” 110 ratings
68.
Face of a Stranger: A Novel
Face of a Stranger: A Novel 3.32 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
68.
Summer Haikus
Summer Haikus 4.31 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
68.
Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart 3.83 avg rating β€” 175,515 ratings
68.
The Two Worlds of Noriko
The Two Worlds of Noriko really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
72.
Middle Son
Middle Son 3.82 avg rating β€” 337 ratings
72.
Washing Statue Wanderlust (Kami No Sekai Short Story Series #2)
Washing Statue Wanderlust (Kami No Sekai Short Story Series #2) 4.55 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
74.
Brazil-Maru
Brazil-Maru 3.66 avg rating β€” 146 ratings
74.
Rice Cooker Revenge (Kami No Sekai Short Story Series #1)
Rice Cooker Revenge (Kami No Sekai Short Story Series #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
74.
Tokyo Ueno Station
Tokyo Ueno Station 3.45 avg rating β€” 28,929 ratings
77.
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job 3.59 avg rating β€” 16,727 ratings
78.
Kamusari Tales Told at Night (Forest, #2)
Kamusari Tales Told at Night (Forest, #2) 4.04 avg rating β€” 2,044 ratings
79.
The Great Passage
The Great Passage 3.81 avg rating β€” 11,538 ratings
80.
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino 3.44 avg rating β€” 6,935 ratings
80.
The Ginza Ghost
The Ginza Ghost 3.67 avg rating β€” 488 ratings
82.
The Forest of Wool and Steel
The Forest of Wool and Steel 3.75 avg rating β€” 4,366 ratings
83.
Touring the Land of the Dead
Touring the Land of the Dead 3.04 avg rating β€” 451 ratings
84.
Things Remembered and Things Forgotten
Things Remembered and Things Forgotten 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,665 ratings
85.
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
The Woman in the Purple Skirt 3.27 avg rating β€” 16,812 ratings
86.
The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)
The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 18,713 ratings
87.
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories 3.87 avg rating β€” 602 ratings
88.
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) 3.64 avg rating β€” 20,950 ratings
89.
The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction
The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction 3.53 avg rating β€” 1,266 ratings
90.
Winter in Sokcho
Winter in Sokcho 3.54 avg rating β€” 26,197 ratings
91.
A Single Rose
A Single Rose 3.45 avg rating β€” 4,306 ratings
92.
All The Lovers In The Night
All The Lovers In The Night 3.69 avg rating β€” 45,189 ratings
93.
How Do You Live?
How Do You Live? 3.99 avg rating β€” 16,844 ratings
94.
Heaven
Heaven 3.79 avg rating β€” 80,605 ratings
95.
The Cat and The City
The Cat and The City 3.76 avg rating β€” 11,380 ratings
96.
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1)
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 77,588 ratings
97.
Life Ceremony
Life Ceremony 3.75 avg rating β€” 25,316 ratings
98.
She and Her Cat
She and Her Cat 3.88 avg rating β€” 19,021 ratings
99.
The Pachinko Parlour
The Pachinko Parlour 3.60 avg rating β€” 8,924 ratings
100.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library 4.05 avg rating β€” 99,184 ratings
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