Japanese Literature

1.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,244 ratings
2.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 696,680 ratings
3.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,590 ratings
4.
Snow Country
Snow Country 3.57 avg rating — 38,922 ratings
5.
RashĹŤmon and Seventeen Other Stories
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories 4.14 avg rating — 9,855 ratings
6.
Kokoro
Kokoro 4.04 avg rating — 39,427 ratings
7.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,522 ratings
8.
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes 3.70 avg rating — 14,881 ratings
9.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human 3.95 avg rating — 228,414 ratings
10.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,506 ratings
11.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,058 ratings
12.
Beauty and Sadness
Beauty and Sadness 3.81 avg rating — 14,578 ratings
13.
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters 4.03 avg rating — 11,390 ratings
14.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating — 91,312 ratings
15.
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 72,719 ratings
16.
The Sound of the Mountain
The Sound of the Mountain 3.84 avg rating — 9,218 ratings
17.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
18.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating — 37,118 ratings
19.
Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating — 37,721 ratings
20.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,402 ratings
21.
The Lake
The Lake 3.57 avg rating — 2,761 ratings
22.
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 22,258 ratings
23.
The Old Capital
The Old Capital 3.73 avg rating — 7,476 ratings
24.
First Snow on Fuji
First Snow on Fuji 3.78 avg rating — 1,516 ratings
25.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,108 ratings
26.
The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun 3.98 avg rating — 39,495 ratings
27.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating — 9,588 ratings
28.
First Japanese Reader Japanese Graded Readers
First Japanese Reader Japanese Graded Readers 4.54 avg rating — 102 ratings
29.
Botchan
Botchan 3.64 avg rating — 15,291 ratings
30.
A Personal Matter
A Personal Matter 3.90 avg rating — 15,079 ratings
31.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 3.84 avg rating — 49,515 ratings
32.
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion 3.97 avg rating — 23,511 ratings
33.
Ring (Ring, #1)
Ring (Ring, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 28,632 ratings
34.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating — 349,175 ratings
35.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating — 45,882 ratings
36.
South of the Border, West of the Sun
South of the Border, West of the Sun 3.86 avg rating — 145,076 ratings
37.
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat 3.68 avg rating — 17,000 ratings
38.
After Dark
After Dark 3.74 avg rating — 182,608 ratings
39.
Palm of the Hand Stories
Palm of the Hand Stories 3.89 avg rating — 3,330 ratings
40.
The Master of Go
The Master of Go 3.82 avg rating — 5,488 ratings
41.
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 — 624,982 ratings
42.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage 3.87 avg rating — 197,478 ratings
43.
In Praise of Shadows
In Praise of Shadows 4.01 avg rating — 28,543 ratings
44.
Musashi
Musashi 4.47 avg rating — 22,912 ratings
45.
Naomi
Naomi 3.69 avg rating — 8,403 ratings
46.
Dance Dance Dance
Dance Dance Dance 4.04 avg rating — 97,120 ratings
47.
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Twenty-Four Stories
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Twenty-Four Stories 3.84 avg rating — 42,534 ratings
48.
In the Miso Soup
In the Miso Soup 3.62 avg rating — 41,538 ratings
49.
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination 4.05 avg rating — 5,965 ratings
50.
The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating — 34,199 ratings
51.
A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating — 41,031 ratings
52.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 3.87 avg rating — 194,001 ratings
53.
Geisha, a Life
Geisha, a Life 3.93 avg rating — 26,804 ratings
54.
Black Rain
Black Rain 3.99 avg rating — 4,436 ratings
55.
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating — 49,430 ratings
56.
Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings
Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings 4.27 avg rating — 1,108 ratings
57.
The Wild Geese
The Wild Geese 3.56 avg rating — 3,594 ratings
58.
Seven Japanese Tales
Seven Japanese Tales 3.84 avg rating — 2,072 ratings
59.
The Samurai's Garden
The Samurai's Garden 4.16 avg rating — 27,755 ratings
60.
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 137,406 ratings
61.
Men Without Women: Stories
Men Without Women: Stories 3.74 avg rating — 121,063 ratings
62.
Sweet Bean Paste
Sweet Bean Paste 4.06 avg rating — 66,946 ratings
63.
Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 4.20 avg rating — 3,015 ratings
64.
If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating — 113,376 ratings
65.
The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan
The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan 3.76 avg rating — 727 ratings
65.
The Face of Another
The Face of Another 3.74 avg rating — 5,446 ratings
67.
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility, #2)
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 8,617 ratings
68.
The Box Man
The Box Man 3.59 avg rating — 7,276 ratings
68.
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
70.
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
70.
The Strange Library
The Strange Library 3.55 avg rating — 67,715 ratings
72.
The Book of Tea
The Book of Tea 3.85 avg rating — 16,840 ratings
73.
Strangers
Strangers 3.62 avg rating — 8,346 ratings
74.
Some Prefer Nettles
Some Prefer Nettles 3.61 avg rating — 4,802 ratings
75.
Confessions
Confessions 3.93 avg rating — 72,852 ratings
76.
The Samurai
The Samurai 4.02 avg rating — 3,498 ratings
77.
The Great Passage
The Great Passage 3.81 avg rating — 11,538 ratings
78.
Goodbye Tsugumi
Goodbye Tsugumi 3.77 avg rating — 14,915 ratings
79.
Coin Locker Babies
Coin Locker Babies 3.80 avg rating — 9,419 ratings
80.
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Tales of Moonlight and Rain 3.79 avg rating — 2,871 ratings
81.
One Man's Justice
One Man's Justice 3.94 avg rating — 362 ratings
82.
Grotesque
Grotesque 3.74 avg rating — 13,635 ratings
83.
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,072 ratings
84.
The Tale of the Heike
The Tale of the Heike
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4.05 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
85.
All She Was Worth
All She Was Worth 3.69 avg rating — 3,786 ratings
86.
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 158,139 ratings
87.
N.P.
N.P. 3.55 avg rating — 12,446 ratings
88.
The Hunting Gun
The Hunting Gun 3.90 avg rating — 5,340 ratings
89.
Nana Du KĂ˝
Nana Du Ký 4.33 avg rating — 95,657 ratings
90.
Popular Hits of the Showa Era
Popular Hits of the Showa Era 3.62 avg rating — 2,526 ratings
91.
Heaven
Heaven 3.79 avg rating — 80,575 ratings
92.
Dark Water
Dark Water 3.64 avg rating — 4,912 ratings
93.
Lizard
Lizard 3.74 avg rating — 10,037 ratings
94.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating — 124,226 ratings
95.
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks 4.01 avg rating — 2,981 ratings
95.
Real World
Real World 3.41 avg rating — 8,668 ratings
97.
Asleep
Asleep 3.77 avg rating — 15,368 ratings
98.
Japanese Gothic Tales
Japanese Gothic Tales 3.96 avg rating — 593 ratings
99.
Snow Country & Thousand Cranes
Snow Country & Thousand Cranes 3.97 avg rating — 412 ratings
100.
Revenge
Revenge 4.02 avg rating — 27,955 ratings
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