Best Books About Japan

1.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,663 ratings
2.
ShĹŤgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 206,499 ratings
3.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 696,763 ratings
4.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,609 ratings
5.
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan 3.90 avg rating — 16,724 ratings
6.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
7.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,442 ratings
8.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,703 ratings
9.
Rainbirds
Rainbirds 3.48 avg rating — 7,153 ratings
10.
Kokoro
Kokoro 4.04 avg rating — 39,433 ratings
11.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,782 ratings
12.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating — 9,589 ratings
13.
Geisha, a Life
Geisha, a Life 3.93 avg rating — 26,806 ratings
14.
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan 4.10 avg rating — 1,864 ratings
15.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,411 ratings
16.
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II 4.15 avg rating — 5,020 ratings
17.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,526 ratings
18.
Geisha
Geisha 4.02 avg rating — 4,750 ratings
19.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating — 45,885 ratings
20.
Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan 3.73 avg rating — 1,995 ratings
21.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,526 ratings
22.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating — 50,753 ratings
23.
Snow Country
Snow Country 3.57 avg rating — 38,922 ratings
24.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,299 ratings
25.
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters 4.03 avg rating — 11,391 ratings
26.
The Shackles Of A Name
The Shackles Of A Name 4.35 avg rating — 43 ratings
27.
Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Japan
Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Japan
by: Alex Kerr
3.77 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
27.
Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation
Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation 3.58 avg rating — 922 ratings
29.
Dave Barry Does Japan
Dave Barry Does Japan 3.76 avg rating — 3,872 ratings
30.
You Gotta Have Wa
You Gotta Have Wa 3.94 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
31.
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche 3.91 avg rating — 21,853 ratings
32.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating — 91,332 ratings
33.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,110 ratings
34.
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World 3.78 avg rating — 43,689 ratings
35.
Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan
Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan 3.98 avg rating — 6,049 ratings
36.
Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating — 37,726 ratings
37.
Basho: The Complete Haiku
Basho: The Complete Haiku 4.45 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
38.
1Q84
1Q84 3.95 avg rating — 333,070 ratings
39.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 3.84 avg rating — 49,524 ratings
40.
Scattershot
Scattershot 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings
40.
A Mortal Song
A Mortal Song 3.70 avg rating — 665 ratings
42.
Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan
Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan 3.94 avg rating — 799 ratings
43.
Japan: A Reinterpretation
Japan: A Reinterpretation 3.60 avg rating — 191 ratings
44.
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman 3.79 avg rating — 22,906 ratings
45.
The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 1: Ancient Japan
The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 1: Ancient Japan 4.18 avg rating — 91 ratings
46.
The Book of Tea
The Book of Tea 3.85 avg rating — 16,841 ratings
47.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,786 ratings
48.
The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters
The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters 3.54 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
49.
Musashi
Musashi 4.47 avg rating — 22,914 ratings
50.
RashĹŤmon and Seventeen Other Stories
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories 4.14 avg rating — 9,857 ratings
51.
The Master of Go
The Master of Go 3.82 avg rating — 5,487 ratings
52.
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion 3.97 avg rating — 23,513 ratings
53.
South of the Border, West of the Sun
South of the Border, West of the Sun 3.86 avg rating — 145,096 ratings
54.
Black Rain
Black Rain 3.99 avg rating — 4,436 ratings
55.
Popular Hits of the Showa Era
Popular Hits of the Showa Era 3.62 avg rating — 2,526 ratings
56.
Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart 3.83 avg rating — 175,504 ratings
56.
The White Man and the Pachinko Girl
The White Man and the Pachinko Girl
by: Vann Chow
3.29 avg rating — 105 ratings
58.
A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony
A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony 3.87 avg rating — 2,600 ratings
59.
Yakuza Moon: Memoar seorang Putri Gangster Jepang
Yakuza Moon: Memoar seorang Putri Gangster Jepang 3.66 avg rating — 4,159 ratings
60.
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
61.
In Praise of Shadows
In Praise of Shadows 4.01 avg rating — 28,545 ratings
62.
Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa
Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa 3.64 avg rating — 1,145 ratings
62.
Lost Japan
Lost Japan
by: Alex Kerr
3.79 avg rating — 3,855 ratings
64.
The Inland Sea
The Inland Sea 3.85 avg rating — 566 ratings
65.
All She Was Worth
All She Was Worth 3.69 avg rating — 3,786 ratings
66.
Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan
Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan 4.16 avg rating — 414 ratings
66.
Stupeur et tremblements
Stupeur et tremblements 3.74 avg rating — 42,507 ratings
68.
Nihongi: Volume I - Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697
Nihongi: Volume I - Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
69.
In the Miso Soup
In the Miso Soup 3.62 avg rating — 41,546 ratings
70.
Beauty and Sadness
Beauty and Sadness 3.81 avg rating — 14,579 ratings
71.
The Sound of the Mountain
The Sound of the Mountain 3.84 avg rating — 9,218 ratings
72.
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes 3.70 avg rating — 14,885 ratings
73.
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Tales of Moonlight and Rain 3.79 avg rating — 2,871 ratings
74.
Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century 4.03 avg rating — 634 ratings
75.
The Briefcase
The Briefcase 3.69 avg rating — 49,439 ratings
76.
Some Prefer Nettles
Some Prefer Nettles 3.61 avg rating — 4,804 ratings
77.
The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating — 34,199 ratings
78.
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 72,734 ratings
79.
Riding the Trains in Japan
Riding the Trains in Japan 3.24 avg rating — 103 ratings
79.
Japan: A Modern History
Japan: A Modern History 3.90 avg rating — 252 ratings
81.
Asioita jotka saavat sydämen lyömään nopeammin
Asioita jotka saavat sydämen lyömään nopeammin 3.83 avg rating — 2,656 ratings
81.
Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo
Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo 4.14 avg rating — 97 ratings
83.
Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale (Seasons of the Sword, #1)
Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale (Seasons of the Sword, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 560 ratings
84.
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69 3.65 avg rating — 4,102 ratings
85.
Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld
Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld 3.88 avg rating — 852 ratings
86.
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat 3.68 avg rating — 17,000 ratings
87.
A Wild Sheep Chase
A Wild Sheep Chase 3.94 avg rating — 137,409 ratings
88.
After the Quake
After the Quake 3.77 avg rating — 57,218 ratings
89.
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two: The Day After
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two: The Day After 4.38 avg rating — 3,130 ratings
89.
Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld
Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld 3.89 avg rating — 3,097 ratings
91.
Harp of Burma
Harp of Burma 3.74 avg rating — 797 ratings
92.
Welcome to the N.H.K.
Welcome to the N.H.K. 4.03 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
93.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human 3.95 avg rating — 228,490 ratings
94.
Seven Japanese Tales
Seven Japanese Tales 3.84 avg rating — 2,072 ratings
95.
Botchan
Botchan 3.64 avg rating — 15,295 ratings
96.
SanshirĹŤ
Sanshirō 3.82 avg rating — 5,761 ratings
96.
Audition
Audition 3.49 avg rating — 16,722 ratings
96.
In The Land of the Kami: A Journey Into The Hearts of Japan
In The Land of the Kami: A Journey Into The Hearts of Japan 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
99.
Taiko
Taiko 4.28 avg rating — 5,028 ratings
100.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating — 95,680 ratings
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