Good books about Japan

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Rainbirds
Rainbirds 3.48 avg rating β€” 7,153 ratings
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,514 ratings
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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 β€” 16,725 ratings
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The Shackles Of A Name
The Shackles Of A Name 4.35 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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Yakuza Moon: Memoar seorang Putri Gangster Jepang
Yakuza Moon: Memoar seorang Putri Gangster Jepang 3.66 avg rating β€” 4,159 ratings
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,082,749 ratings
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Snow Country
Snow Country 3.57 avg rating β€” 38,922 ratings
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Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld
Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld 3.89 avg rating β€” 3,097 ratings
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The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 72,746 ratings
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The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,371 ratings
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Musashi
Musashi 4.47 avg rating β€” 22,917 ratings
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The Book of Five Rings: Including The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori
The Book of Five Rings: Including The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori 3.95 avg rating β€” 59,387 ratings
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating β€” 66,784 ratings
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Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II 4.15 avg rating β€” 5,020 ratings
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Angry White Pyjamas: A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons from the Tokyo Riot Police
Angry White Pyjamas: A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons from the Tokyo Riot Police 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,688 ratings
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Bushido: The Way of the Samurai
Bushido: The Way of the Samurai really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 16,482 ratings
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Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan
Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan 3.98 avg rating β€” 6,050 ratings
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Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West
Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West
by: T.R. Reid
3.86 avg rating β€” 998 ratings
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Black Rain
Black Rain 3.99 avg rating β€” 4,436 ratings
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The Sound of Waves
The Sound of Waves 3.77 avg rating β€” 22,721 ratings
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An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World 3.78 avg rating β€” 43,694 ratings
22.
Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.
Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. 3.53 avg rating β€” 376 ratings
23.
The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating β€” 550,691 ratings
24.
Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan 3.73 avg rating β€” 1,995 ratings
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Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes In World War II
Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes In World War II 3.93 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
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Japanese Society: Tradition, Self, and the Social Order
Japanese Society: Tradition, Self, and the Social Order 3.80 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan 3.86 avg rating β€” 3,267 ratings
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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 β€” 50,762 ratings
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Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale (Japanese Studies Series)
Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale (Japanese Studies Series) 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,022 ratings
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Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne
Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne
by: Ben Hills
3.26 avg rating β€” 782 ratings
30.
Het hoofdkussenboek
Het hoofdkussenboek 4.02 avg rating β€” 9,590 ratings
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De vrouw in het zand
De vrouw in het zand 3.89 avg rating β€” 37,527 ratings
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Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times (Volume 7) (Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies)
Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times (Volume 7) (Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies) 3.48 avg rating β€” 136 ratings
33.
Zen and Japanese Culture
Zen and Japanese Culture 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,020 ratings
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating β€” 95,693 ratings
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An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism 3.95 avg rating β€” 5,247 ratings
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Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating β€” 349,306 ratings
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The 47 Ronin Story
The 47 Ronin Story 3.72 avg rating β€” 4,557 ratings
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Het geluid van de berg
Het geluid van de berg 3.84 avg rating β€” 9,221 ratings
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Schoonheid en verdriet
Schoonheid en verdriet 3.81 avg rating β€” 14,579 ratings
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Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating β€” 49,449 ratings
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The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating β€” 34,202 ratings
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Japanese Society (Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley) (Volume 4)
Japanese Society (Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley) (Volume 4) 3.64 avg rating β€” 232 ratings
43.
Rashomon and Other Stories
Rashomon and Other Stories 4.01 avg rating β€” 11,732 ratings
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A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating β€” 41,038 ratings
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Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, Drifters and other Japanese Cultural Heroes
Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, Drifters and other Japanese Cultural Heroes 3.90 avg rating β€” 292 ratings
47.
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes 3.70 avg rating β€” 14,888 ratings
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Zen Without Zen Masters
Zen Without Zen Masters 4.04 avg rating β€” 282 ratings
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Inside the Kaisha: Demystifying Japanese Business Behavior
Inside the Kaisha: Demystifying Japanese Business Behavior 3.80 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
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Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India, China, Tibet, Japan (Revised English Translation)
Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India, China, Tibet, Japan (Revised English Translation) 4.08 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
51.
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture 3.86 avg rating β€” 4,038 ratings
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Different Games, Different Rules: Why Americans and Japanese Misunderstand Each Other
Different Games, Different Rules: Why Americans and Japanese Misunderstand Each Other 3.71 avg rating β€” 34 ratings
53.
The Japanese Mind: Essentials of Japanese Philosophy and Culture
The Japanese Mind: Essentials of Japanese Philosophy and Culture 3.93 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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The Anatomy of Dependence: The key analysis of Japanese behavior
The Anatomy of Dependence: The key analysis of Japanese behavior
by: Takeo Doi
3.69 avg rating β€” 309 ratings
54.
Tabloid Tokyo: 101 Tales of Sex, Crime and the Bizarre from Japan's Wild Weeklies
Tabloid Tokyo: 101 Tales of Sex, Crime and the Bizarre from Japan's Wild Weeklies 3.33 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
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Glass Geishas
Glass Geishas 3.40 avg rating β€” 690 ratings
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Los cerezos en flor
Los cerezos en flor 4.51 avg rating β€” 78 ratings
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Big Happiness: The Life and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior
Big Happiness: The Life and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior 4.42 avg rating β€” 60 ratings
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Shinto War Gods of Yasukuni Shrine: The Gates of Hades and Japan's Emperor Cult
Shinto War Gods of Yasukuni Shrine: The Gates of Hades and Japan's Emperor Cult 2.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Lost in Tokyo
Lost in Tokyo 3.43 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
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My Life Between Japan and America
My Life Between Japan and America 4.15 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends Vol. 1
Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends Vol. 1 4.23 avg rating β€” 228 ratings
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The Girl in Kyoto: Bittersweet Memories of One Traditional Family in Japan
The Girl in Kyoto: Bittersweet Memories of One Traditional Family in Japan 3.58 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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Meet You By Hachiko
Meet You By Hachiko 3.92 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
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Horror In The East: Japan And The Atrocities Of World War II
Horror In The East: Japan And The Atrocities Of World War II 4.22 avg rating β€” 526 ratings
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How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart
How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart 3.83 avg rating β€” 808 ratings
67.
Japan: A Reinterpretation
Japan: A Reinterpretation 3.61 avg rating β€” 192 ratings
67.
Falling Blossom
Falling Blossom 3.71 avg rating β€” 202 ratings
67.
The Anatomy of Self: The Individual Versus Society
The Anatomy of Self: The Individual Versus Society
by: Takeo Doi
4.06 avg rating β€” 52 ratings
67.
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
67.
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 β€” 4 ratings
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Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet: Volume One
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet: Volume One 3.97 avg rating β€” 182 ratings
67.
Japanese Dream
Japanese Dream 4.33 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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Watersong
Watersong 3.74 avg rating β€” 710 ratings
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Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan (1878)
Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan (1878) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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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 β€” 922 ratings
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The Bomb
The Bomb 4.28 avg rating β€” 446 ratings
76.
Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace
Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace 3.92 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
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Everyday Life in Traditional Japan
Everyday Life in Traditional Japan 3.73 avg rating β€” 211 ratings
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All the World Is Anime
All the World Is Anime it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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The Earthquake Doll
The Earthquake Doll 4.21 avg rating β€” 91 ratings
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The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida 3.82 avg rating β€” 4,343 ratings
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Japanese Patterns of Behavior
Japanese Patterns of Behavior 3.89 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
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Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation
Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation 3.78 avg rating β€” 806 ratings
85.
Becoming Japanese: The World of the Pre-School Child
Becoming Japanese: The World of the Pre-School Child really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Neon Pilgrim
Neon Pilgrim 4.05 avg rating β€” 317 ratings
87.
Stille sneeuwval - de geschiedenis van de zusters Makioka
Stille sneeuwval - de geschiedenis van de zusters Makioka 4.03 avg rating β€” 11,391 ratings
88.
Wrapping Culture: Politeness, Presentation, and Power in Japan and Other Societies
Wrapping Culture: Politeness, Presentation, and Power in Japan and Other Societies 3.78 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan
Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan 3.84 avg rating β€” 970 ratings
88.
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed 4.44 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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Yoko's Diary
Yoko's Diary
by: Paul Ham
3.94 avg rating β€” 353 ratings
92.
The Commoner
The Commoner 3.52 avg rating β€” 5,081 ratings
92.
Understanding Japanese Society
Understanding Japanese Society 3.70 avg rating β€” 212 ratings
92.
This Scheming World
This Scheming World 3.42 avg rating β€” 96 ratings
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Kruisende lijnen
Kruisende lijnen 3.65 avg rating β€” 4,190 ratings
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Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions
Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions 3.89 avg rating β€” 4,527 ratings
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Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony
Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony 4.08 avg rating β€” 4,442 ratings
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The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters
The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters 3.54 avg rating β€” 1,152 ratings
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Hachi-Ko: The Samurai Dog
Hachi-Ko: The Samurai Dog 4.48 avg rating β€” 237 ratings
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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 β€” 23 ratings
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