The X-Files Reading Challenge: Season Three - hosted by easyqueenie

Nisei: By a Japanese Author or Has a Japanese Main Character
All books added
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again by Shigeru Kayama

Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again

Shigeru Kayama

256 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous tense fast-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #1

Satoshi Yagisawa

147 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the Eighth Dimension by Earl Mac Rauch

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the Eighth Dimension

Buckaroo Banzai & the Hong Kong Cavaliers #1

Earl Mac Rauch

272 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous medium-paced
She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa

She and Her Cat

Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa

154 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism short stories emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Naoki Higashida

135 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura

The Woman in the Purple Skirt

Natsuko Imamura

216 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced
Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go by Cleo Qian

Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go

Cleo Qian

245 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Uzumaki

Uzumaki #1-3

Junji Ito

648 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction horror manga dark mysterious tense fast-paced