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Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Uzumaki

Uzumaki #1-3

Junji Ito

648 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction horror manga dark mysterious tense 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
In The Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life of Higuchi Ichiyo, With Nine of Her Best Stories by Robert Lyons Danly, Ichiyō Higuchi

In The Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life of Higuchi Ichiyo, With Nine of Her Best Stories

Robert Lyons Danly, Ichiyō Higuchi

355 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Mizuki Tsujimura

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Tono Monogatari by Shigeru Mizuki

Tono Monogatari

Shigeru Mizuki

256 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction comics manga mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Emissary by Yōko Tawada

The Emissary

Yōko Tawada

128 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction reflective slow-paced
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

389 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Hundred Verses from Old Japan: Bilingual Edition by William N. Porter, Fujiwara no Teika

A Hundred Verses from Old Japan: Bilingual Edition

William N. Porter, Fujiwara no Teika

224 pages • first pub 1235 (editions)

nonfiction poetry informative fast-paced
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

The Devotion of Suspect X

Detective Galileo #3

Keigo Higashino

298 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Die Tänzerin. Zwei Erzählungen. by Wolfgang Schamoni, Ōgai Mori
Die Tänzerin. Zwei Erzählungen.
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Wolfgang Schamoni, Ōgai Mori

Die Tänzerin. Zwei Erzählungen.

Wolfgang Schamoni, Ōgai Mori

59 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

fiction short stories informative reflective slow-paced