Japanese literature

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17 participants (27 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I solemnly swear that I will read twelve books written by japanese authors (male or female) till the end of the year.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Frolic of the Beasts by Yukio Mishima

The Frolic of the Beasts

Penguin Japanese Classics

Yukio Mishima

160 pages • first pub 1961 (editions) user-added

fiction literary reflective sad slow-paced
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

432 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Beautiful Star by Yukio Mishima

Beautiful Star

Yukio Mishima

234 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction emotional reflective medium-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

213 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes

The Kamogawa Food Detectives #2

Hisashi Kashiwai

208 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted reflective medium-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
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #2

Satoshi Yagisawa

167 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced