Japanese literature

alyx30 Host

18 participants (56 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.

Japanese literature

alyx30 Host

18 participants (56 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
Asako Yuzuki

464 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

Asako Yuzuki

464 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

128 pages • paperback • 1948 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced

Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

128 pages • paperback • 1948

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced

Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks by Natsuko Imamura

Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks
Natsuko Imamura with Lucy North (Translator), Sayaka Murata (Contributor)

208 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction short stories mysterious reflective fast-paced

Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks

Natsuko Imamura with Lucy North (Translator), Sayaka Murata (Contributor)

208 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction short stories mysterious reflective fast-paced

We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida

We'll Prescribe You a Cat
We'll Prescribe You a Cat #1

Syou Ishida with E. Madison Shimoda (Translator)

297 pages • hardcover • 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

We'll Prescribe You a Cat #1

Syou Ishida with E. Madison Shimoda (Translator)

297 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

We'll Prescribe You Another Cat by Syou Ishida

We'll Prescribe You Another Cat
We'll Prescribe You a Cat #2

Syou Ishida with E. Madison Shimoda (Translator)

236 pages • digital • 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

We'll Prescribe You Another Cat

We'll Prescribe You a Cat #2

Syou Ishida with E. Madison Shimoda (Translator)

236 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary literary magical realism funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

The Chibineko Kitchen
Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen #1

Yuta Takahashi with Cat Anderson (Translator)

186 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

The Chibineko Kitchen

Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen #1

Yuta Takahashi with Cat Anderson (Translator)

186 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Mongrel
Hanako Footman

352 pages • digital • 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Mongrel

Hanako Footman

352 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

The Tatami Galaxy: A Novel by Tomihiko Morimi

The Tatami Galaxy: A Novel
The Tatami Galaxy #1

Tomihiko Morimi with Emily Balistrieri (Translator)

352 pages • paperback • 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

The Tatami Galaxy: A Novel

The Tatami Galaxy #1

Tomihiko Morimi with Emily Balistrieri (Translator)

352 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction fantasy adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before We Say Goodbye
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #4

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Before We Say Goodbye

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #4

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before Your Memory Fades
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #3

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

315 pages • hardcover • 2018 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Before Your Memory Fades

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #3

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

315 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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