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The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yōko Ogawa
4.04 average rating, · 103.1k ratings
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Sweet Bean Paste
Durian Sukegawa
4.05 average rating, · 84.3k ratings
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Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki
4.04 average rating, · 45.6k ratings
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Revenge
Yōko Ogawa
4.01 average rating, · 32k ratings
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Een Idea verschijnt
Haruki Murakami
4.05 average rating, · 25.6k ratings
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La Papeterie Tsubaki
Ito Ogawa
4.11 average rating, · 11.6k ratings
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The Makioka Sisters
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
4.03 average rating, · 12.3k ratings
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Rashomon and Other Stories
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
4.00 average rating, · 12.6k ratings
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1 Litre of Tears
Aya Kito
4.15 average rating, · 5.7k ratings
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The Decay of the Angel
Yukio Mishima
4.13 average rating, · 5.7k ratings
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Taiko
Eiji Yoshikawa
4.29 average rating, · 5.2k ratings
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I Called Him Necktie
Milena Michiko Flašar
4.04 average rating, · 5k ratings
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The Friends
Kazumi Yumoto
4.12 average rating, · 3.1k ratings
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Shipwrecks
Akira Yoshimura
4.02 average rating, · 3.2k ratings
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Black Box
Shiori Itō
4.46 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
Jay Rubin
4.10 average rating, · 2.8k ratings
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Lonely Planet Japan
Lonely Planet
4.07 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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Il peso dei segreti
Aki Shimazaki
4.00 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Ono no Komachi
4.38 average rating, · 2k ratings
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Kamusari Tales Told at Night
Shion Miura
4.04 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
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A True Novel
Minae Mizumura
4.29 average rating, · 1.8k ratings
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Le Goûter du lion
Ito Ogawa
4.25 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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Understanding Japan: A Cultural History
Mark J. Ravina
4.30 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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Tsubame
Aki Shimazaki
4.19 average rating, · 1.3k ratings
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