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The Book of Five Rings Summary
The Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto Musashi 2004 112 pages
3.97
53k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Summary
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami 2008 194 pages
3.87
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Japan
A Tale for the Time Being Summary
A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki 2013 432 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Japan
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
The Japanese Mind Summary
The Japanese Mind
Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
by Roger J. Davies 2002 280 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Japan
History
Cultural
The Art of Taking Action Summary
The Art of Taking Action
Lessons from Japanese Psychology
by Gregg Krech 2014 236 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Productivity
Toyota Production System Summary
Toyota Production System
Beyond large-scale production
by Taiichi Ohno 1988 152 pages
4.1
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Productivity
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Summary
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
by Marie Kondō 2014 224 pages
3.88
300k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Coffee Life in Japan Summary
Coffee Life in Japan
by Merry White 2012 240 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Japan
Food
Urban Studies
Daughters of the Samurai Summary
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
by Janice P. Nimura 2015 336 pages
3.9
2k+ ratings
History
Japan
Biography
Etiquette Guide to Japan Summary
Etiquette Guide to Japan
Know the Rules that Make the Difference!
by Boyé Lafayette de Mente 2015 192 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Japan
Travel
Japanese Literature
Goodbye, Things Summary
Goodbye, Things
by Fumio Sasaki
3.8
40k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
Stories
by Haruki Murakami 2017 240 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
Awakening Your Ikigai Summary
Awakening Your Ikigai
How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
by Ken Mogi 2018 224 pages
3.59
13k+ ratings
Self Help
Japan
Philosophy
A Beginner's Guide to Japan Summary
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
Observations and Provocations
by Pico Iyer 2019 240 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Travel
Japan
Memoir
Wabi Sabi Summary
Wabi Sabi
Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
by Beth Kempton 2018 256 pages
3.91
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
Kintsugi Summary
Kintsugi
The Japanese Art of Embracing the Imperfect and Loving Your Flaws
by Tomás Navarro 2019 280 pages
3.6
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Japan
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone) Summary
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone)
Half Crazy, Half Genius - Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint's Last Words
by Miyamoto Musashi 2015 276 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Martial Arts
The Book of Ichigo Ichie Summary
The Book of Ichigo Ichie
The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way
by Héctor García 2019 208 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
Ikigai Summary
Ikigai
The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
by Héctor García 2017 204 pages
3.74
78k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
Ikigai Summary
Ikigai
Giving every day meaning and joy
by Yukari Mitsuhashi 2018 73 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Stranger in the Shogun's City Summary
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
by Amy Stanley 2020 347 pages
3.76
2k+ ratings
History
Japan
Biography
Hagakure Summary
Hagakure
The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 2014 288 pages
4.01
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
Musashi's Book of Five Rings Summary
Musashi's Book of Five Rings
The Definitive Interpertation of Miyomoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
by Stephen F. Kaufman 2012 130 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
History
Supreme Commander Summary
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
by Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Japan
A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind Summary
A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind
by Shoukei Matsumoto 2018 144 pages
3.59
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Buddhism
Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Spirit of the Samurai
by Inazo Nitobe 2005 120 pages
3.86
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami Summary
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami
by David Karashima 2020 304 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Japan
Writing
Books About Books
The Practice of Not Thinking Summary
The Practice of Not Thinking
A Guide to Mindful Living
by Ryūnosuke Koike 2021 130 pages
3.47
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Ganbatte! Summary
Ganbatte!
The Japanese Art of Always Moving Forward
by Albert Liebermann 2021 160 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Self Help
Japan
Philosophy
Don't Worry Summary
Don't Worry
48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk
by Shunmyō Masuno 2022 222 pages
3.7
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Mental Health
Buddhism
Novelist as a Vocation Summary
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami 2022 436 pages
3.89
14k+ ratings
Writing
Japan
Essays
The Wisdom of Tea Summary
The Wisdom of Tea
Life lessons from the Japanese tea ceremony
by Noriko Morishita 2020 300 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Japan
Tea
Japanese Literature
The Way of Nagomi Summary
The Way of Nagomi
The Japanese Philosophy of Finding Balance and Peace in Everything You Do
by Ken Mogi 2023 209 pages
3.42
500+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
The Way of the Fearless Writer Summary
The Way of the Fearless Writer
Mindful Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life
by Beth Kempton 2023 1120 pages
4.43
100+ ratings
Writing
Spirituality
Crafts
Abroad in Japan Summary
Abroad in Japan
Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
by Chris Broad 2023 253 pages
4.20
8k+ ratings
Travel
Japan
Memoir
Black Box Summary
Black Box
by Shiori Itō 2021 230 pages
4.47
1k+ ratings
Japan
Memoir
Feminism
Pachinko Summary
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
4.34
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Japan
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai
3.98
100k+ ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Literature
Japonisme Summary
Japonisme
Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi and more
by Erin Niimi Longhurst 2018 288 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Japan
Self Help
Japanese Literature
Kintsugi Wellness Summary
Kintsugi Wellness
The Japanese Art of Nourishing Mind, Body, and Spirit
by Candice Kumai 2018 331 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Cookbooks
The Art of Peace Summary
The Art of Peace
Teachings of the Founder of Aikido
by Morihei Ueshiba 1992 128 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Spirituality
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Summary
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2019 208 pages
3.69
400k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Shōgun Summary
Shōgun
by James Clavell 2019 1168 pages
4.41
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
Zen Summary
Zen
The Art of Simple Living
by Shunmyō Masuno 2019 224 pages
3.88
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Spirituality
Ikigai Summary
Ikigai
The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
by Héctor García
3.71
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Kaizen Summary
Kaizen
The Japanese Method for Transforming Habits, One Small Step at a Time
by Sarah Harvey 2019 288 pages
3.57
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Japan
Productivity
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami
4.12
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Japan
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Summary
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
by Satoshi Yagisawa 2023 160 pages
3.65
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Japan
Japanese Literature
Made in Japan Summary
Made in Japan
Akio Morita and Sony
by Akio Morita 1986 309 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Japan
Memoirs of a Geisha Summary
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 2005 512 pages
4.15
2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
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