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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami 1985 400 pages

Magical Realism

The Sound of Waves Summary

The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages

Japanese Literature

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism Summary

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

by D.T. Suzuki 1934 132 pages

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Summary

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

by Herbert P. Bix 2000 832 pages

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Summary

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa 2010 150 pages

Japanese Literature

Made in Japan Summary

Akio Morita and Sony

by Akio Morita 1986 309 pages

Code of the Samurai Summary

Code of the Samurai

A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke

by Daidōji Yūzan 1943 128 pages

The Setting Sun Summary

The Setting Sun

by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages

Japanese Literature

Lonely Castle in the Mirror Summary

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

by Mizuki Tsujimura 2017 355 pages

Magical Realism

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami 2023 464 pages

Magical Realism

Norwegian Wood Summary

by Haruki Murakami 1987 296 pages

Japanese Literature

Confessions Summary

by Kanae Minato 2008 240 pages

Silence Summary

by Shūsaku Endō 1966 219 pages

Historical Fiction

Japanese Literature

by Haruki Murakami 2009 944 pages

Magical Realism

Hiroshima Summary

by John Hersey 1946 152 pages

The Memory Police Summary

The Memory Police

by Yōko Ogawa 1994 274 pages

Science Fiction

Schoolgirl Summary

by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages

Japanese Literature

by Asako Yuzuki 2017 464 pages

The Honjin Murders Summary

The Honjin Murders

by Seishi Yokomizo 1946 189 pages

Strong Men Armed Summary

Strong Men Armed

The United States Marines Against Japan

by Robert Leckie 1961 576 pages

Military Fiction

Life for Sale Summary

by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages

Japanese Literature

The Turtle House Summary

The Turtle House

by Amanda Churchill 2024 304 pages

Historical Fiction

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library Summary

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama 2020 304 pages

Books About Books

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages

Japanese Literature

Convenience Store Woman Summary

Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata 2016 163 pages

Japanese Literature

Before We Forget Kindness Summary

Before We Forget Kindness

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2023 224 pages

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

The Housekeeper and the Professor Summary

The Housekeeper and the Professor

by Yōko Ogawa 2003 180 pages

Japanese Literature

I Had That Same Dream Again Summary

I Had That Same Dream Again

by Yoru Sumino 2016 232 pages

Japanese Literature

Hello, Habits Summary

A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life

by Fumio Sasaki 2018 304 pages

Personal Development

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl Summary

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

by Tomihiko Morimi 2006 265 pages

Japanese Literature

Life Ceremony Summary

by Sayaka Murata 2019 256 pages

by Kōji Suzuki 1998 288 pages

Japanese Literature

Wabi Sabi Summary

The Wisdom in Imperfection

by Nobuo Suzuki 2021 192 pages

Nisei Daughter Summary

by Monica Itoi Sone 1979 256 pages

Biography Memoir

The Factory Summary

by Hiroko Oyamada 2010 116 pages

Japanese Literature

Magical Realism

by Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 pages

Japanese Literature

Japanese Wisdom for a Life Well Lived

by Beth Kempton 2022 256 pages

Blue Bamboo Summary

Japanese Tales of Fantasy

by Osamu Dazai 1993 184 pages

Japanese Literature

The Ring of Earth Summary

The Ring of Earth

by Chris Bradford 2010 314 pages

Historical Fiction

Island Infernos Summary

Island Infernos

The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

by John C. McManus 2021 656 pages

Military History

The Heartbeat Library Summary

The Heartbeat Library

by Laura Imai Messina 2022 400 pages

Japanese Literature

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