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Japanese Literature Book Summaries

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Summary
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami 2007 188 pages
3.87
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Japan
Thousand Cranes Summary
Thousand Cranes
by Yasunari Kawabata 1952 147 pages
3.71
14k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
The Japanese Mind Summary
The Japanese Mind
Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
by Roger J. Davies 2002 280 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Japan
History
Cultural
Etiquette Guide to Japan Summary
Etiquette Guide to Japan
Know the Rules That Make the Difference
by Boyé Lafayette de Mente 1990 128 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Japan
Travel
Reference
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Haruki Murakami 2014 242 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
Short Stories
Japanese Literature
Contemporary
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 266 pages
3.91
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
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 2018 208 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
Ikigai Summary
Ikigai
Giving every day meaning and joy
by Yukari Mitsuhashi 2018 106 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
Stranger in the Shogun's City Summary
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
by Amy Stanley 2020 352 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
History
Japan
Biography
Hagakure Summary
Hagakure
The Book of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 192 pages
4.00
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind Summary
A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
by Shoukei Matsumoto 2011 130 pages
3.59
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Buddhism
Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe 1899 160 pages
3.85
9k+ 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 289 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Japan
Writing
Books About Books
Manga in Theory and Practice Summary
Manga in Theory and Practice
The Craft of Creating Manga
by Hirohiko Araki 2015 199 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Manga
Writing
Art
Ganbatte! Summary
Ganbatte!
The Japanese Art of Always Moving Forward
by Albert Liebermann 2021 160 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
Novelist as a Vocation Summary
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami 2015 224 pages
3.89
16k+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Japan
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno Summary
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno
Quindici gioie che il tè mi ha insegnato
by Noriko Morishita 2002 248 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Japan
Tea
Japanese Literature
Black Box Summary
Black Box
by Shiori Itō 2017 256 pages
4.47
1k+ ratings
Japan
Memoir
Feminism
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai 1948 176 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Literature
Japonisme Summary
Japonisme
Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi and more
by Erin Niimi Longhurst 2018 293 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Japan
Self Help
Japanese Literature
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages
4.12
500k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Kaizen Summary
Kaizen
The Japanese Method for Transforming Habits, One Small Step at a Time
by Sarah Harvey 2019 272 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Japan
Philosophy
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Summary
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami 1994 607 pages
4.14
200k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
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
4.12
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Japan
The Sound of Waves Summary
The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages
3.77
21k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Summary
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
by Satoshi Yagisawa 2010 150 pages
3.65
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
36k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
by Haruki Murakami 2023 464 pages
3.82
16k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Japan
Norwegian Wood Summary
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami 1987 296 pages
4.00
600k+ ratings
Romance
Japan
Japanese Literature
Silence Summary
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō 1966 219 pages
4.09
36k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Japanese Literature
1Q84 Summary
1Q84
by Haruki Murakami 2009 944 pages
3.95
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Japan
Schoolgirl Summary
Schoolgirl
by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages
4.00
20k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
The Honjin Murders Summary
The Honjin Murders
by Seishi Yokomizo 1946 189 pages
3.65
18k+ ratings
Mystery
Japan
Crime
Life for Sale Summary
Life for Sale
by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages
3.71
11k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash Summary
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
Volume 1
by Ao Jyumonji 2013 260 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
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
4.08
79k+ ratings
Contemporary
Japan
Books About Books
Convenience Store Woman Summary
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata 2016 163 pages
3.68
300k+ ratings
Contemporary
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Housekeeper and the Professor Summary
The Housekeeper and the Professor
by Yōko Ogawa 2003 180 pages
4.05
85k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Contemporary
I Had That Same Dream Again Summary
I Had That Same Dream Again
by Yoru Sumino 2016 232 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
Manga
Light Novel
Japanese Literature
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