This is a list of the books either by Japanese authors or about Japan that are currently residing in my TBR piles. I'll add to the list as I acquire more, and remove them as I read them. You can see the books that I've read since starting this blog by clicking on the Reading Japan tab in the linkbar above, or by visiting Reading Japan: Book List. Links to both lists are also available in the sidebar as part of my Reading Japan Project.Clicking on the titles will take you to Amazon.
JAPANESE AUTHORS
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke - Rashomon
Kawabata, Yasunari - Thousand Cranes
Kawabata, Yasunari - Beauty and Sadness
Mishima, Yukio - Spring Snow
Mishima, Yukio - The Sound of Waves
Miyamoto, Teru - Kinshu: Autumn Brocade
Murakami, Haruki - Hear the Wind Sing
Murakami, Haruki - Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Oe, Kenzaburo - The Silent Cry
Ogawa, Yoko - The Diving Pool
Okakura, Kakuzo - The Book of Tea
Shikibu, Murasaki - The Tale of Genji
Soseki, Natsume - I am a Cat
Sugawara Takasue no Musume (aka Lady Sarashina) - As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
Taniguchi, Yuko - The Ocean in the Closet
Tanizaki, Junichiro - The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot
Tanizaki, Junichiro - Quicksand
Tsuboi, Sakae - Twenty-four Eyes
Yamamoto, Shugoro - The Flower Mat
Yoshimoto, Banana - Goodbye Tsugumi
Yoshimura, Akira - Shipwrecks
various - A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (hyaku-nin-isshiu)
AUTHORS WITH JAPANESE ANCESTRY
Goto, Hiromi (Canadian) - Chorus of Mushrooms
Ishiguro, Kazuo (British) - A Pale View of Hills
Ishiguro, Kazuo (British) - An Artist of the Floating World
Otsuka, Julie (American) - When the Emperor Was Divine
Shimoda, Todd (American) - The Fourth Treasure
Uchida, Yoshiko (American) - Picture Bride
NON-JAPANESE AUTHORS (ABOUT/SET IN JAPAN)
Dalby, Liza - The Tale of Murasaki
Dower, John - Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II (NF)
Govier, Katherine - Three Views of Crystal Water
Hearn, Lian - Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori)
Hearn, Lian - Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori)
Hearn, Lian - Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori)
Hearn, Lian - The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Tales of the Otori)
Iyer, Pico - The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
Jones, Susanna - The Earthquake Bird
Lowitz, Leza - Green Tea to Go: Stories From Tokyo
McInerney, Jay - Ransom
Milton, Giles - Samurai William
Mitchell, David - number9dream
Oliva, Peter - The City of Yes
Pagnamenta, Peter & Momoko Williams - Falling Blossom
Schwartz, John Burnham - The Commoner
Talarigo, Jeff - The Pearl Diver
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4 Comments:
Your site is wonderful. I like reading Japanese authors as well. I recommend the works of Fumiko Enchi.
kinnareads - Thank you for your kind comment. I haven't had a chance to read anything by Fumiko Enchi yet although I have The Waiting Years on my wish list. Is there a particular book that you'd recommend?
I've read Masks, which I recommend. This year I will also read The Waiting Years.
Kinna - Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to try to read one of them before too long.
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