#2 | | 3.25 | 5 reads | |
#3 | Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II | 0 | 2 reads | |
#4 | | 3.96 | 775 reads | |
#5 | South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami
- Philip Gabriel (Translator)
| 3.74 | 235 reads | |
#6 | After Dark - Haruki Murakami
- Jay Rubin (Translator)
| 3.64 | 329 reads | |
#7 | | 4.23 | 302 reads | |
#8 | | 4.03 | 175 reads | |
#9 | Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
- Philip Gabriel (Translator)
| 3.99 | 895 reads | |
#10 | Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
- Alfred Birnbaum (Translator)
| 3.92 | 366 reads | |
#11 | Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
- Urszula Knap (Translator)
| 4.02 | 212 reads | |
#12 | Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami
- Philip Gabriel (Translator)
| 3.83 | 300 reads | |
#13 | The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
- Jay Rubin (Translator)
| 4.04 | 596 reads | |
#14 | Silence - ShÅ«saku EndÅ
- William Johnston (Translator)
| 4.36 | 14 reads | |
#15 | Almost Transparent Blue - Ryū Murakami
- Nancy Andrew (Translator)
| 2.88 | 15 reads | |
#16 | | 3.67 | 9 reads | |
#17 | A modern history of Japan | 5 | 3 reads | |
#18 | | 4.06 | 23 reads | |
#19 | Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan | 4.33 | 8 reads | |
#20 | Kokoro - Natsume SÅseki
- Edwin McClellan (Translator)
| 4.17 | 87 reads | |
#21 | The Making of Modern Japan | 0 | 2 reads | |
#22 | The Makioka Sisters - Jun'ichirÅ Tanizaki
- Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
| 3.44 | 20 reads | |
#23 | Quicksand - Jun'ichirÅ Tanizaki
- Howard Hibbett (Translator)
| 2.63 | 8 reads | |
#24 | Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan | 3.82 | 59 reads | |
#25 | The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet | 4.13 | 121 reads | |
#26 | Dogs and Demons: Tales From the Dark Side of Modern Japan | 3 | 1 read | |
#27 | On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho - Lucien Stryk (Translator)
- Matsuo BashÅ
| 4 | 9 reads | |
#28 | | 3.62 | 98 reads | |
#29 | Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter - ShÅko TendÅ
- Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)
| 3.67 | 7 reads | |
#30 | | 0 | 1 read | |
#31 | The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 1: Ancient Japan | 0 | 1 read | |
#32 | The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 2: Heian Japan | 0 | 1 read | |
#33 | The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 3: Medieval Japan | 0 | 1 read | |
#34 | The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 4: Early Modern Japan | 0 | 1 read | |
#35 | The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 5: the Nineteenth Century | 4 | 2 reads | |
#36 | The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 6: the Twentieth Century | 0 | 1 read | |
#37 | Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories | 3.95 | 37 reads | |
#38 | The Housekeeper and the Professor - YÅko Ogawa
- Stephen Snyder (Translator)
| 3.96 | 163 reads | |
#39 | The Temple of the Golden Pavilion - Yukio Mishima
- Ivan Morris (Translator)
| 3.81 | 58 reads | |
#40 | Tales of Moonlight and Rain - Ueda Akinari
- Anthony H. Chambers (Translator)
| 3.33 | 5 reads | |
#41 | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: 4 Short Novels - KenzaburÅ Åe
- John Nathan (Translator)
| 3.67 | 4 reads | |
#42 | | 5 | 2 reads | |
#43 | 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
- Jay Rubin (Translator)
- Philip Gabriel
| 3.68 | 516 reads | |
#44 | | 3.9 | 1,021 reads | |
#45 | The Woman in the Dunes - KÅbÅ Abe
- E. Dale Saunders (Translator)
| 3.73 | 69 reads | |
#46 | | 3.87 | 233 reads | |
#47 | | 3.81 | 11 reads | |
#48 | | 4.5 | 6 reads | |
#49 | Grotesque - Rebecca Copeland (Translator)
- Natsuo Kirino
| 3.88 | 27 reads | |
#50 | The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea | 3.81 | 142 reads | |
#51 | | 3.57 | 37 reads | |
#52 | Musashi: An Epic Novel of Samurai Era | 0 | 1 read | |
#53 | No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai
- Donald Keene (Translator)
| 3.86 | 569 reads | |
#54 | The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino
- Alexander O. Smith (Translator)
- Elye J. Alexander (Translator)
| 4.17 | 134 reads | |
#55 | The Sound of the Mountain - Yasunari Kawabata
- Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
| 3.38 | 13 reads | |
#56 | Thousand Cranes - Yasunari Kawabata
- Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
| 3.95 | 18 reads | |
#57 | Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination - Edogawa Rampo
- James B. Harris (Translator)
| 3.62 | 17 reads | |
#58 | All You Need Is Kill - Hiroshi Sakurazaka
- Alexander O. Smith (Translator)
| 3.96 | 112 reads | |
#59 | A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony | 3.63 | 9 reads | |
#60 | | 3.71 | 8 reads | |
#61 | Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan | 4 | 1 read | |
#62 | Confessions of a Yakuza - Junichi Saga
- John Bester (Translator)
| 3.94 | 9 reads | |
#63 | Japrocksampler: How the Post-war Japanese Blew Their Minds on Rock 'n' Roll | 0 | 2 reads | |
#64 | Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground | 4 | 2 reads | |
#65 | Japanese Popular Music: Culture, Authenticity, and Power | 0 | 1 read | |
#66 | Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation | 4 | 2 reads | |
#67 | The Zen Way to Martial Arts: A Japanese Master Reveals the Secrets of the Samurai - Taisen Deshimaru
- Nancy Amphoux (Translator)
| 0 | 0 reads | |
#68 | Henry Chung's Hunan Style Chinese Cookbook | 0 | 0 reads | |
#70 | Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld - David E. Kaplan
- Alec Dubro
| 4 | 2 reads | |
#71 | Yakitori Technique - Yoshiteru Ikegawa
- Takumi Naganuma
| 0 | 0 reads | |
#72 | Engineering in Plain Sight | 3.33 | 4 reads | |