Japanese Literature

Haruki Murakami Paperback 224 pages A unique look at the craft of writing from a bestelling master of storytelling. Readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas an...

Toshikazu Kawaguchi Paperback 256 pages The million-copy bestselling series. Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s touching Before Your Memory Fades, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, expl...

Tatsuya Endo Paperback 192 pages Defiant and brash, Princess Kaguya Takenouchi isn't the ideal heir to the moon's Silver Court. But when villainous usurpers attack her people, she must rise to t...

Lafcadio Hearn Paperback 256 pages The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese gh...

Yukio Mishima Paperback 160 pages The gripping story of an affair gone horribly wrong, from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writersKoji, a young student, has fallen hopelessly in lov...

Yukito Ayatsuji Paperback 256 pages A twisty and ingenious classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Decagon House MurdersEvery year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to ...

Michiko Aoyama Hardback 256 pages For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this soul-stirring Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can help us fulf...

Hiroko Oyamada Paperback 80 pages A UK debut from a fresh, prize-winning talent, this quietly surreal novel is perfect for fans of Sayaka Murata and Mieko KawakamiTwo friends meet across three d...

Sayaka Murata Paperback 272 pages From the author of international bestseller Convenience Store Woman comes a collection of short fiction: weird, out of this world and like nothing you've read b...

Banana Yoshimoto Paperback 160 pages Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first...

Mieko Kawakami Paperback 176 pages From international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami comes All The Lovers In The Night, an extraordinary, deeply moving and insightful story set in contemporary...

Haruki Murakami Paperback 256 pages A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. The eight m...

SoftbackYukio Mishima Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a new and powerful political and social eli...

Fumiko EnchiPaperback Published for the first time in the UK, one of Japan's greatest modern female writers In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent t...

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Paperback Meet Keiko. Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years. Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends ...

Toshikazu Kawaguchi Paperback 224 pages What would you change if you could go back in time?In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more ...