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Japan Book Summaries

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
Made in Japan Summary
Made in Japan
Akio Morita and Sony
by Akio Morita 1986 309 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Japan
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
4.03
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Martial Arts
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
36k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Lonely Castle in the Mirror Summary
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
by Mizuki Tsujimura 2017 355 pages
4.26
32k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
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
Butter Summary
Butter
by Asako Yuzuki 2017 464 pages
3.57
44k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Japan
The Honjin Murders Summary
The Honjin Murders
by Seishi Yokomizo 1946 189 pages
3.65
18k+ ratings
Mystery
Japan
Crime
Strong Men Armed Summary
Strong Men Armed
The United States Marines Against Japan
by Robert Leckie 1961 576 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
World War II
Life for Sale Summary
Life for Sale
by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages
3.71
11k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
The Turtle House Summary
The Turtle House
by Amanda Churchill 2024 304 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Family
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
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
3.84
46k+ ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
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
Hello, Habits Summary
Hello, Habits
A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life
by Fumio Sasaki 2018 304 pages
3.61
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Productivity
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl Summary
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
by Tomihiko Morimi 2006 265 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Fantasy
Life Ceremony Summary
Life Ceremony
by Sayaka Murata 2019 256 pages
3.75
22k+ ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Japan
Loop Summary
Loop
by Kōji Suzuki 1998 288 pages
3.53
4k+ ratings
Horror
Japan
Japanese Literature
Wabi Sabi Summary
Wabi Sabi
The Wisdom in Imperfection
by Nobuo Suzuki 2021 192 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Japan
Nisei Daughter Summary
Nisei Daughter
by Monica Itoi Sone 1979 256 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Biography Memoir
The Factory Summary
The Factory
by Hiroko Oyamada 2010 116 pages
3.33
9k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
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