saturnine13 recommends A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin, "If you like gritty, faux historical fiction, how about another with an asian flavor? Shogun, like A Game of Thrones, concerns the byzantine political intrigues (see more) of a multitude of different characters painted in moral shades of grey, generously heaped with gruesome action and heart-breaking romance. While Shogun lacks dragons, it does have the added interest of being mostly based upon real events and people."

saturnine13 recommends A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin, "If you like gritty, faux historical fiction, how about another with an asian flavor? Shogun, like A Game of Thrones, concerns the byzantine political intrigues (see more) of a multitude of different characters painted in moral shades of grey, generously heaped with gruesome action and heart-breaking romance. While Shogun lacks dragons, it does have the added interest of being mostly based upon real events and people."

Cecrow recommends Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan by Giles Milton, "A fictional retelling of Samurai William."

soylentgreen23 recommends Silence by Shusaku Endo, "Although not from the same period exactly, Endo's 'Silence' is another great book about the incursion into Japan of foreign culture, this time in the form (see more) of the Christian Church, and what happened in Japan when that religion was suddenly rejected by the ruling class."

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