Best Japanese Fiction

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6 participating members
1
The Makioka Sisters
by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
2,108 members
42 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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2
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō
3,646 members
97 reviews
4
2 Members
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3
In the Miso Soup
by Ryū Murakami
1,587 members
62 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
Aug3Zimm, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
17,580 members
365 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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5
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
2,761 members
179 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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6
The Boy in the Earth
by Fuminori Nakamura
56 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
Aug3Zimm, ManWithAnAgenda
7
1Q84
by Haruki Murakami
8,604 members
343 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Aug3Zimm, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Popular Hits of the Showa Era: A Novel
by Ryū Murakami
256 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Aug3Zimm, ahef1963
9
Spring Snow
by Yukio Mishima
2,436 members
36 reviews
4.1
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pitjrw
10
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
2,379 members
92 reviews
½ 3.6
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ManWithAnAgenda
11
Six Four
by Hideo Yokoyama
769 members
34 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Aug3Zimm
12
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
by Akinari Ueda
450 members
9 reviews
3.8
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Cecrow
13
The Samurai
by Shūsaku Endō
779 members
11 reviews
4
Member
pitjrw
14
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
by Mizuki Tsujimura
331 members
14 reviews
3.9
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ManWithAnAgenda
15
Trinity, Trinity, Trinity: A Novel
by Erika Kobayashi
25 members
4.8
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Aug3Zimm
16
Kokoro
by Natsume Soseki
2,600 members
61 reviews
4
Member
Cecrow
17
Seventeen
by Hideo Yokoyama
157 members
12 reviews
3.8
Member
Aug3Zimm
18
The Woman in the Dunes
by Kōbō Abe
2,988 members
64 reviews
3.8
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Cecrow
19
Kitchen
by Banana Yoshimoto
4,684 members
123 reviews
½ 3.7
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ahef1963
20
Snow Country
by Yasunari Kawabata
3,185 members
82 reviews
½ 3.7
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Cecrow
21
Woman Running in the Mountains
by Yūko Tsushima
152 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
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pitjrw
22
The Memory Police
by Yoko Ogawa
1,945 members
84 reviews
½ 3.7
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pitjrw
23
Rashomon and Other Stories
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
1,331 members
20 reviews
3.9
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Cecrow
24
Naoko
by Keigo Higashino
213 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
Aug3Zimm
25
Villain
by Shūichi Yoshida
347 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
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Aug3Zimm
26
The Sea of Fertility
by Yukio Mishima
217 members
1 review
½ 4.6
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Cecrow
27
Lady Joker
by Kaoru Takamura
151 members
1 review
3.8
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pitjrw
28
The Hole
by Hiroko Oyamada
240 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
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Aug3Zimm
29
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
17,654 members
461 reviews
4.1
30
Farewell to Manzanar
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
2,677 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
31
The Buddha in the Attic
by Julie Otsuka
2,552 members
203 reviews
3.8
32
Confessions of a Mask
by Yukio Mishima
2,504 members
41 reviews
3.8
33
The Box Man
by Kōbō Abe
944 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
34
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
15,915 members
460 reviews
4.2
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Cecrow : Not Japanese Fiction