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Books Set in Japan
Rank
Title
Author
Added
1
An Artist of the Floating World
by
Kazuo Ishiguro
4,414 members
117 reviews
3.8
Score 8
Added 2013-07-28, 04:29 PM
2 Members
kaixo
,
sturlington
2
A Pale View of Hills
by
Kazuo Ishiguro
3,500 members
97 reviews
½
3.7
Score 7.36
Added 2013-07-28, 04:29 PM
2 Members
kaixo
,
sturlington
3
The Housekeeper and the Professor
by
Yoko Ogawa
3,924 members
251 reviews
4
Score 4
Added 2015-05-09, 09:00 AM
Member
KimarieBee
4
Picture Bride
by
Yoshiko Uchida
194 members
5 reviews
3.8
Score 4
Added 2024-07-16, 04:52 PM
Member
dara85
Explanations
dara85
: This starts out in Japan before coming to America
5
Shōgun
by
James Clavell
9,245 members
151 reviews
½
4.3
Score 3.36
Added 2013-12-14, 05:58 PM
Member
KimarieBee
6
Earthlings
by
Sayaka Murata
1,846 members
88 reviews
½
3.6
Score 3.04
Added 2025-01-23, 12:57 PM
Member
sturlington
7
Convenience Store Woman
by
Sayaka Murata
4,697 members
261 reviews
3.8
Score 2.83
Added 2021-01-23, 12:19 PM
Member
sturlington
8
Nothing But Blackened Teeth
by
Cassandra Khaw
1,517 members
68 reviews
2.9
Score 2.68
Added 2022-05-10, 07:20 AM
Member
sturlington
About This List
Started
sturlington
July 2013
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