Japanese Writers

70 books

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Challenge Keigo Higashino People's Literature Publishing House · 2019 Challenge is a collection of sports-themed essays by the Japanese author Keigo Higashino, chronicling his real experiences after plunging headlong int…
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Rating 3.2
The Great Tang Detective Cases: Winds and Clouds of Chang'an Chen Shunchen (Chin Shunshin) Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2019 The Great Tang Detective Cases: Winds and Clouds of Chang'an is a historical mystery novel by the Chinese-Japanese author Chen Shunchen, originally pu…
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Rating 3.6
The Afternoon at the Western Confectionery 小川洋子 CITIC Press · 2025 The Afternoon at the Patisserie is a short story collection by the Japanese author Yoko Ogawa, published in 1998. Its original Japanese title is Reven…
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Rating 4.3
Reader's Digest (Reader) 2021 No. 11 (Whole No. 736, June First Half) Readers Magazine Editorial Office Readers Magazine · 2021 Reader 2021 No. 11, whole number 736, is the June first-half (published June 1) issue of the semimonthly. Founded in 1981 and known as "the Chinese pe…
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Chen Shunchen on Emperors: Qin Shi Huang + Cao Cao Chen Shunchen (Chin Shunshin) Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2020 Chen Shunchen on Emperors: Qin Shi Huang + Cao Cao is a collection of two historical figure books, Qin Shi Huang and Cao Cao, by the Chinese-Japanese …
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Chen Shunchen's Eighteen Histories in Brief: The Tragic Song of the Yi River (Mythical Age to Qin) Chen Shunchen (Chin Shunshin) Guangxi Normal University Press · 2013 This is the first of five Chinese volumes of the Japanese author Chen Shunchen's Novel Eighteen Histories in Brief, covering the course of history fro…
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Love, This Thing Junichi Watanabe Love, This Thing is an essay collection by the Japanese author Junichi Watanabe on love between men and women, belonging to the same line of writing a…
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Rating 3.8
Empress Nukata Yasushi Inoue Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2019 Empress Nukata is a full-length historical novel by the Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue. It was first published in 1968 and issued as a single volume by…
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Rating 4.5
The Yellow House 川上未映子 International Culture Publishing Corporation · 2025 This novel by Japanese author Mieko Kawakami was originally published in Japanese as Kiiroi Ie by Chuokoron-Shinsha in 2023; the Chinese edition was t…
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The Beast Boy Baku Yumemakura / Yoshitaka Amano Ili People's Publishing House · 2004 The Beast Boy is the first volume of Japanese author Baku Yumemakura's Chimera series and the opening work that gives the series its name. The Chinese…
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Rating 4.1
The Duck and the Wild Duck's Coin Locker Kotaro Isaka New Star Press · 2016 The Duck and the Wild Duck's Coin Locker is a novel by the Japanese writer Kotaro Isaka, originally titled Ahiru to Kamo no Coin Locker. It won the 25…
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Rating 4.0
All It Takes Is One More Stamp 小川洋子 / 堀江敏幸 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2024 All It Takes Is One More Stamp is an epistolary novel jointly created by Japanese writers Yoko Ogawa and Toshiyuki Horie, originally titled Ato wa Kit…
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Rating 3.9
The Banquet of the Common Folk Mariko Hayashi Oriental Press · 2017 The Banquet of the Common Folk is a novel by the Japanese author Mariko Hayashi, originally titled The Banquet of the Lower Classes. It was serialized…
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Junichi Watanabe Classic Works Collection (27-Volume Set) Junichi Watanabe Qingdao Publishing House · 2020 This comprehensive collection brings together twenty-seven representative novels and essays by the Japanese author Junichi Watanabe (1933–2014), publi…
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Rating 4.3
Rashomon Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2012 Rashomon is a short story collection by the Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, taking its title from the 1915 story of the same name. This edition, …
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Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Unique Yokai Mysteries: The Hundred Demons Night Parade Novel Series (16 Volumes) Natsuhiko Kyogoku Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2018 This boxed set is the simplified Chinese collection of the novel-length installments of Japanese author Natsuhiko Kyogoku's "Hundred Demons Night Para…
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Rating 3.8
Chen Shunchen's Eighteen Histories: The Great Wind Rises (Western Han–Eastern Han) Chen Shunchen (Chin Shunshin) Guangxi Normal University Press · 2013 This is the second volume in the Japanese author Chen Shunchen's series Chen Shunchen's Eighteen Histories, part of the "Imaginist · Chen Shunchen's E…
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Rating 4.0
Lost Care 叶真中显 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2024 Lost Care is a social-mystery novel by Japanese author Aki Hamanaka and his debut work, originally titled Rosuto Kea in Japanese; it won the 16th Japa…
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Fragments 青山七惠 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2012 Fragments is a collection of short stories by the Japanese writer Nanae Aoyama, containing three works: "Fragments," "The Zelkova Room," and "Wildcat"…
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Rating 3.6
A Distant Journey Kawabata Yasunari Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 A Distant Journey is a collection of novellas and short stories by the Japanese writer and Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Lian Zixin …