Translated Novels


The Alchemist
Convenience Store Woman
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
Kafka on the Shore
Tales from the Cafe (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Animal Farm
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
The Vegetarian
Chess Story
Norwegian Wood
The Forty Rules of Love
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Sōji Shimada
I'm a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they're almost an addiction. If a week goes by without reading a mystery, I suffer withdrawal symptoms. Then I wander around like I'm sleepwalking and wake up in a bookshop, looking for a mystery novel. I've read just about every mystery story ever written...but it's not an intellectual pursuit; it's more like me getting my fill of gossip. ...more
Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders