Poll

There is a suggestion to have ranked choice voting for the non-fiction group read. It is a long list and, personally, I am having a little trouble deciding what I want to read (first).

So, if you are inclined, leave a ranked choice in the comments here.
The first item would be your top choice and then after that what else interests you in the order of importance to yourself.

Or just leave a list of the books you would like to read from above…
We will see what works for the NF read.

(Thanks for the suggestions!)

The books I'm voting for (in no particular order):

Prisoners from Nambu
The Widow, the Priest, and the Octopus
Daily Life and Demographics in Ancient Japan
Modern Japanese Diaries
Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa
Emergent Tokyo

Also in no particular order:

Prisoners from Nambu
Confessions of a Yakuza
Yosano Akiko and The Tale of Genji

I would read any of:

Lost Japan
Emergent Tokyo
Japan Prepares for War
Modern Japanese Diaries
Cha-No-Yu
Confessions

I will read along with the top selection and then, afterwards, work through the list for January in Japan 2025.