Japanese Classics Books
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No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 271,043 ratings — published 1948
The Setting Sun (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 45,629 ratings — published 1947
I Am a Cat (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.66 — 18,854 ratings — published 1906
Kokoro (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 44,702 ratings — published 1914
The Tale of Genji (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.72 — 15,062 ratings — published 1000
Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.56 — 43,115 ratings — published 1948
The Makioka Sisters (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 12,174 ratings — published 1948
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 55,205 ratings — published 1963
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 25,974 ratings — published 1956
Rashomon and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 12,507 ratings — published 1915
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 5 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.95 — 344,571 ratings — published 2009
The Poems of Nakahara Chuya (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,201 ratings — published 1993
The Woman in the Dunes (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 40,772 ratings — published 1962
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,367 ratings — published 1956
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 24,197 ratings — published 1967
The Sound of Waves (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.77 — 24,975 ratings — published 1954
Naomi (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.68 — 9,055 ratings — published 1924
Schoolgirl (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.96 — 27,006 ratings — published 1939
Sanshirō (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 6,360 ratings — published 1908
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 10,359 ratings — published 1927
Beauty and Sadness (Vintage International)
by (shelved 4 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.79 — 15,738 ratings — published 1963
The Pillow Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,352 ratings — published 1002
The Moon Over the Mountain: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 625 ratings — published 2010
In Praise of Shadows (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 31,734 ratings — published 1933
Confessions of a Mask (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,211 ratings — published 1949
Kappa (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,440 ratings — published 1927
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,324 ratings — published 1050
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 750,933 ratings — published 1987
Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,083 ratings — published 1212
One Hundred Leaves: A new annotated translation of the Hyakunin Isshu (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,152 ratings — published 1235
The Old Capital (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.73 — 8,105 ratings — published 1962
The Hunting Gun (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,122 ratings — published 1949
博士の愛した数式 [新潮CD] (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 101,850 ratings — published 2005
The Life of a Stupid Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.66 — 11,684 ratings — published 1927
W lesie pod wiśniami w pełnym rozkwicie (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.67 — 4,841 ratings — published 1947
Quicksand (Vintage International)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.64 — 4,526 ratings — published 1928
The Three-Cornered World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,888 ratings — published 1906
The Miner (English and Japanese Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,984 ratings — published 1908
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.11 — 561,829 ratings — published 2002
The Master of Go (Vintage International)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,792 ratings — published 1951
The Sound of the Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.84 — 9,814 ratings — published 1954
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 372,964 ratings — published 1989
An Artist of the Floating World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.77 — 47,385 ratings — published 1986
Thousand Cranes (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.69 — 16,200 ratings — published 1952
House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.60 — 9,335 ratings — published 1961
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 6,291 ratings — published 1904
Five Modern No Plays (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 716 ratings — published 1950
The Tale of the Heike (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,614 ratings — published 1219
Forbidden Colors (Vintage International)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 5,068 ratings — published 1951
Tales of Moonlight and Rain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as japanese-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,041 ratings — published 1776
“To fall for," "to be fallen for"--I feel in these words something unspeakably vulgar, farcical, and at the same time extraordinarily complacent. Once these expressions put in an appearance, no matter how solemn the place, the silent cathedrals of melancholy crumble, leaving nothing but an impression of fatuousness. It is curious, but the cathedrals of melancholy are not necessarily demolished if one can replace the vulgar "What a messy business it is to be fallen for" by the more literary "What uneasiness lies in being loved.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“Might it have been nothing but life itself? Life; this limitless complex sea, filled with assorted flotsam, brimming with capricious, violent, and yet eternally transparent blues and greens.”
― Thirst for Love
― Thirst for Love
