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Samurai Books
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A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as samurai)
avg rating 3.94 — 62,800 ratings — published 1645
Musashi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.47 — 24,215 ratings — published 1935
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.41 — 214,865 ratings — published 1975
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,909 ratings — published 1716
Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as samurai)
avg rating 3.83 — 10,438 ratings — published 1899
The Way of the Warrior (Young Samurai, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.24 — 9,179 ratings — published 2008
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 01 (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.32 — 44,816 ratings — published 1994
Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,473 ratings — published 1943
Cloud of Sparrows (Samurai Series)
by (shelved 20 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,811 ratings — published 2002
Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 1: The Ronin (Usagi Yojimbo, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,655 ratings — published 1987
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,715 ratings — published 2002
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 02 (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.36 — 5,315 ratings — published 1994
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road (Lone Wolf and Cub, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,767 ratings — published 1970
Blade of the Immortal, Volume 1: Blood of a Thousand (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,612 ratings — published 1994
Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as samurai)
avg rating 3.85 — 48,517 ratings — published 2017
The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,865 ratings — published 2004
The 47 Ronin Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as samurai)
avg rating 3.72 — 4,720 ratings — published 1970
Vagabond, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.49 — 17,703 ratings — published 1999
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 03 (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.43 — 7,254 ratings — published 1995
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as samurai)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,162 ratings — published 2016
Autumn Bridge (Samurai Series)
by (shelved 15 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,308 ratings — published 2004
Child of Vengeance (Musashi Miyamoto, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as samurai)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,745 ratings — published 1976
The Way of the Dragon (Young Samurai, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.39 — 5,161 ratings — published 2010
Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,784 ratings — published 2003
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 05 (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,110 ratings — published 1995
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 4: The Bell Warden (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,991 ratings — published 1995
The Ring of Earth (Young Samurai, #4)
by (shelved 12 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.42 — 4,166 ratings — published 2010
The Way of the Sword (Young Samurai, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.30 — 6,086 ratings — published 2009
The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master (The ^AWay of the Warrior Series)
by (shelved 12 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,612 ratings — published 1644
Vagabond, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.57 — 7,078 ratings — published 1999
The Samurai (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,730 ratings — published 1980
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 04 (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,997 ratings — published 1995
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 2: The Gateless Barrier (Lone Wolf and Cub, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,838 ratings — published 1971
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 3: The Flute of the Fallen Tiger (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.43 — 2,382 ratings — published 1995
The Ring of Water (Young Samurai, #5)
by (shelved 11 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,671 ratings — published 2011
Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,648 ratings — published 2004
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 06 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,285 ratings — published 1995
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 08 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,316 ratings — published 1995
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 5: Black Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,787 ratings — published 1996
Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as samurai)
avg rating 3.80 — 16,915 ratings — published 2018
Samurai Executioner, Vol. 1: When the Demon Knife Weeps (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.08 — 901 ratings — published 1972
Frank Miller's Ronin (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as samurai)
avg rating 3.66 — 8,661 ratings — published 1983
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 07 (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.42 — 3,074 ratings — published 1995
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 6: Lanterns for the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,657 ratings — published 1997
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 7: Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,503 ratings — published 1997
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 8: Chains of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,468 ratings — published 1987
The Ring of Fire (Young Samurai, #6)
by (shelved 9 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,427 ratings — published 2011
47 Ronin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as samurai)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,659 ratings — published 2014
Lone Wolf and Cub, Omnibus 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as samurai)
avg rating 4.40 — 2,122 ratings — published 2013
“The rat scuttles, the big cat creeps, the monkey dashes,
The bat glides, the white crane soars, the lizard darts,
And the owl hoots
In the middle of the night.”
― Owl Ninja
The bat glides, the white crane soars, the lizard darts,
And the owl hoots
In the middle of the night.”
― Owl Ninja
“Rehearse your death every morning and night. Only when you constantly live as though already a corpse (jōjū shinimi) will you be able to find freedom in the martial Way, and fulfill your duties without fault throughout your life.”
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
