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message 1: by Vikki, Moderator (new)
Dec 03, 2021 11:14AM

Vikki (silverstarz) | 903 comments Mod
Books / Authors in Japan


message 2: by Vikki, Moderator (new)
Dec 04, 2021 05:27AM

Vikki (silverstarz) | 903 comments Mod
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates


message 3: by Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator (last edited Dec 05, 2021 08:22AM) (new)
Dec 05, 2021 08:22AM

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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (Literature)

The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco (Horror)

Nightblade by Ryan Kirk (Fantasy)

Out by Natsuo Kirino (Mystery, Thriller)

Neuromancer by William Gibson (Science Fiction)

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (Literature)

Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino (Mystery)

Orbital Cloud by Taiyo Fujii (Science Fiction

Appointment with the Samurai by Richard McDowall (Mystery)

Confessions by Kanae Minato (Thriller)


message 4: by Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator (new)
Dec 05, 2021 08:24AM

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From Carolien:

Some authors:

Murasaki Shikibu
Yukio Mishima
Sei Shōnagon
Kakuzō Okakura
Shūsaku Endō
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kenzaburō Ōe
Hideo Yamamoto
Yukito Ayatsuji
Keigo Higashino
Fuminori Nakamura
Akimitsu Takagi
Yōko Ogawa
Sōji Shimada
Kanae Minato

Sujata Massey's Rei Shimura series - The Salaryman's Wife - 1st in Series
Susan Spann's Shinobi series - Claws of the Cat
A Clean Kill in Tokyo by Barry Eisler
The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai by Barbara Lazar


message 5: by Bill, Moderator (last edited Dec 18, 2021 10:22AM) (new)
Dec 05, 2021 03:32PM

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Seishi Yokomizo (mysteries), e.g. The Honjin Murders

James Melville (mysteries) e.g. Death of a Daimyo

Seichō Matsumoto (mysteries) e.g. Inspector Imanishi Investigates

John P. Marquand (wrote the Mr. Moto spy series. Not all set in Japan) Stopover: Tokyo

The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock


message 6: by Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator (new)
Dec 16, 2022 10:48AM

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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami (Fantasy)
The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe (HF, Magical Realism)
Shadows on the Moon (The Moonlit Lands, #1) by Zoë Marriott (Fantasy, YA) (1st in Series)


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