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Literary World of Japan & Korea 📚

theravenkingx Host

11 participants (21 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This year, I'm setting out to explore more books from Japan and Korea, along with other East Asian countries. If you're interested, I'd love for you to join me as we delve into the rich literary traditions of these diverse regions. Let's uncover captivating stories, unique cultural perspectives, and unforgettable characters together.

Literary World of Japan & Korea 📚

theravenkingx Host

11 participants (21 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

This year, I'm setting out to explore more books from Japan and Korea, along with other East Asian countries. If you're interested, I'd love for you to join me as we delve into the rich literary traditions of these diverse regions. Let's uncover captivating stories, unique cultural perspectives, and unforgettable characters together.

Challenge Books

All books added

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #2

Satoshi Yagisawa with Eric Ozawa (Translator)

167 pages • paperback • 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #2

Satoshi Yagisawa with Eric Ozawa (Translator)

167 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced

Donnerstags im Café unter den Kirschbäumen by Michiko Aoyama

Donnerstags im Café unter den Kirschbäumen
木曜日にはココアを #1

Michiko Aoyama

185 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

fiction contemporary short stories hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Donnerstags im Café unter den Kirschbäumen by Michiko Aoyama

Donnerstags im Café unter den Kirschbäumen

木曜日にはココアを #1

185 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary short stories hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

fiction contemporary short stories hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Stolz der Toten by Kenzaburō Ōe, Margarete Donath, Itsuko Gelbrich

Stolz der Toten
Kenzaburō Ōe, Margarete Donath, Itsuko Gelbrich

78 pages • 1959 (editions)

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Stolz der Toten by Kenzaburō Ōe, Margarete Donath, Itsuko Gelbrich

Stolz der Toten

Kenzaburō Ōe, Margarete Donath, Itsuko Gelbrich

78 pages • 1959

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Butter
Asako Yuzuki with Polly Barton (Translator)

464 pages • digital • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Butter

Asako Yuzuki with Polly Barton (Translator)

464 pages • digital • 2017

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

224 pages • digital • 2015 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

224 pages • digital • 2015

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

All You Need Is Kill
Hiroshi Sakurazaka with Alexander O. Smith (Translator)

230 pages • digital • 2004 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced

All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

All You Need Is Kill

Hiroshi Sakurazaka with Alexander O. Smith (Translator)

230 pages • digital • 2004

fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yōko Ogawa with Stephen Snyder (Translator)

192 pages • digital • 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yōko Ogawa with Stephen Snyder (Translator)

192 pages • digital • 2003

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan

Green Island
Shawna Yang Ryan

385 pages • hardcover • 2016 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced

fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan

Green Island

Shawna Yang Ryan

385 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced

fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Human Acts by Han Kang

Human Acts
Han Kang with Deborah Smith (Translator)

218 pages • hardcover • 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Human Acts by Han Kang

Human Acts

Han Kang with Deborah Smith (Translator)

218 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai

The Setting Sun
Osamu Dazai with Donald Keene (Translator)

193 pages • paperback • 1947 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai

The Setting Sun

Osamu Dazai with Donald Keene (Translator)

193 pages • paperback • 1947

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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