Literary World of Japan & Korea 📚

theravenkingx Host

14 participants (43 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

14 participants (43 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
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop #2

Satoshi Yagisawa with Susan Momoko Hingley (Narrator)

5 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2011 (editions) user-added

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

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop #2

Satoshi Yagisawa with Susan Momoko Hingley (Narrator)

5 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2011 user-added

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop #1

Satoshi Yagisawa with Susan Momoko Hingley (Narrator), Eric Ozawa (Translator)

4 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop #1

Satoshi Yagisawa with Susan Momoko Hingley (Narrator), Eric Ozawa (Translator)

4 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2010

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Strangers by Taichi Yamada

Strangers
Taichi Yamada with Wayne P. Lammers (Translator)

208 pages • paperback • 1987 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction horror dark mysterious medium-paced

Strangers by Taichi Yamada

Strangers

Taichi Yamada with Wayne P. Lammers (Translator)

208 pages • paperback • 1987

fiction horror dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction horror dark mysterious medium-paced

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai with Donald Keene (Translator)

177 pages • paperback • 1948 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai with Donald Keene (Translator)

177 pages • paperback • 1948

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

Tokyo Ueno Station
Yu Miri with Morgan Giles (Translator)

130 pages • digital • 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

Tokyo Ueno Station

Yu Miri with Morgan Giles (Translator)

130 pages • digital • 2014

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Diving Pool by Yōko Ogawa

The Diving Pool
Yōko Ogawa with Stephen Snyder (Translator)

176 pages • paperback • 1990 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

The Diving Pool by Yōko Ogawa

The Diving Pool

Yōko Ogawa with Stephen Snyder (Translator)

176 pages • paperback • 1990

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before We Forget Kindness
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #5

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

202 pages • hardcover • 2023 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad fast-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before We Forget Kindness

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #5

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

202 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad fast-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Tales from the Café
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

208 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Tales from the Café

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

208 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before Your Memory Fades
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #3

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

315 pages • hardcover • 2018 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before Your Memory Fades

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #3

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

315 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before We Say Goodbye
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #4

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before We Say Goodbye

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #4

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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