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For the first time in English, Osamu Dazai’s hilariously comic and deeply moving prequel to No Longer Human The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba―the...

A woman turns herself into a forest after long being co-opted to serve as the subject of her husband's novels — this surrealist fable challenges traditional gender attitudes and exploitation...

Translated by Rebecca CopelandBased on the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi, The Goddess Chronicle is a fantastical tour de force about ferocious love and bitter revenge.On an island in...

Seven uplifting tales of warm, wise and sarcastic cats set in modern Japan through the changing seasons. The uplifting new Japanese cat novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The...

Translated by Louise Heal KawaiJapan's greatest classic murder mystery, translated into English for the first time.In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the...

A captivating and unexpected collection of two female Japanese poets from the 9th and 10th centuriesHere is a collection of sexy, brief, fleeting poems about love, lust and longing. They...

A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan's greatest crime writers.In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, setting off a chain of bizarre, gruesome murders....

What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant called the Kamogawa Diner run by...

The secret Japanese way to live a happy and long lifeFind out how to live a long and happy life thanks to the ikigai miracle, a Japanese philosophy that helps...

Translated by Sam Malissa Good dad or good assassin? Can he be both? From the internationally bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN. A seemingly ordinary family man tries to juggle his...

A classic Japanese mystery —a pair of sleuths investigate a series of bloody murders in 19th century Tokyo Tokyo, 1869. It is the dawn of the Meiji era in Japan,...

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020, an enthralling Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance from one of Japan's greatest writers.Finalist for the National Book Award 2019. Longlisted...

A classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Decagon House Murders Every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote, castle-like Mill House, home...

Translated by Haydn TrowellYūka Ishii’s debut novel The Mud of a Century was a major literary success in Japan where it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.Several days after a once-in-a-century...

THE WAGES OF CYNICISM A battle-tested project leader at PR firm Cyberplan and a slippery bachelor, Sakuma is smug self-regard personified. But when his idea for a mini-theme park is dismissed...

Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal KawaiMinoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built...

Japanese moon astrology and the secrets to finding success, happiness and the favour of the universe'Keiko's method can help people to make their dreams a reality' — Marie Kondo'A life-changing...

A Guide to Mindful LivingBestselling author and Zen priest Ryunosuke Koike teaches us how to reconnect with our five senses and move towards enlightenmentWhat would happen if we learnt to...

The deeply moving new novel from the beloved, internationally bestselling author of Kitchen. I had a melancholy premonition of reaching the end of the road and getting lost inside a...

Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow CountryWith the Second World War...

A hardboiled detective story that combines the narrative suspense of Chandler with the psychological suspense of DostoevskyMr Nemuro, a respected salesman, disappeared over half a year ago, but only now...

This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956. Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects...

Translated by Emily Balistrieri *SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE* An unfulfilled college student hurtles through four parallel realities to explore the what-might've-been and the what-should-never-be in this Groundhog Day...

In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During...

Translated by Deborah BoehmA classic Japanese murder mystery set in post-war Tokyo and steeped in the illicit subculture of Yakuza tattoos.Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered...

Translated by Jeffrey AnglesWinner of the Sakutaro Hagiwara Prize and the MurasakiShikibu PrizeIntroducing Hiromi Ito, an award-winning Japanese author who has been compared to Haruki Murakami and Yoko Tawada.The first...

Translated by Alan TurneyIn The Three-Cornered World, an artist leaves city life to wander in the mountains on a quest to stimulate his artistic endeavors. When he finds himself staying...

Translated by Bryan Karetnyk Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the sixteenth century eight samurai, who had...

NAGOMI is the Japanese ideology that advocates embracing everything life throws at us so we can live peacefully and harmoniously. There is no translation for the word nagomi in the...

Clever, bewildering and darkly comic, The Woman in the Purple Skirt is the story of two women whose lives are set to become terribly entwined.I suppose what I'm trying to...

Translated by Polly BartonConvenience Store Woman meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this strange, compelling, darkly funny tale of one woman's search for meaning in the modern workplaceA...

Translated by Ginny Takemori and Ian MacDonaldThis prize-winning Japanese author offers stories haunted by history.'If we want to understand what has been lost to time, there is no way other...

Translated by Sam MalissaTHEIR MISSION IS MURDER. HIS IS REVENGE. A propulsive new thriller from the bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN.SUZUKI IS JUST AN ORDINARY MATHS TEACHER...UNTIL HIS WIFE IS...

An immeasurably influential female voice in post-war Japanese literature, Kono writes with a strange and disorienting beauty: her tales are marked by disquieting scenes, her characters all teetering on the...

The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a manga editor, manga creators, art, and the rhythm of life these days. After 30 years as...

Translated by Haydn TrowellA dream-like, emotionally charged tale by a bold new voice in Japanese fiction.Natsuko's husband Taichi was forced to stop working eight years ago by the sudden onset...

The second volume of legendary animation director Hayao Miyazaki’s career memoir continues with essays, interviews, and discussions about some of his most popular films, including Spirited Away and Ponyo.In the...

Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism that turned an average Monday morning into a national disasterIn spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left...

A new omnibus collecting volumes four, five and six of the Vampire Hunter D horror novel series!The hunt continues in the bizarre far future of 12,090 A.D, where the immortal...

A “best of” collection of creepy tales from Eisner award winner and legendary horror master Junji Ito.This striking collection presents the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito’s career, featuring...

Translated by David BoydFish-breeding and weasel infestations punctuate this disarming, strange and strangely resonant story of one man's journey toward impending fatherhood, from an award-winning Japanese novelist.Two friends meet across...

Translated by Alison Watts THE BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVEL For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this soul-stirring Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation...

A diary of my sexual awakening...at thirty-three?!!Asuka is neither a woman nor a man — they're X-gender (a non-binary identity)-and they've realized they like women! Okay, now what? Adult films...

The Japanese art of meditative gardeningSpring, summer, autumn, and winter — wherever you are, the seasons come and go, bringing changes both welcome and unexpected.Japanese by birth, but transplanted to...