East Asia

Translated by Anton Hur Nothing can stop the Empire's insatiable conquest. Not gods, not dragons, not armies. But heroes still rise. The Empire continues to enforce its so-called peace with...

Translated by Jordan Taylor THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM JAPAN. HALF A MILLION COPIES AND TRANSLATED INTO 20 LANGUAGES Welcome back to the Full Moon Coffee Shop. What do you...

Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori  The heartbreaking story of two orphans fighting for survival at the end of World War Two, published in English for the first time. In the...

Translated by Bruce Fulton & Ju-Chan Fulton A selection of the best short stories by Oh Jung-hee, one of South Korea's most influential writersIn this emblematic selection of her stories,...

Shogun meets Sherlock Holmes! Over 24 million copies have been sold of this beloved samurai adventure It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai; half a...

A thrillingly dark novel from 'Japan's Agatha Christie' (Sunday Times)While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart...

Translated by Jesse Kirkwood The award-winning, bestselling Japanese phenomenon. A propulsive, prophetic novel about the beauty of language and the nature of identity in the age of AI.Welcome to the...

Translated by Clare Richards Letters have been here all along, quietly influencing countless people in profound ways. They encourage, they bring happiness, while to some they even provide the will...

53 Ways to Get Closer to Books Translated by Shanna Tan From the internationally bestselling author of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop comes a warm and reflective collection of essays about reading,...

Translated by Polly Barton Piercing, inventive, and darkly humorous, the fifty-two stories in Aoko Matsuda's The Woman Dies explore the persistent and pervasive sexism faced by women in modern-day Japan.The...

 The collected stories of Cixin Liu, international bestselling author of The Three-Body Problem. From cosmological horror to wry satire, from first contact to the end of everything, these 32 stories explore...

Translated by Bryan Karetnyk Tokyo, 1947.The Pink Labyrinth is one of the bomb-scarred city's most shady neighbourhoods. There, in the dead of night a patrolling policeman catches a young Buddhist...

The two phenomenal international bestsellers now in one beautiful, foiled gift editionA beautiful, collectable hardback that brings together Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop in one volume.A young...

Cosy crime meets Before the Coffee Gets Cold in Masateru Konishi’s poignant and enchanting debut novel, My Grandfather, the Master Detective – a Japanese The Thursday Murder Club. There used to be a cafe called...

Translated by Yuka Maeno There is a small cafe in Tokyo where something unusual is brewing... Twenty-nine-year-old Momoko has been tragically dumped. She thought she and her boyfriend were in...

Translated by Shanna Tan A heartwarming bestselling Korean novel about the power of books to heal, as a woman leaves her busy life in Seoul to open a bookshop cafe...

Discover Haruki Murakami's first two novels.Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami's two first novels - here they are together in one edition.Now I think it's time to tell my...

The haunting, enigmatic love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar in Japan, and is his bestselling title throughout the worldAutumn 1969, and soon I would be 20.When he...

Haruki Murakami's third novel, A Wild Sheep Chase is the mystery hybrid which completes the odyssey begun in Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973.The man was leading an aimless life, time passing, one big...

'What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real' A lavishly illustrated edition of Murakami's classic short story.Katagiri found a giant frog waiting for him in his apartment. It...

Translated by Anton Hur From the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, comes a new novel-in-ghost-stories, set in a mysterious research centre...

Translated by Clare Richards The charming Korean bestseller which highlights how resting and 'being lazy' shouldn't be seen as a weakness but as an important part of recharging. Lying on...

The Menu of Happiness, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the third book in the bestselling, delightful Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Nostalgic and...

From the internationally bestselling author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo café where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday...

Translated by Nick Bradley Discover the original Japanese Cat classic, now in a vibrant new translation by Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and the City.'I am a Cat. But I...

The highly anticipated new novel - The Kokoro Clinic for the Soul reopens in this delightful follow-up to the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel We'll Prescribe You a Cat for fans of The Travelling...

A charming fable-like novel in translation about half-fox shopkeeper Kogetsu, who learns life and emotional lessons through his interactions with the customers in his shop . . . For fans...

Translated by Margaret Mitsutani **Winner of The Yomiuri Prize for Literature, 2012** The Japanese novel comes of age in this gripping story of love, art and life as a group...

Translated by Erik Lofgren 1,000 haiku by Soseki Natsume, collected into one volume for the first time! Sōseki Natsume is Japan's most popular writer, well known in the West for...

Twenty-two Short Stories by Japan's Master Storyteller Translated by Richard Medhurst Akutagawa displays an insightful and keenly creative intelligence in prose so lucid its sophistication is hardly visible.' Chris Power, The Guardian...

Translated from the Chinese by Josh Stenberg **Shortlisted, NSW Literary Awards 2025, Translation Prize** In these self-mocking poems - populated with youths and elders, cellphones and televisions - Jiang Tao...

Records of Ancient Matters The classic story of Japan's origins—now in a fully revised and reader-friendly edition. The Kojiki is Japan's oldest surviving text, chronicling the mythical creation of the...

The Japanese secret to a long and happy life 'A joyful exploration of Japanese philosophy on food, home, and family - rich with practical insights for newcomers and longtime admirers...

'The Crustacean isn't a novel, it's an obsession . . . I would kill and die for this book' ALISSA NUTTING, author of Tampa The year's most spiky and powerful novella "When...

Translated from the Japanese by Yui Kajita The perfect cosy read for 2025 - cats and food come together as the seasons change Meet Chimaki and Norimaki - two young...

Translated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell Can two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love? The Japanese bestseller that kicked off a seven-book...

WHO IS THE BIGGEST VILLAIN IN YOUR OFFICE? A gripping and incisive psychological drama from the internationally bestselling author of DallerGut Dream Department Store Eight unsuspecting people receive an invitation to...

WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE In the summer of 2020, as Germany slowly emerges from lockdown, a young Japanese woman studying in Gottingen waits at the train station to meet...

Translated by Shanna Tan Your next summer read! The feel-good Korean bestseller about small-town life and chosen family. FROM THE TRANSLATOR OF WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP AND MARIGOLD MIND LAUNDRY. 'When will...

Translated by Chi-Young Kim An award-winning and movingly introspective exploration of life, art and love from South Korea 'If you wanted to end your life instantly, perfectly, you needed practice...

'Tawada's strange, exquisite book toys with ideas of language, identity and what it means to own someone else's story or one's own' The New Yorker on Tawada's Memoirs of a Polar Bear Are you formed...

A Novel Full of Opportunity Translated by Takami Nieda Combining the whimsy and possibility of The Midnight Library with the mystery and revelatory power of The Secret, Come along for...

Translated by Jim Rion A Japanese mystery bestseller, revolving around a series of unsettling floorplans, in which the reader is the detective - from the Youtube sensation Uketsu A sinister...

Translated by Allison Markin Powell Over the course of his life, Mr Nishino falls hopelessly in love again and again. One woman is a colleague, another a chance encounter; one...

Translated by Allison Markin Powell From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a story of treasure hoarders, bargain hunters and would-be lovers Among the jumble of...

Translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda Vibrating with the injustices of class and gender, tradition and power, Swallows is an acerbic, witty vision of contemporary Japan by Natsuo Kirino, acclaimed author of...

Translated by Jeremy Tiang A provincial ambulance drives through the night in search of a hospital, a fifth-rate actor goes method as a hitman on a sweltering rooftop, a legendary...

Translated by Gene Png A bestseller in Korea, a biting, fast-paced vampire murder mystery exploring queer love and the consequences of loneliness. When four isolated elderly people die back-to-back at...

Translated by Todd Foley A story of love, blood and dreams, set in early 20th century China In the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksRazor-sharp, pugnacious and blackly funny, Wang Xiaobo's essays established him as one of China's most popular - and subversive - writers. From...