Recs if you like The Convenience Store by the Sea...

books that transport you into gentle adventures and charming worlds (with a side of life-altering epiphanies and self discoveries)

癒し系 | "healing" fiction | a genre of gentle, slice-of-life stories that focus on comfort and emotional restoration from ordinary human troubles, often featuring whimsical elements. This list will focus on works of Japanese and Korean literature, rather than manga or illustrative media, that fall into this genre.

A list of cozy fiction for when the world is heavy and the Book Club book is too much.

Books are cozy based on other lists or cute-munity reccs. Your milage may vary.

books that feel like watching a studio ghibli film 🌱 ₊˚✧ ﾟ.

Literature that features cats, coffee shops, food, books, and sometimes a bit of magic. Cozy and healing.

An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.

Mostly Asian healing books about comforting stores that can help people heal

Essential Japanese novels and short fiction, past and present.

Some gems, some disasters... All selected for the cover. Contents may vary. Read at your own risk. ... *NB: There are different editions out there, but these are specifically the ones available here. ... Most of these I've seen in the book store. I've not read all of these but hopefully will one day. Recommendations are welcome.

A shelf of tiny wonders from Japan and Korea. Moonlit book nooks, sleepy towns, lantern-lit evenings, silver rain, and tender stories that offer comfort. Small in length, but rich in extraordinary hidden moments of everyday life.

Cats, coffee, melancholy, warm food and lots of emotions!

Mostly Korean and Japanese translated works that have that cozy, slice of life vibes.

also known as "cozy fiction", heartwarming, comforting stories focusing on everyday life, most well known examples would be Before The Coffee Gets Gold or Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

japanese books i've read or been meaning to read

A list to help those who aspire to read from authors outside the typical areas. I will be creating different list for different regions. I will also list the countries currently found in the list. Be sure to check out the other lists! Note: The countries are not perfect as some countries are classified differently, so I did my best.

Current Countries: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan

This is my Japanese literature list: Little Japan. Most of these books sit on my bookshelf in my little corner of the world. Enjoy!

low-key existential, high-key japanese. the likes of toshikazu kawaguchi and michiko aoyama. food for thought, for the soul, will most likely teach you about hope (and cats).

magic realism with a hint of real-life hardships making you appreciate life a little better