Recs if you like Record of a Night Too Brief...

Japanese Akutagawa Literary Award Winners that have been translated into English. For the full list of recipients, see the Bungakushinko website or Wikipedia (links in comment).

weird. strange. off putting. confusing. despite this you cannot put these books down.

The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 'aims to address the gender imbalance in translated literature' and is open to works of fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction, and fiction for children or young adults. Only works written by a woman (original authors, not the translators) are eligible. All works longlisted since the prize began in 2017 are collected on this list.

books who have the same style of covers; featuring bright hot or neon pink🩷 with neon yellow💛!

sadly, the default pagebound editions might not be the correct ones so you’ll have to look through the available editions. pagebound please let us choose</3

open to recs!

Japanese literary fiction by prestigious authors who have proved themselves through the Akutagawa and Naoki prizes. I've included significant historical fiction as well.

japanese literature written by women

If you need to read books that feel like a warm hug, this is for you!

100 short books for when you need to break a reading slump or reach a reading goal.

Appreciation list for book covers! PS: I have had this collection for a long time on another platform, and decided to share it here. However, if this content is not permitted, I will gladly remove it. :D