Recs if you like The Forest of Wool and Steel...

Winners and nominees of the Japan Booksellers’ Award (Honya Taisho) translated into English

*Not listed in year or sequence

My favorite Japanese literature translated into English. I use the term literature very broadly here--it's not genre specific. This list includes some manga; I've only listed the first volume for each series.

I've got lots more Japanese lit on my TBR, so I'll continue to update as I find new favorites that I'd like to recommend. ✌️😁

every month, são paulo's public library creates a 10 book list based on a different country, here are the books of 2026 (january = france, february = england, march = italy, april = south korea, may = portugal, june = russia, july = usa, august = nigeria)