Recs if you like Tokyo Ueno Station...

Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.

Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.

as we approach the end of the year, i thought of compiling a collection of short audiobooks for anyone trying to sneak more books onto their read list or for those trying to complete reading challenges! best of luck! 🌟

a collection of inventive, incisive, and invigorating works of contemporary and speculative fiction by women writers of East Asia and its diaspora.

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.

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

japanese books i've read or been meaning to read

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

all longlisted books from 2018-2026

A list with ALL longlisted titles from the National Book Award for Translated Literature (USA) and the International Booker prize (UK) .

Updated once new nominees are announced.

Currently updated with: • NBA 2018-2025 • International Booker 2016-2026

every book published in the UK by tilted axis press, a publishing house focusing on contemporary asian literature. collecting all their publications for my own reference

Short novels can sometimes be overlooked by readers who usually go for content that will leave them thinking. Usually, only books that are exceptionally long or are known as classics can leave a reader reeling for hours after. However, in around 200 pages or less, these authors have composed multiple or a single story that cause you to question the way things are in the world in comparison to how they could be.

japanese literature written by women

graphic design is my passion

books from outside of the us that have taken home the gold (ideally in translation)

some of the books selected are from authors who were overall recognized

Please note that this is by no means a fully comprehensive list. This is a start in a journey to try to read more globally, and I would love to hear your translated literature recommendations

japanese and korean

At times comforting, at times dark and whimsical.. you can always tell it's Japanese when you start reading it..

Modern and Contemporary Tokyo represented in Japanese Literature.

For series/mangas only the first volume is added.