the wonderful niche of Japanese cat books
created by DistinctLonging
last updated June, 2026
Cat + Gamer, Vol. 1
Wataru Nadatani
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1
Umi Sakurai
Mornings Without Mii
Mayumi Inaba
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
Hisashi Kashiwai
Mornings With My Cat Mii
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Oh, Tama!
Mieko Kanai
I Am a Cat
Natsume SĆseki
Cat Town (NYRB Poets)
SakutarĆ Hagiwara
A Cat, a Man, and Two Women: Stories
Jun'ichirĆ Tanizaki
The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)
Mai Mochizuki
The Cat Who Saved Books
SĆsuke Natsukawa
The Blanket Cats
Kiyoshi Shigematsu
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen (Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen, #1)
Yuta Takahashi
The Goodbye Cat
Hiro Arikawa
Kafka on the Shore
The Guest Cat
Takashi Hiraide
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Genki Kawamura
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
She and Her Cat
Makoto Shinkai
Weâll Prescribe You a Cat (Weâll Prescribe You a Cat, #1)
Syou Ishida
Very good cat list if youâre open to suggestions thereâs a couple of manga Iâve read âthe cat from our world and the forgotten witchâ and âthe masterful cat is depressed again todayâ
Would love to see Cat Who Saved the Library on this list! đș
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