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Must-Read Japanese Books

Dating back to the classical periods (while Europe was still in the Dark Ages), Japanese books have brought about global revolutions in poetry, animation, and, of course, the invention of the novel.
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1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
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Haruki Murakami
20th Century Boys
20th Century Boys
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After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
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Haruki Murakami
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Akira
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Katsuhiro Otomo
Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
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Amrita - Banana Yoshimoto
Amrita - Banana Yoshimoto
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Appleseed Book 1: The Promethean Challenge (Masamune Shirow)
Appleseed Book 1: The Promethean Challenge
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Masamune Shirow
Asleep - Banana Yoshimoto
Asleep - Banana Yoshimoto
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Astro Boy (Mighty Atom) (Osamu Tezuka)
Astro Boy (Mighty Atom)
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Osamu Tezuka
Attack on Titan (Hajime Isayama)
Attack on Titan
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Hajime Isayama
Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
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Beauty and Sadness - Yasunari Kawabata
Beauty and Sadness - Yasunari Kawabata
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Berserk (Kentaro Miura)
Berserk
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Kentaro Miura
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - Ryu Murakami
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - Ryu Murakami
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Botchan - Soseki Natsume
Botchan - Soseki Natsume
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The Box Man (Kobo Abe)
The Box Man
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Kobo Abe
Coin Locker Babies - Ryu Murakami
Coin Locker Babies - Ryu Murakami
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
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Haruki Murakami
Confessions of a Mask - Yukio Mishima
Confessions of a Mask - Yukio Mishima
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Dance Dance Dance - Haruki Murakami
Dance Dance Dance - Haruki Murakami
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A Dark Night's Passing
A Dark Night's Passing
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Death in Midsummer and Other Stories (Yukio Mishima)
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
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Yukio Mishima
Death Note (Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba)
Death Note
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Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba
The Diving Pool (Yoko Ogawa)
The Diving Pool
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Yoko Ogawa
The Doctor's Wife (Sawako Ariyoshi)
The Doctor's Wife
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Sawako Ariyoshi
Dragon Ball (Akira Toriyama)
Dragon Ball
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Akira Toriyama
Dragon Ball Z (Akira Toriyama)
Dragon Ball Z
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Akira Toriyama
The Face of Another (Kobo Abe)
The Face of Another
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Kobo Abe
Fires on the Plain
Fires on the Plain
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Geisha, a Life (Mineko Iwasaki)
Geisha, a Life
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Mineko Iwasaki
Ghost in the Shell (Manga) (Masamune Shirow)
Ghost in the Shell (Manga)
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Masamune Shirow
Goodbye Tsugumi - Banana Yoshimoto
Goodbye Tsugumi - Banana Yoshimoto
32
Grotesque (Natsuo Kirino)
Grotesque
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Natsuo Kirino
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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Haruki Murakami
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
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Yoko Ogawa
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat
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In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami
In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami
37
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
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Haruki Murakami
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
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Banana Yoshimoto
The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters (Ō No Yasumaro)
The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters
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Ō No Yasumaro
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