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10 Japanese Novels Translated Into English

Have you ever thought about checking out some novels that have been translated into English from Japanese? Try these 10 novels from the Land of the Rising Sun, and you might find yourself craving more.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
1
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
2
Yoko Ogawa
I Am a Cat Natsume Soseki
I Am a Cat Natsume Soseki
3
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Hisashi Kashiwai)
The Kamogawa Food Detectives
4
Hisashi Kashiwai
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
5
Banana Yoshimoto
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters
6
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker
IQ84 (Haruki Murakami)
IQ84
7
Haruki Murakami
The Old Capital (Yasunari Kawabata)
The Old Capital
8
Yasunari Kawabata
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (Michiko Aoyama)
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
9
Michiko Aoyama
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
10
Kobo Abe
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