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Goodreads "Best Japanese Books"

This is a timely update and much longer version of a 2015 challenge posted by Lucas Garibaldi. The works provide insights into Japanese culture and history over several centuries.
Note: By Goodreads' inclusion criteria the list incorporates works by Nobel Prize winners Yasunari Kawabata & Kenzaburō Ōe but not those of Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
1
Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
2
Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
3
Haruki Murakami
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
4
Koushun Takami
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
5
Haruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
6
Haruki Murakami
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
7
Natsuo Kirino
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
8
Banana Yoshimoto
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
9
Haruki Murakami
Sputnik Sweetheart (Haruki Murakami)
Sputnik Sweetheart
10
Haruki Murakami
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase
11
Haruki Murakami
South of the Border West of the Sun (Haruki Murakami)
South of the Border West of the Sun
12
Haruki Murakami
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
13
Kobo Abe
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
14
Yasunari Kawabata
Dance Dance Dance (Haruki Murakami)
Dance Dance Dance
15
Haruki Murakami
Kokoro (Natsume Sōseki)
Kokoro
16
Natsume Sōseki
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
17
Murasaki Shikibu
No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human
18
Osamu Dazai
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
19
Yukio Mishima
Grotesque (Natsuo Kirino)
Grotesque
20
Natsuo Kirino
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
21
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
22
Yoko Ogawa
I Am a Cat (Natsume Sōseki)
I Am a Cat
23
Natsume Sōseki
Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
Confessions of a Mask
24
Yukio Mishima
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
25
Yukio Mishima
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
26
Haruki Murakami
In the Miso Soup (Ryu Murakami)
In the Miso Soup
27
Ryu Murakami
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
28
Haruki Murakami
Spring Snow (Yukio Mishima)
Spring Snow
29
Yukio Mishima
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
30
Haruki Murakami
Thousand Cranes (Yasunari Kawabata)
Thousand Cranes
31
Yasunari Kawabata
Silence (Shusaku Endo)
Silence
32
Shusaku Endo
Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa)
Musashi
33
Eiji Yoshikawa
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
34
Junichiro Tanizaki
The Devotion of Suspect X (Keigo Higashino)
The Devotion of Suspect X
35
Keigo Higashino
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
36
Sei Shonagon
A Personal Matter (Kenzaburō Ōe)
A Personal Matter
37
Kenzaburō Ōe
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
38
Koji Suzuki
Beauty and Sadness (Yasunari Kawabata)
Beauty and Sadness
39
Yasunari Kawabata
Goodbye Tsugumi (Banana Yoshimoto)
Goodbye Tsugumi
40
Banana Yoshimoto
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