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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 (Haruki Murakami)
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Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
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Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
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1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
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Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
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Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
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After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
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Sputnik Sweetheart (Haruki Murakami)
Sputnik Sweetheart (Haruki Murakami)
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A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
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South of the Border West of the Sun (Haruki Murakami)
South of the Border West of the Sun (Haruki Murakami)
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The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
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Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
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Dance Dance Dance (Haruki Murakami)
Dance Dance Dance (Haruki Murakami)
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Kokoro (Natsume Sōseki)
Kokoro (Natsume Sōseki)
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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
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No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
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The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
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Grotesque (Natsuo Kirino)
Grotesque (Natsuo Kirino)
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Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
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The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
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I Am a Cat (Natsume Sōseki)
I Am a Cat (Natsume Sōseki)
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Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
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In the Miso Soup (Ryu Murakami)
In the Miso Soup (Ryu Murakami)
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami)
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Spring Snow (Yukio Mishima)
Spring Snow (Yukio Mishima)
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After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
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Thousand Cranes (Yasunari Kawabata)
Thousand Cranes (Yasunari Kawabata)
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Silence (Shusaku Endo)
Silence (Shusaku Endo)
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Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa)
Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa)
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The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
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The Devotion of Suspect X (Keigo Higashino)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Keigo Higashino)
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The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
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A Personal Matter (Kenzaburō Ōe)
A Personal Matter (Kenzaburō Ōe)
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Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
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Beauty and Sadness (Yasunari Kawabata)
Beauty and Sadness (Yasunari Kawabata)
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Goodbye Tsugumi (Banana Yoshimoto)
Goodbye Tsugumi (Banana Yoshimoto)
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