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Japanese Literature (Fiction)

Here is a list of Japanese fiction, mostly in the form of the novel and mostly reserved in the modern times. How many have you read?
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Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto
Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto
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I Am a Cat (Natsume Sōseki)
I Am a Cat
2
Natsume Sōseki
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
3
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
4
Yasunari Kawabata
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
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Natsume Soseki
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
6
Haruki Murakami
The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yoko Ogawa
The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yoko Ogawa
7
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
8
Haruki Murakami
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
9
Sayaka Murata
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters
10
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
11
Murasaki Shikibu
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
12
Yukio Mishima
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
13
Haruki Murakami
Out - Natsuo Kirino
Out - Natsuo Kirino
14
In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami
In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami
15
Shusaku Endo Silence
Shusaku Endo Silence
16
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
17
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
18
Yukio Mishima
Almost Transparent Blue
Almost Transparent Blue
19
No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human
20
Osamu Dazai
Spring Snow (Yukio Mishima)
Spring Snow
21
Yukio Mishima
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
22
Kobo Abe
Coin Locker Babies (Ryū Murakami)
Coin Locker Babies
23
Ryū Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
24
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
25
Haruki Murakami
The Sound of Waves (Yukio Mishima)
The Sound of Waves
26
Yukio Mishima
Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
Confessions of a Mask
27
Yukio Mishima
Thousand Cranes (Yasunari Kawabata)
Thousand Cranes
28
Yasunari Kawabata
All She Was Worth (Miyuki Miyabe)
All She Was Worth
29
Miyuki Miyabe
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase
30
Haruki Murakami
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
31
Haruki Murakami
Dance Dance Dance (Haruki Murakami)
Dance Dance Dance
32
Haruki Murakami
Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa)
Musashi
33
Eiji Yoshikawa
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
34
Sei Shonagon
The Memory Police (Yōko Ogawa)
The Memory Police
35
Yōko Ogawa
The Old Capital (Yasunari Kawabata)
The Old Capital
36
Yasunari Kawabata
Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
37
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Sputnik Sweetheart (Haruki Murakami)
Sputnik Sweetheart
38
Haruki Murakami
Botchan (Natsume Sōseki)
Botchan
39
Natsume Sōseki
Tokyo Ueno Station (Miri Yu)
Tokyo Ueno Station
40
Miri Yu
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