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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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Kokin Wakashu
Kokin Wakashu
41
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
42
Natsume Soseki
Konjaku Monogatarishu
Konjaku Monogatarishu
43
The Lake (Yasunari Kawabata)
The Lake
44
Yasunari Kawabata
Lone Wolf and Cub: Volume One (Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Volume One
45
Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
46
Junichiro Tanizaki
Manyoshu
Manyoshu
47
The Master of Go Yasunari Kawabata
The Master of Go Yasunari Kawabata
48
Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa
Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa
49
N.P. - Banana Yoshimoto
N.P. - Banana Yoshimoto
50
Naomi - Junichiro Tanizaki
Naomi - Junichiro Tanizaki
51
Nausicaa (Hayao Miyazaki)
Nausicaa
52
Hayao Miyazaki
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
53
Kazuo Ishiguro
Nihon Shoki (Various)
Nihon Shoki
54
Various
No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human
55
Osamu Dazai
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
56
Haruki Murakami
One Piece (Eiichiro Oda)
One Piece
57
Eiichiro Oda
One Punch Man Vol.1 (One)
One Punch Man Vol.1
58
One
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
59
Natsuo Kirino
A Personal Matter - Kenzaburo Oe
A Personal Matter - Kenzaburo Oe
60
Phoenix
Phoenix
61
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
62
Sei Shonagon
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories - Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories - Ryunosuke Akutagawa
63
Real World - Natsuo Kirino
Real World - Natsuo Kirino
64
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
65
Kazuo Ishiguro
Ring - Koji Suzuki
Ring - Koji Suzuki
66
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
67
Yukio Mishima
Seven Japanese Tales (Junichiro Tanizaki)
Seven Japanese Tales
68
Junichiro Tanizaki
Shinkokinshu (Various)
Shinkokinshu
69
Various
Silence (Shūsaku Endō)
Silence
70
Shūsaku Endō
Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata
71
The Sound of the Mountain (Yasunari Kawabata)
The Sound of the Mountain
72
Yasunari Kawabata
The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Sam Hamill)
The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets
73
Sam Hamill
The Sound of Waves - Yukio Mishima
The Sound of Waves - Yukio Mishima
74
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
75
Sputnik Sweetheart (Haruki Murakami)
Sputnik Sweetheart
76
Haruki Murakami
Takekurabe
Takekurabe
77
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
78
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
79
Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of the Heike
The Tale of the Heike
80
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