New Japanese Fiction

“An exhilaratingly weird and funny Japanese novel about a long-term convenience store employee. Unsettling and totally unpredictable—my copy is now heavily underlined.” —Sally Rooney, The Guardian Selling over a million copies in Japan and named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker...

From the award-winning author of Flux comes “an endearing novel about second chances” (The Washington Post), with wise insights into love, family, and the art of sushi. “Wise and poignant [with] mouthwatering descriptions of food . . . I Leave It Up to You is about finding—or...

The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba—the narrator of No Longer Human at a younger age—is being kept after a failed suicide attempt. While he is convalescing, his friends and family visit him, and other patients and nurses drift in and out of his room. Against this dispiriting backdrop, everyone tries to maintain a lighthearted, even clownish atmosphere: playing cards, smoking cigarettes, vying for attention, cracking jokes, and trying to make each other laugh.

The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel. After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit...

Nikko: As the “Handler” my duty was to protect, not fall for the captives. Margo shattered those rules. Now, she’s trapped in my world of carnal iniquity, her horror-stricken eyes haunting me. My first assignment since disgracing the Yakuza-either a test or punishment. Margo’s sorrow awakened sentiments thought long dead and buried. I never expected to be uncontrollably enamored by her. Extracting her would ensure certain death, but her enchantment compelled me to undertake this hazardous mission. Risk it all to escape this hell and the darkness within myself. Saving her might be my...

When the War Came Here A gripping tale of courage, friendship, and resilience set against the backdrop of World War II in New Zealand. Its 1942 and thirteen-year-old Gloria's peaceful life in coastal New Zealand is upended when the realities of World War II arrive on her doorstep. As she discovers a Japanese reconnaissance force in her homeland, she is thrust into a world of uncertainty and fear. Managing to escape their clutches, when her best friend Elizabeth is captured, Gloria must summon unprecedented bravery to confront the dangers that lie ahead. Gloria encounters the complexities of...

A treacherous murder rattles the Japanese embassy in London. The in-house secret service agent turns to Sherlock Holmes for help in quickly solving the case before it provokes a diplomatic crisis.

A treacherous murder rattles the Japanese embassy in London. The in-house secret service agent turns to Sherlock Holmes for help in quickly solving the case before it provokes a diplomatic crisis.

A treacherous murder rattles the Japanese embassy in London. The in-house secret service agent turns to Sherlock Holmes for help in quickly solving the case before it provokes a diplomatic crisis.

A treacherous murder rattles the Japanese embassy in London. The in-house secret service agent turns to Sherlock Holmes for help in quickly solving the case before it provokes a diplomatic crisis.

“If the legendary Schindler’s List was not enough to showcase Thomas Keneally’s literary mastery, then [this novel] surely will” (New York Daily News) as the Booker Prize-winning author reimagines from all sides the drastic true events of the night more than one thousand Japanese POWs...

'A harrowing, off-beat novella about the ways in which young teenagers process trauma -- think MY DARK VANESSA meets EARTHLINGS. A truly unique gut-punch of a read' Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller 'The Crustacean isn't a novel, it's an obsession . . . I would kill and die for this...

Within the premises of the Japanese Consulate in London a perfidious assasination came to pass. In order to avoid diplomatic affairs and to quickly solve this murder the responsible intelligence officer turns to Sherlock Holmes.

A World War II love story for the ages. . . The kind of book that you think about afterward. . .They [hero/heroine] grip your heart and make you weep.—In Print It is definitely one for the keeper shelf.—Margaret Lawrence I highly recommend It Had to Be You for an all-consuming and powerful love story.—Romance Communications Reviews* Best Mainstream Novel – Golden Triangle* Runner-up Best Mainstream Novel – Book of Your Heart* Runner-up Best Historical – Now and Then* Runner-up Best Historical – Show Me More* under various previous titles* *** The time is 1937. Journalist ...

Within the premises of the Japanese Consulate in London a perfidious assasination came to pass. In order to avoid diplomatic affairs and to quickly solve this murder the responsible intelligence officer turns to Sherlock Holmes.

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