Title↕ | Author↕ | Year↕ | Genre↕ | Author Nobel Winner↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Tale of Genji | Murasaki Shikibu | 1021 | Classical Novel | No |
Snow Country | Yasunari Kawabata | 1948 | Literary Novel | Yes |
Thousand Cranes | Yasunari Kawabata | 1952 | Literary Novel | Yes |
The Sound of the Mountain | Yasunari Kawabata | 1954 | Literary Novel | Yes |
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion | Yukio Mishima | 1956 | Literary Novel | No |
The Sea of Fertility | Yukio Mishima | 1970 | Tetralogy | No |
Confessions of a Mask | Yukio Mishima | 1949 | Autobiographical Novel | No |
The Makioka Sisters | Junichiro Tanizaki | 1948 | Family Saga | No |
Some Prefer Nettles | Junichiro Tanizaki | 1929 | Literary Novel | No |
The Key | Junichiro Tanizaki | 1956 | Literary Novel | No |
Norwegian Wood | Haruki Murakami | 1987 | Romance | No |
Kafka on the Shore | Haruki Murakami | 2002 | Magical Realism | No |
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle | Haruki Murakami | 1995 | Magical Realism | No |
1Q84 | Haruki Murakami | 2009 | Speculative Fiction | No |
Botchan | Natsume Soseki | 1906 | Satire | No |
Kokoro | Natsume Soseki | 1914 | Literary Novel | No |
I Am a Cat | Natsume Soseki | 1906 | Satire | No |
No Longer Human | Osamu Dazai | 1948 | Literary Novel | No |
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai | 1947 | Literary Novel | No |
Silence | Shusaku Endo | 1966 | Historical Novel | No |
Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata | 2016 | Literary Novel | No |
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