any recs for japanese fiction in translation? examples of books i’ve read and loved: breasts and eggs, convenience store woman, before the coffee gets cold, memory police - ThreadSky

triketora.com • 96 days ago

any recs for japanese fiction in translation? examples of books i’ve read and loved: breasts and eggs, convenience store woman, before the coffee gets cold, memory police

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mariaa.bsky.social•96 days ago

I read "Nails and Eyes" by Kaori Fujino over the summer. It was very scary and good!

dadsdad.bsky.social•96 days ago

Norwegian Wood is an ethereal classic

dacevedo.bsky.social•96 days ago

I like Haruki Murakamki’s stuff but I also recommend police fiction but I can’t remember any of those of the top of my head.

robinmcgill.bsky.social•96 days ago

What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama is a really calm slow book of somewhat connected short stories

taispy.bsky.social•96 days ago

Seconding this — I loved it!

triketora.com•92 days ago

started reading your rec, delighted to recognize and have read “how do worms work” which is referenced here!!

robinmcgill.bsky.social•92 days ago

Nice! I’ll put that on my to read list :)

treyg.dev•96 days ago

Have you read "I am a cat"?

triketora.com•95 days ago

i have not but i already love the title

hua1972.bsky.social•96 days ago

You might like Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

triketora.com•96 days ago

i liked it but not as much as some of his other work!

hua1972.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yeah, the bar for him is high😀 I enjoyed Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki, though not an easy book to read for me.

triketora.com•96 days ago

i’m halfway through butter and really enjoying it

simyan.bsky.social•90 days ago

Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada was a fun read! It has a very relaxed vibe to it

navinvembar.bsky.social•96 days ago

Earthlings by Murata is also excellent. Really liked Out by Kirino and The Lady Joker books, but they do not have the… out-there-ness of Murata’s books, but they are great crime stories.

triketora.com•96 days ago

i didn’t like earthlings very much, felt a little too weird but i’ll try the others you recommend!

code-kobold.bsky.social•96 days ago

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa. Caveat I have not finished it, I'm halfway through, but a lot of ppl who liked convenience store women like this one. It's actually really sweet so far, I should really finish it when my 🧠 decides it can tolerate reading a book again 🫠

triketora.com•96 days ago

i read it but didn’t love it as much as convenience store woman!

code-kobold.bsky.social•96 days ago

That's totally fair I really need to read Convenience store woman all my book friends love it ❤️