Japan and World-Fiction & History
Explore the best fiction and history books about Japan and the world. Discover captivating stories and historical accounts that bring Japan's rich culture and global connections to life.
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Shipwrecks
by Akira Yoshimura
"A thrilling tale of murder and retribution set on the wild seacoast of medieval Japan"--Cover.
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The Forty-seven Ronin Story
by John Allyn
Japan underwent tumultuous changes in the eighteenth century. The merchant class was rising in power, and the privileges of the professional warriors, or "samurai", were …
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Musashi
by 吉川英治
Musashi Miyamoto fights in 1600 for the losing side of the battle at Sekigahara when the Tokugawa Shogunate begins its reign.
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Nine Parts of Desire
by Geraldine Brooks
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize winning author presents the stories of a wide range of Muslim women in the Middle East. As an Australian American …
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Gates of Fire
by Steven Pressfield
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared …
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Across the Nightingale Floor
by Lian Hearn
In a novel set in ancient Japan, a young boy named Takeo becomes a pawn in the ceaseless wars between rival warlord clans in a …
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The Rape of Nanking
by Iris Chang
Attempts to analyze the degree to which the Japanese imperial government and its militaristic culture fostered in the Japanese soldier a total disregard for human …
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Hiroshima Diary
by Michihiko Hachiya
Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
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The Source
by James Albert Michener
In this compelling novel, Michener sweeps readers back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago, to experience the …
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Shinju
by Laura Joh Rowland
When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju, or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the culprit was forbidden …
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Johnny Got His Gun
by Dalton Trumbo
A powerful narrative which exposes the brutalities and useless suffering caused by war.
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Kill the Shogun
by Dale Furutani
Matsuyama Kaze, a samurai on a quest to rescue his murdered lord's kidnapped daughter, is caught in a plot to kill the shogun.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most …