Japan 88 books by Daren

#15

Autobiography of a geisha

BySayo Masuda

2 Readers

#19

Blossoms and Shadows

ByLian Hearn

2010 • 7 Readers • 496 pages • 3

#28

All the Right Places

ByBrad Newsham

1989 • 384 pages

#34

A Bridge for Passing

ByPearl S. Buck

1962 • 190 pages

#37

Tales of Old Japan: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Legends of the Samurai

ByAlgernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford

1871 • 6 Readers

#39

With My Back to the East

ByBernard Llewellyn

1958 • 189 pages

#49

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

ByIsabella Lucy Bird

1885 • 4 Readers • 348 pages • 3

#53

The Surgeon's Log

ByJames Johnston Abraham

1911 • 280 pages

#59

#5 of 6 in Voyage

The China Voyage: A Quest by Bamboo Raft

ByTim Severin

1994 • 1 Reader • 317 pages • 4

#72

Round the World in Seventy Days

ByBernard Newman

1964 • 224 pages

#75

Four Pairs of Boots: A 3,200 Kilometre Hike The Length of Japan

ByCraig McLachlan

1996 • 1 Reader • 277 pages

The Heart of Japan

ByAlexander Campbell

1961 • 1 Reader • 298 pages

Mishima's Sword: Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend

ByChristopher Ross

2006 • 2 Readers • 272 pages • 3

Memoirs of a Geisha

ByArthur Golden

1997 • 965 Readers • 435 pages • 3.9

The Roads To Sata: A 2,000-Mile Walk through Japan

ByAlan Booth

1985 • 1 Reader • 281 pages • 5

The Yamato Dynasty

BySterling Seagrave,Peggy Seagrave

1999 • 418 pages

#1 of 2 in Samurai

Cloud of Sparrows

ByTakashi Matsuoka

2002 • 20 Readers • 594 pages • 4.7

Geisha of Gion

ByMineko Iwasaki,Rande Brown(Translator)

2002 • 6 Readers • 352 pages • 3

The Ronin; A Novel Based on a Zen Myth.

ByWilliam Dale Jennings

1968 • 1 Reader • 159 pages • 4

The Boat

ByNam Le

2008 • 14 Readers • 315 pages • 3.7

#3 of 6 in Tales of the Otori

Brilliance of the Moon

ByLian Hearn

2004 • 51 Readers • 372 pages • 4

#1 of 3 in 1Q84

1Q84

ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(Translator),+1 more

2009 • 911 Readers • 1,184 pages • 3.7

Tales of a Summer Henro

ByCraig McLachlan

1997 • 1 Reader • 240 pages

Samurai: The True Story of the Last Warrior

ByJohn Man

2011 • 1 Reader • 322 pages • 3

Geisha

ByLesley Downer

2001 • 1 Reader • 434 pages • 5

Japanese Pilgrimage

ByOliver Statler

1983 • 1 Reader • 349 pages

Colour of Asia

ByFernand Gigon

1955 • 1 Reader • 229 pages

The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto

ByPico Iyer

1991 • 10 Readers • 4

Glass Geishas

BySuzy K. Quinn

2012 • 2 Readers • 368 pages

The Fourth Treasure

ByTodd Shimoda

2002 • 1 Reader • 349 pages

Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan

ByAlan Booth

1995 • 2 Readers • 389 pages • 4

Gods of To-Morrow

ByWilliam Teeling

1936 • 1 Reader • 376 pages

Botchan

ByNatsume Sōseki

1906 • 37 Readers • 124 pages • 3

Meeting with Japan

ByFosco Maraini

1956 • 467 pages

#1 of 6 in Asian Saga: Chronological Order

Shōgun

ByJames Clavell

1975 • 661 Readers • 1,218 pages • 4.2

#3 of 6 in Asian Saga: Chronological Order

Gai-Jin

ByJames Clavell

1993 • 66 Readers • 1,106 pages • 3.6

Samurai William: The Englishman Who Unlocked Japan

ByGiles Milton

2002 • 1 Reader • 400 pages • 3

Arms and Armor of the Samurai

ByIan Bottomley,Anthony Hopson

1986 • 1 Reader • 192 pages

The Country Upstairs: Japan Today

ByColin Simpson

1956 • 1 Reader • 248 pages

The Samurai and the Sacred

ByStephen Turnbull

2006 • 1 Reader • 224 pages

#2 of 6 in Tales of the Otori

Grass for His Pillow

ByLian Hearn

2003 • 64 Readers • 242 pages • 3.9

The Ashes of Hiroshima

ByFrank Clune

1950 • 1 Reader • 301 pages • 3

Snow Country & Thousand Cranes

ByYasunari Kawabata,Edward G. Seidensticker(Translator)

1977 • 151 Readers • 204 pages • 3.4

Fish of the Seto Inland Sea

ByRuri Pilgrim

1999 • 1 Reader • 316 pages • 3

Among the Cities

ByJan Morris

1985 • 4 Readers • 410 pages

The Travels of Marco Polo

ByMarco Polo,William Marsden(Translator)

1285 • 38 Readers • 788 pages • 3.4

#3 of 7 in The Mariners Library

Venturesome Voyages

ByJohn Claus Voss

1913 • 1 Reader • 326 pages • 3

The Teahouse Fire

ByEllis Avery

2000 • 14 Readers • 481 pages • 2

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar

ByPaul Theroux

2008 • 3 Readers • 485 pages • 4.5

The Shadow of War: A New Zealander in the Far East 1939-1946

ByJames Bertram

1 Reader • 346 pages

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

BySimon Winchester

2015 • 2 Readers • 496 pages • 5

The Book Of Five Rings: Gorin No Sho The Accurate, Unabridged Translation The Greatest Samurai Musashi Speaks

ByMiyamoto Musashi,William Scott Wilson(Translator)

1645 • 176 Readers • 2 pages • 3.7

Tadao Ando : The Colours of Light

ByTadao Andō,Richard Pare,+1 more

1996 • 1 Reader • 283 pages

Glimpses of Old Tokyo

ByMasuho Fujita

2009 • 1 Reader • 96 pages • 4

Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan

ByWill Ferguson

1998 • 20 Readers • 344 pages • 4

Mr Foreigner

ByMatthew Kneale

1987 • 1 Reader • 171 pages • 2

Seaweed for Breakfast

ByNina Epton

1963 • 1 Reader • 268 pages • 4

47 Ronin: The Classic Tale of Samurai Loyalty, Bravery and Retribution

ByJohn Allyn

1970 • 1 Reader • 256 pages • 3

#1 of 4 in Ring

Ring

ByKōji Suzuki

1991 • 11 Readers • 284 pages • 3.5

5 Peter Pan

Around the World in Eighty Days

ByJules Verne

1872 • 481 Readers • 260 pages • 3.6

Tokyo: A Guide to Recent Architecture

ByNorlyuki Tajima

1997 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

#1 of 6 in Tales of the Otori

Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book One

ByLian Hearn

2002 • 130 Readers • 320 pages • 3.8

The Tale of Murasaki

ByLiza Dalby

2000 • 15 Readers • 449 pages • 3.2

Samurai

ByStephen Turnbull

2001 • 1 Reader • 192 pages

Geisha

ByLiza Dalby

1983 • 10 Readers • 318 pages • 3.5

Flightless: Incredible Journeys Without Leaving the Ground

ByTony Wheeler,Lonely Planet

2008 • 1 Reader • 216 pages • 4

Under the Osakan Sun

ByHamish Beaton

2008 • 1 Reader • 314 pages

Forever Wandering

ByEllen Roberts

1960 • 1 Reader • 168 pages • 4

Kimono

ByLiza Dalby

1993 • 2 Readers • 395 pages

Burnt Shadows

ByKamila Shamsie

2009 • 19 Readers • 367 pages • 4

Distant Places

ByNoel Barber

1959 • 1 Reader • 135 pages • 4

Seven League Boots

ByWendy Myers

1969 • 1 Reader • 223 pages • 5

2 Love/War/Death

The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles

ByKij Johnson

2009 • 4 Readers • 55 pages • 4

The Flowery Sword

ByEthel Mannin

1960 • 1 Reader • 288 pages

The Pirates of the Brig Cyprus

ByFrank Clune,P.R. Stephensen

1962 • 1 Reader • 205 pages

90-Day Geisha: My Time as a Tokyo Hostess

ByChelsea Haywood

2007 • 1 Reader • 308 pages • 3

Exit A

ByAnthony Swofford

2007 • 1 Reader • 287 pages • 4

#4 of 6 in Tales of the Otori

O Voo da Garça

ByLian Hearn,Isabel Nunes(Translator)

2006 • 5 Readers • 480 pages • 4.3

Eastern Windows

ByF.D. Ommanney

1960 • 1 Reader • 245 pages

Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas

ByPeter Freuchen

1957 • 1 Reader

Alpha Beta

ByJohn Man

2000 • 1 Reader • 338 pages • 3

8 Readers • 4.2

1982 • 105 Readers • 183 pages • 3.6

#2 of 2 in Samurai

Autumn Bridge

ByTakashi Matsuoka

2004 • 4 Readers • 578 pages • 3.3

#3 of 9 in Detective Galileo

The Devotion of Suspect X

ByKeigo Higashino,Alexander O. Smith(Translator),+1 more

2005 • 221 Readers • 304 pages • 4.3

Inventing Japan: 1853-1964

ByIan Buruma

2003 • 7 Readers • 208 pages • 3.3

Heaven's Net Is Wide

ByLian Hearn,Paul Boehmer,+1 more

2007 • 3 Readers • 4

North to the Orient

ByAnne Morrow Lindbergh

1935 • 172 pages

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