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Earthlings
by Sayaka Murata
Her body is public property. Natsuki has been hiding inside it since she was eleven.
3.60
103k+
Earthlings Summary
Earthlings 91%
Her body is public property. Natsuki has been hiding inside it since she was eleven.
by Sayaka Murata 2018
3.60
103k+ ratings
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima • 1963
A widowed mother's sailor lover becomes a boy's hero and his gang's next target.
3.83
54k+
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 93%
A widowed mother's sailor lover becomes a boy's hero and his gang's next target.
by Yukio Mishima 1963
3.83
54k+ ratings
The Box Man
by Kōbō Abe • 1973
A photographer climbs into a cardboard box and vanishes from the city. Then someone looks back.
3.58
8k+
The Box Man Summary
The Box Man 93%
A photographer climbs into a cardboard box and vanishes from the city. Then someone looks back.
by Kōbō Abe 1973
3.58
8k+ ratings
The Ruined Map
by Kōbō Abe • 1967
When a salaryman vanishes, a detective follows a matchbox into a city where maps lead nowhere.
3.45
3k+
The Ruined Map Summary
The Ruined Map 92%
When a salaryman vanishes, a detective follows a matchbox into a city where maps lead nowhere.
by Kōbō Abe 1967
3.45
3k+ ratings
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami • 1985
An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.
4.11
154k+
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 91%
An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.
by Haruki Murakami 1985
4.11
154k+ ratings
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai • 1948
Playing the clown protects him from other people. The mask has fused to his skin.
3.94
262k+
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human 91%
Playing the clown protects him from other people. The mask has fused to his skin.
by Osamu Dazai 1948
3.94
262k+ ratings
Almost Transparent Blue
by Ryū Murakami • 2003
Sex, heroin, and the roar of American jets: a young man chases transcendence in 1970s Tokyo.
3.29
14k+
Almost Transparent Blue Summary
Almost Transparent Blue 91%
Sex, heroin, and the roar of American jets: a young man chases transcendence in 1970s Tokyo.
by Ryū Murakami 2003
3.29
14k+ ratings
The Factory
by Hiroko Oyamada • 2010
She shreds paper all day in a factory that holds a city inside it and reveals nothing.
3.30
12k+
The Factory Summary
The Factory 91%
She shreds paper all day in a factory that holds a city inside it and reveals nothing.
by Hiroko Oyamada 2010
3.30
12k+ ratings
Life Ceremony
by Sayaka Murata • 2019
Hair becomes couture, funerals become potlucks, and a bride is thirty-four selves.
3.73
28k+
Life Ceremony Summary
Life Ceremony 90%
Hair becomes couture, funerals become potlucks, and a bride is thirty-four selves.
by Sayaka Murata 2019
3.73
28k+ ratings
The Silent Cry
by Kenzaburō Ōe • 1967
A half-blind man returns to his ancestral valley, where his brother's revolt masks a guilty secret.
3.84
5k+
The Silent Cry Summary
The Silent Cry 90%
A half-blind man returns to his ancestral valley, where his brother's revolt masks a guilty secret.
by Kenzaburō Ōe 1967
3.84
5k+ ratings
Слушай песню ветра. Пинбол 1973
by Haruki Murakami • 1980
A fading Japanese summer. Two friends, a bar, and the quiet ache of nowhere to go.
3.53
35k+
Слушай песню ветра. Пинбол 1973 Summary
Слушай песню ветра. Пинбол 1973 90%
A fading Japanese summer. Two friends, a bar, and the quiet ache of nowhere to go.
by Haruki Murakami 1980
3.53
35k+ ratings
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami • 1994
A Tokyo man loses his cat and wife, then descends a dry well into a surreal war.
4.14
317k+
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Summary
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 90%
A Tokyo man loses his cat and wife, then descends a dry well into a surreal war.
by Haruki Murakami 1994
4.14
317k+ ratings
Satantango
by László Krasznahorkai • 1985
A crumbling Hungarian farm, endless rain, a dead con man the villagers need to believe.
4.06
17k+
Satantango Summary
Satantango 90%
A crumbling Hungarian farm, endless rain, a dead con man the villagers need to believe.
by László Krasznahorkai 1985
4.06
17k+ ratings
Grotesque
by Natsuo Kirino • 2003
Her sister was too beautiful. Her classmate too ambitious. Both were murdered as Tokyo prostitutes.
3.74
14k+
Grotesque Summary
Grotesque 90%
Her sister was too beautiful. Her classmate too ambitious. Both were murdered as Tokyo prostitutes.
by Natsuo Kirino 2003
3.74
14k+ ratings
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov
by Vladimir Nabokov • 1935
A man condemned to die for his private self discovers his cell is painted scenery.
3.92
20k+
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov Summary
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov 89%
A man condemned to die for his private self discovers his cell is painted scenery.
by Vladimir Nabokov 1935
3.92
20k+ ratings
Stupeur et tremblements
by Amélie Nothomb • 1999
A Belgian joins a Tokyo firm fluent in Japanese; her first assignment is silence.
3.75
47k+
Stupeur et tremblements Summary
Stupeur et tremblements 89%
A Belgian joins a Tokyo firm fluent in Japanese; her first assignment is silence.
by Amélie Nothomb 1999
3.75
47k+ ratings
The Inverted World
by Christopher Priest • 1974
A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.
3.95
11k+
The Inverted World Summary
The Inverted World 89%
A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.
by Christopher Priest 1974
3.95
11k+ ratings
Satori
by Don Winslow • 2011
A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.
3.95
6k+
Satori Summary
Satori 89%
A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.
by Don Winslow 2011
3.95
6k+ ratings
Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs • 1959
A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.
3.46
99k+
Naked Lunch Summary
Naked Lunch 89%
A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.
by William S. Burroughs 1959
3.46
99k+ ratings
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
by Yukio Mishima • 1956
A stuttering acolyte finds the temple he serves so beautiful it suffocates every other desire.
3.97
26k+
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion Summary
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion 89%
A stuttering acolyte finds the temple he serves so beautiful it suffocates every other desire.
by Yukio Mishima 1956
3.97
26k+ ratings
Schoolgirl
by Osamu Dazai • 1939
A grieving Japanese schoolgirl spends a day navigating pretense and the hunger to feel real.
3.96
26k+
Schoolgirl Summary
Schoolgirl 89%
A grieving Japanese schoolgirl spends a day navigating pretense and the hunger to feel real.
by Osamu Dazai 1939
3.96
26k+ ratings
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
by Haruki Murakami • 2023
To read old dreams in a walled town, he surrenders his shadow. The shadow knows the town is a cage.
3.75
41k+
The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary
The City and Its Uncertain Walls 89%
To read old dreams in a walled town, he surrenders his shadow. The shadow knows the town is a cage.
by Haruki Murakami 2023
3.75
41k+ ratings
Loop
by Kōji Suzuki • 1998
A cloned man enters a dying virtual Earth to stop its cancer from spreading into reality.
3.51
5k+
Loop Summary
Loop 89%
A cloned man enters a dying virtual Earth to stop its cancer from spreading into reality.
by Kōji Suzuki 1998
3.51
5k+ ratings
[The Music of Chance] [By
by Paul Auster • 1990
A poker loss traps a drifter building a stone wall to buy back his freedom.
3.93
14k+
[The Music of Chance] [By Summary
[The Music of Chance] [By 89%
A poker loss traps a drifter building a stone wall to buy back his freedom.
by Paul Auster 1990
3.93
14k+ ratings
Métaphysique des tubes
by Amélie Nothomb • 2000
A Belgian infant in Japan stays mute for two years. White chocolate awakens a furious consciousness.
3.98
26k+
Métaphysique des tubes Summary
Métaphysique des tubes 89%
A Belgian infant in Japan stays mute for two years. White chocolate awakens a furious consciousness.
by Amélie Nothomb 2000
3.98
26k+ ratings
Survivor
by Chuck Palahniuk • 1999
A cult survivor turned media star hijacks a plane to confess his life before it crashes.
3.93
125k+
Survivor Summary
Survivor 89%
A cult survivor turned media star hijacks a plane to confess his life before it crashes.
by Chuck Palahniuk 1999
3.93
125k+ ratings
1Q84
by Haruki Murakami • 2009
Under two moons in alternate Tokyo, an assassin searches for the ghostwriter bound to her fate.
3.95
342k+
1Q84 Summary
1Q84 89%
Under two moons in alternate Tokyo, an assassin searches for the ghostwriter bound to her fate.
by Haruki Murakami 2009
3.95
342k+ ratings
Confessions of a Mask
by Yukio Mishima • 1949
In imperial Japan, a young man's mask of conformity is threatened by his forbidden desires.
3.95
41k+
Confessions of a Mask Summary
Confessions of a Mask 89%
In imperial Japan, a young man's mask of conformity is threatened by his forbidden desires.
by Yukio Mishima 1949
3.95
41k+ ratings
After Dark
by Haruki Murakami • 2004
A student wanders Tokyo's midnight streets while her sister lies trapped in an unexplained sleep.
3.74
191k+
After Dark Summary
After Dark 89%
A student wanders Tokyo's midnight streets while her sister lies trapped in an unexplained sleep.
by Haruki Murakami 2004
3.74
191k+ ratings
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai • 1947
Fallen from grace in post-war Japan, she writes feverish letters to a married writer, chasing hope.
3.97
44k+
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun 89%
Fallen from grace in post-war Japan, she writes feverish letters to a married writer, chasing hope.
by Osamu Dazai 1947
3.97
44k+ ratings
Kokoro
by Natsume Sōseki • 1914
A Tokyo student obsesses over a reclusive older man whose silence guards a confession of betrayal.
4.04
44k+
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro 89%
A Tokyo student obsesses over a reclusive older man whose silence guards a confession of betrayal.
by Natsume Sōseki 1914
4.04
44k+ ratings
A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki • 2013
A novelist finds a teen's tsunami-tossed diary and becomes obsessed with saving its author.
4.06
137k+
A Tale for the Time Being Summary
A Tale for the Time Being 89%
A novelist finds a teen's tsunami-tossed diary and becomes obsessed with saving its author.
by Ruth Ozeki 2013
4.06
137k+ ratings
The Memory Police
by Yōko Ogawa • 1994
The Memory Police erase objects from the mind; a novelist hides a man who still remembers.
3.69
145k+
The Memory Police Summary
The Memory Police 89%
The Memory Police erase objects from the mind; a novelist hides a man who still remembers.
by Yōko Ogawa 1994
3.69
145k+ ratings
Journey to the End of the Night
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline • 1932
A French medic's journey through war, colonialism, and poverty reveals a nightmare with no exit.
4.18
48k+
Journey to the End of the Night Summary
Journey to the End of the Night 89%
A French medic's journey through war, colonialism, and poverty reveals a nightmare with no exit.
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1932
4.18
48k+ ratings
The Dice Man
by Luke Rhinehart • 1971
A bored psychiatrist surrenders his will to a die. His cure for emptiness becomes his addiction.
3.54
22k+
The Dice Man Summary
The Dice Man 89%
A bored psychiatrist surrenders his will to a die. His cure for emptiness becomes his addiction.
by Luke Rhinehart 1971
3.54
22k+ ratings
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