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11 Best Japanese novels

The Modern Novel home page » My Lists home page » 11 Best Japanese novels

The Rules

Osamu Dazai: 人間失格 (No Longer Human)
Fumiko Enchi: 女面 (Masks)
Yoshikichi Furui: 白髪の唄 (White-Haired Melody)
Masuji Ibuse: 黒い雨 (Black Rain)
Yasunari Kawabata: 雪國 (Snow Country)
Minae Mizumura: 本格小説 新潮社 (A True Novel)
Haruki Murakami: ねじまき鳥クロニクル (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle)
Mori Ōgai: 雁 (The Wild Geese)
Tōson Shimazaki: 夜明け前 (Before the Dawn)
Jun’ichiro Tanizaki: 細雪 (The Makioka Sisters)
Kyūsaku Yumeno: ドグラマグラ (Dogra Magra)

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