Japanese, Chinese, Korean & Other Literature Books

An electrifying novel about the Nazi who reinvented himself, Albert Speer‘Which is the most seductive, truth or fiction?’This is the story of Albert Speer: The protégé. The ‘good Nazi’. The star. The mythmaker.In...

In this cozy crime novel with a witty, Parisian black-comedy twist, anti-hero Fabrice can only make smoking pleasurable by committing the ultimate crime“Hilarious, formidable―and essential packing for any French Summer...

A courageous story about a mother in crisis from one of Norway's most exciting writers, for readers of Boulder and Detransition, Baby Silje Marie has been keeping a secret from her wife. She loves one of her sons more than the other. In...

Paris, late 90s: at the centre of the city's queer techno scene, musician Louise lives in a haze of parties, drugs and hooking up. A group of women orbits her magnetic DJ ex-girlfriend Alex; as they bar hop, go to each other's sets and climb into each...

A tragically illuminating tale of an Indigenous girl's abduction during a colonial expedition, intertwined with a young woman's modern-day search for identity and ancestral truths, from a formidable talent in Brazilian fiction. In 1817, two German...

There are no secrets in this family!' proclaims Damian, the father, triumphantly. A secular idealist obsessed with morality and order, he is blind to the cracks in his home's foundations, the oppression that pervades it, and the elaborate fictions his...

Tucked behind the trees in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, the beloved Marble café offers a cup of warm, healing matcha to all who pass through its doors. Customers flock all week to Café Marble, tucked away behind the cherry trees. But...

There is a small cafe in Tokyo where something unusual is brewing… After being dumped by her boyfriend, Momoko finds herself very drunk at a small cafe. Momoko shares the story of her ex-boyfriend with the Manager of the café and the other...

For fans of What You Are Looking For is in the Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Translated by Philip Gabriel, the translator of The Travelling Cat Chronicles The Night Library is no ordinary library. Within it are found the...

RETURN TO THE WORLD OF THE SAMURAI DETECTIVES, THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING SERIES OF THRILLING ADVENTURE AND INSCRUTABLE MYSTERY In the months since their last perilous quest, a fragile calm has settled over Edo. Daijiro dedicates his days to...

Set in Kyoto, THE FULL MOON COFFEE SHOP is an inspirational novel filled with music, stars, cats, and cakes, for lovers of all things Japanese and uplifting stories with a powerful healing message. The Full Moon Coffee Shop is the big next read for fans...

12 haunting, uniquely crafted short stories about loss and memory from a revered Japanese-Argentine author, available in English for the first time.“Her stories are a transformative experience... Kamiya makes simple what for others is impossible to...

The epic 400-year story of a family and a farm, deep in the magical Finnish forest—perfect for fans of North Woods and Tove Jansson's The Summer Book"Maria Turtschaninoff has no equal when it comes to diving deep into the spirit of...

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER NOMINATED AUTHOR OF EUROTRASH'A master of the well-formed sentence' DANIEL KEHLMANN'Christian Kracht is the great German-language writer of his generation' JOSHUA COHEN'Read him for the experience of reading...

Every summer, Ingá, her mother Rávdná, and her Aunt Ánne travel west to their village on the lake. But the summer Ingá is thirteen, they arrive to find their home and possessions have disappeared under water, the...

A father’s worst nightmare - Melchor Marin’s teenage daughter has disappeared. Years have passed since Melchor took revenge for his mother’s murder and at last found peace with his daughter Cosette in the sleepy backwater of Terra Alta...

Jonas Jonasson is back with another irresistible adventure, this time set in nineteenth century Sweden. After his father’s death is caused by the greedy and cunning Count Bielkegren, Algot Olsson is left with nothing to his name, except for a...

‘Illuminating … beautifully’ LYDIA KIESLING ‘I loved it’ ANNA HOGELAND ‘Intimate, searing’ RAMONA AUSUBEL A cult feminist hit in South Korea, Hello Baby is a gripping and intimate...

Lose yourself in this tumultuous Swedish family saga, introduced by Sarah Moss ('a masterpiece')Judit is stubborn and singular, distant and unyielding. She is called Queen.Her realm is a windswept farm on a misty Swedish coastline.When she is nine, her...

A compelling novel about the effort to be perfect, without losing sight of yourself - by the most iconic feminist of the twentieth-century, Simone de Beauvoir. She’s living a perfect life - so why does Laurence feel so torn? Weekends in the...