Butter by Asako Yuzuki review: Dark, Delicious, Unmissable read today: 6 lessons
Butter is the kind of novel that answers a question most of us never ask out loud: who benefits when … Read more
Japanese literature
No Longer Human summary: a brutal yet beautiful guide to Dazai’s pain
No Longer Human puts language to the private panic of “I’m here, I’m smiling, but I don’t belong anywhere.” A … Read more
Before We Forget Kindness Review: The Uplifting Yet Painful Lessons on Love & Memory
Before We Forget Kindness is the latest addition to the beloved Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Japanese author … Read more
Before We Say Goodbye Review: Why This Time-Travel Novel Will Shatter Your Heart
Before We Say Goodbye is the latest instalment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally celebrated time-travel café series, translated from the Japanese … Read more
Why Before Your Memory Fades is the Most Devastating Book in the Series
Before Your Memory Fades (Japanese title: Yoi Ko Hi wa Saki ni Natte) is the third installment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s … Read more
Why Tales from the Cafe is the Most Painfully Beautiful Book You’ll Read This Year
Tales from the Cafe is the second instalment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally acclaimed time-travel series, following the bestselling Before the … Read more
Before the Coffee Gets Cold – The Japanese Novel That Fixes Life’s Biggest Regrets
Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, first published in Japanese in 2015 and translated into … Read more
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami – The Haunting Love Story You Can’t Forget
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami, first published in 1999 in Japan and translated into English by Philip Gabriel in 2001, … Read more
Why Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki is Murakami’s Most Underrated Masterpiece
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is a contemplative novel by Haruki Murakami, first published in Japan in … Read more
South of the Border West of the Sun: The Untold Truth About Murakami’s Love Story
South of the Border West of the Sun (Kokkyō no Minami, Taiyō no Nishi) is a poignant novel by acclaimed … Read more
Unmasking the Hidden Symbols in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle That Even Experts Missed
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is one of Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious and intricately woven novels, first published in Japan in … Read more
The Mystery and Magic of 1Q84 — Why It’s Worth Every Page
When Haruki Murakami published 1Q84 in three volumes between 2009 and 2010 in Japan, it quickly became a literary sensation. … Read more
Why Kafka on the Shore Is Murakami’s Most Brilliant and Confusing Work
Kafka on the Shore is a mesmerizing novel by the celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami, first published in Japan in … Read more
Norwegian Wood Review 2025: Why Murakami’s Novel is Both Beautiful and Devastating
Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori) is a 1987 literary fiction and romance novel by Haruki Murakami, originally published in … Read more