Japan
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Hit Parade of Tears: Stories
$19.95 Add to cartA new collection of stories from the cult author of Terminal Boredom
Izumi Suzuki had ideas about doing things differently, ideas that paid little attention to the laws of physics, or the laws of the- Series: Verso Fiction
- Author: Suzuki, Izumi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1839768495
- Language: English
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Scattered All Over the Earth
$16.95 Add to cartWelcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as “the land of sushi.” Hiruko, its former citizen and a climate refugee herself, has a job … [more below]
- Author: Tawada, Yoko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0811229289
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Flute Murders
$15.95 Add to cart“Yokomizo at his absolute best… From the ominous opening through the brilliant final reveal, [he] ably blends suspense and fair-play detection… A classic of the genre.” —Publishers Weekly, starre… [more below]
- Series: Detective Kindaichi Mysteries
- Author: Yokomizo, Seishi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1782278842
- Language: English
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The Decagon House Murders
$17.95 Add to cart“Ayatsuji’s brilliant and richly atmospheric puzzle will appeal to fans of golden age whodunits… Every word counts, leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal“ — Publishers Weekly
A hugely enj- Series: Pushkin Vertigo
- Author: Ayatsuji, Yukito
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 25, 2021
- ISBN10: 1782276343
- Language: English
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No Longer Human
$24.95 Add to cartMine has been a life of much shame. I can’t even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.
Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human narrat
- Author: Dazai, Osamu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0811232433
- Language: English
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Parasyte Full Color Collection 4
$19.99 Add to cartThe sci-fi horror manga classic returns, with an updated translation and lettering, in a fully-colorized, premium-quality hardcover for the first time! If you’ve never read the story of Shinichi and t… [more below]
- Series: Parasyte Full Color Collection
- Author: Iwaaki, Hitoshi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 1646516427
- Language: English
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A Wild Sheep Chase
$18.00 Add to cartA New York Times bestselling author–and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)–delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Murakami, Haruki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 09 2002
- ISBN10: 037571894X
- Language: English
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The Premonition
$24.00 Read moreThe internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and heartfelt story of a young woman haunted by her childhood and the inescapable bitterness that inevitabl… [more below]
- Author: Yoshimoto, Banana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1640093710
- Language: English
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The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
$18.00 Add to cartLaura Imai Messina’s international bestselling novel is a story about grief, mourning, and the joy of survival, inspired by a real phone booth in Japan with its disconnected “wind” phone, a place of p… [more below]
- Author: Imai Messina, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1419754319
- Language: English
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Studio Ghibli: The Complete Works
$34.95 Read moreA beautiful, full-color dive into the history and future of Studio Ghibli, Japan’s preeminent animation house. In-depth looks at every one of their 26 feature films – including the latest, Earwig and … [more below]
- Author: Studio Ghibli
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1647291496
- Language: English
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The Final Curtain: A Mystery
$29.00 Read moreFrom the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga’s own mother.
A decade ago, Tokyo Police Det- Series: Kyoichiro Kaga #4
- Author: Higashino, Keigo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250767520
- Language: English
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Kappa
$13.95 Add to cartThe Kappa is a creature from Japanese folklore known for dragging unwary toddlers to their deaths in rivers: a scaly, child-sized creature, looking something like a frog, but with a sharp, pointed bea… [more below]
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0811232166
- Language: English
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition, Vol. 1
$25.00 Add to cartAlchemy tore the Elric brothers’ bodies apart. Can their bond make them whole again?
A hardcover collector’s edition of one of the most beloved manga and anime of all time! Fully remastered with an up- Series: Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition #1
- Author: Arakawa, Hiromu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 08, 2018
- ISBN10: 1421599775
- Language: English
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles
$25.00 Add to cartA book that “speak s] volumes about our need for connection–human, feline or otherwise” (The San Francisco Chronicle), The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sa… [more below]
- Author: Arikawa, Hiro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0451491335
- Language: English
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The Flowers of Buffoonery
$14.95 Add to cartThe Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba–the narrator of No Longer Human at a younger age–is being kept after a failed suicide attempt. While he is convalescing, his f
- Author: Dazai, Osamu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0811234541
- Language: English
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Breasts and Eggs
$18.95 Add to cartA BEST BOOK OF 2020
TIME Magazine・The Atlantic・Book Riot・Electric Literature・The New York Times (Notable Book of the Year)The story of three women by a writer hailed by Har
- Author: Kawakami, Mieko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 23 2021
- ISBN10: 160945670X
- Language: English
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Hayao Miyazaki
$55.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated journey through the extraordinary cinematic worlds of beloved filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki
A New York Magazine 2021 holiday gift guide pick
For over four decades, Hayao Miyazaki has b- Author: Miyazaki, Hayao
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1942884818
- Language: English
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Neuromancer
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece–a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.
Case was- Series: Sprawl Trilogy #1
- Author: Gibson, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0441007465
- Language: English
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Berserk Deluxe Volume 4
$54.99 Add to cartThe acclaimed adult fantasy/horror manga now in 7×10 deluxe hardcover editions
Guts, the feared Black Swordsman, has saved the Band of the Hawk mercenaries from annihilation at the hands of the army- Author: Miura, Kentaro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1506715214
- Language: English
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Schoolgirl
$11.95 Add to cartEssentially the start of Dazai’s career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the str… [more below]
- Author: Dazai, Osamu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: October 15 2011
- ISBN10: 1935548085
- Language: English
