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Books Read – 2017

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These were books read in 2017, listed in the order they were read.

  1. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  2. The Bridegroom Was a Dog by Yōko Tawada, translated by Margaret Mitsutani [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  3. Revenge by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder [star rating=”100″ type=”percent”]
  4. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin and Alfred Birnbaum [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  5. H: A Hiroshima Novel by Makoto Oda, translated by D Hugh Whittaker [star rating=”20″ type=”percent”] – abandoned
  6. I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki, translated by Aiko Ito and Graeme Wilson [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  7. The River Ki by Sawako Ariyoshi, translated by Mildred Tahara [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
  8. Now You’re One of Us by Asa Nonami, translated by Michael Volek and Mitsuko Volek [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  9. The Three-Cornered World by Natsume Sōseki, translated by Alan Turney [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  10. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami, translated by Alfred Birnbaum [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  11. Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami, translated by Alfred Birnbaum [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  12. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel and Jay Rubin [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  13. Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami, translated by Alfred Birnbaum [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  14. The Twilight Years by Sawako Ariyoshi, translated by Mildred Tahara [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  15. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  16. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno: And Other Stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui, translated by Andrew Driver [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  17. The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P by Rieko Matsuura, translated by Michael Emmerich [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  18. Some Prefer Nettles by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, translated by Edward Seidensticker [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  19. The Square Persimmon & Other Stories by Takashi Atoda, translated by Millicent Horton [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
  20. A Tale of False Fortunes by Fumiko Enchi, translated by Roger K. Thomas [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  21. Quicksand by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, translated by Howard Hibbett [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  22. Kabuki Dancer by Sawako Ariyoshi, translated by James R Brandon [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  23. The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, translated by Howard Hibbett [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  24. Translucent Tree by Nobuko Takagi, translated by Deborah Iwabuchi [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  25. Visual Arts and the Law: A Handbook for Professionals by Judith B Prowda [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  26. Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster’s Daughter by Shōko Tendō, translated by Louise Heal [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  27. A Thousand Strands of Black Hair by Seiko Tanabe, translated by Meredith McKinney [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  28. A Cat, Shōzō And Two Women by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, translated by Sakuko Matsui [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  29. The Isle of South Kamui and Other Stories by Kyōtarō Nishimura, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  30. Twinkle Twinkle by Kaori Ekuni, translated by Emi Shimokawa [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  31. Beyond the Blossoming Fields by Junichi Watanabe, translated by Deborah Iwabuchi and Anna Isozaki [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  32. Building Waves by Taeko Tomioka, translated by Louise Heal Kawai [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  33. Lost Souls, Sacred Creatures by Juko Nishimura, translated by Jeffrey Hunter [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  34. What the Maid Saw: Eight Psychic Tales by Yasutaka Tsutsui, translated by Adam Cabat [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  35. All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe, translated by Alfred Birnbaum [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  36. The Glass Slipper and Other Stories by Yasuoka Shotaro, translated by Royall Tyler [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  37. Hell by Yasutaka Tsutsui, translated by Evan Emswiler [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  38. Vita Sexualis by Ōgai Mori, translated by Sanford Goldstein and Kazuji Ninomiya [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  39. After the Banquet by Yukio Mishima, translated by Donald Keene [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  40. Mistress Oriku: Stories from a Tōkyō Teahouse by Matsutaro Kawaguchi, translated by Royall Tyler [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  41. All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  42. The Cat in the Coffin by Mariko Koike, translated by Deborah Boliver Boehm [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  43. The Name of the Flower by Kuniko Mukoda, translated by Tomone Matsumoto [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  44. The Stationmaster by Jirō Asada, translated by Terry Gallagher [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  45. Beauty in Disarray by Harumi Setouchi, translated by Sanford Goldstein and Kazuji Ninomiya [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  46. Confessions of Love by Uno Chiyo, translated by Phyllis Birnbaum [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  47. I Haven’t Dreamed of Flying For a While by Taichi Yamada, translated by David James Karashima [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  48. A Wife in Musashino by Ooka Shohei, translated by Dennis C Washburn [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  49. Geisha in Rivalry by Kafū Nagai, translated by Stephen Snyder [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  50. Vibrator by Mari Akasaka, translated by Michael Emmerich [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  51. The Restaurant of Love Regained by Ito Ogawa, translated by David James Karashima [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  52. Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai, translated by Allison Markin Powell [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  53. Otogizōshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu by Osamu Dazai, translated by Ralph F. McCarthy [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  54. Ground Zero, Nagasaki: Stories by Yuichi Seirai, translated by Paul Warham [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  55. In Search of a Distant Voice by Taichi Yamada, translated by Michael Emmerich [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  56. Strangers by Taichi Yamada, translated by Wayne Lammers [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  57. This Outcast Generation and Luminous Moss by Taijun Takeda; translated by Sanford Goldstein [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  58. The Dark Room by Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, translated by John Bester [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  59. The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Satoko Izumo and Stephen Coates [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  60. A Strange Tale from East of the River and Other Stories by Kafū Nagai, translated by Edward G Seidensticker [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  61. The Sea and Poison by Shūsaku Endō, translated by Michael Gallagher [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  62. Foreign Studies by Shūsaku Endō, translated by Mark Williams [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]