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Books Read – 2016

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These were books read in 2016, listed in the order they were read.

  1. Woman on the Other Shore by Mitsuyo Kakuta, translated by Wayne P Lammers [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  2. Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki, translated by Rande Brown [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  3. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Megan Backus [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  4. Moonlight Shadow by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Megan Backus [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
  5. Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Howard Hibbett [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  6. The Makioka Sisters by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, translated by Edward G Seidensticker [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  7. Geisha by Liza Dalby [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  8. Supermarket by Satoshi Azuchi, translated by Paul Warham [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  9. Botchan by Natsume Sōseki, translated by Joel Cohn [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  10. The Eighth Day by Mitsuyo Kakuta, translated by Margaret Mitsutani [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  11. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Edward G Seidensticker [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  12. The Gourmet Club: A Sextet by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, translated by Paul McCarthy and Anthony H Chambers [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  13. Wasabi for Breakfast by Foumiko Kometani, translated by Mary Goebel Noguchi [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  14. The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by J Martin Holman [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  15. The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Edward G Seidensticker [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  16. Kinshu: Autumn Brocade Teru Miyamoto, translated by Roger K Thomas [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  17. Isle of Dreams by Keizō Hino, translated by Charles De Wolf [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  18. Naomi by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, translated by Anthony H Chambers [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  19. The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Edward Seidensticker [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  20. Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Edward Seidensticker [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  21. The Wild Goose by Ōgai Mori, translated by Meredith McKinney [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  22. The Doctor’s Wife by Sawako Ariyoshi, translated by Wakako Hironaka and Ann Siller Kostant [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  23. The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  24. Flowers of Grass by Takehiko Fukunaga, translated by Royall Tyler [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  25. First Snow on Fuji by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Michael Emmerich [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  26. The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe, translated by E. Dale Saunders [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  27. Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Russell F Wasden [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  28. Strange Weather in Tōkyō by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Allison Markin Powell [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  29. In the Pool by Hideo Okuda, translated by Giles Murray [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  30. The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by J Martin Holman [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  31. Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara, translated by David James Karashima [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  32. Hardboiled & Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Michael Emmerich [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  33. The Lake by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Reiko Tsukimura [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  34. Manazuru by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Elisabeth Suetsugu [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  35. The Word Book by Mieko Kanai, translated by Paul McCarthy [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  36. House of Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Edward Seidensticker [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  37. The Paradise Bird Tattoo (Or, Attempted Double-Suicide) by Choukitsu Kurumatani, translated by Kenneth J Bryson [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  38. Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Michael Emmerich [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  39. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui, translated by David Karashima [star rating=”40″ type=”percent”]
  40. A Day in the Life by Senji Kuroi, translated by Giles Murray [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  41. Palm-of-the-hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Lane Dunlop and J Martin Holman [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  42. Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Michael Emmerich [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  43. Kannani and Document of Flames: Two Japanese Colonial Novels by Katsue Yuasa, translated by Mark Driscoll [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  44. Winter Sleep by Kenzo Kitakata, translated by Mark Schilling [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  45. Life in the Cul-de-sac by Senji Kuroi, translated by Philip Gabriel [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  46. Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui, translated by Andrew Driver [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
  47. Where are the Sunflowers? by Miwako Kurihara, translated by Alastair McLauchlan [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  48. The Budding Tree: Six Stories of Love in Edo by Aiko Kitahara, translated by Ian Macdonald [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  49. Darkness in Summer by Takeshi Kaikō, translated by Cecilia Segawa Seigle [star rating=”40″ type=”percent”]
  50. The Hundred-Yen Singer by Naomi Suenaga, translated by Tom Gill [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  51. Hotel Iris by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  52. Lizard by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Ann Sherif [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  53. Fujisan by Randy Taguchi, translated by Raj Mahtani [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  54. In Pursuit of Lavender by Akiko Itoyama, translated by Charles De Wolf [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
  55. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki [star rating=”100″ type=”percent”]
  56. Outlet by Randy Taguchi, translated by Glynne Walley [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
  57. A Quiet Life by Kenzaburō Ōe, translated by Kunioki Yanagishita and William Wetherall [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  58. The Housekeeper + The Professor by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder [star rating=”100″ type=”percent”]
  59. When the Emperor was Divine – A Novel by Julie Otsuka [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
  60. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]