haven't read it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Recommended by a friend.

Another good book. Although it has a slow start, the ending is worth the wait.

looking forward to it. Everyone should try to read it at least once.

A very well crafted novel with a beach setting and a window into the Japanese spirit.

Many consider this great work, the World's first novel and in many ways it is. I like the Edward Seidensticker translation the best. I haven't read it yet but I have read passages in my Japanese History classes at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan.

Another great read that should be read before or after finishing The Tale of Genji. Her description about what she likes and doesn't like about men is dead on and is still relevant today.

Another one by Dostoyevsky that I can't wait to dig into.

Not a work of fiction, it does provide insight into the Japanese character of that time. I like the Victor Harris translation best. I have seen most of the others and Cleary's is too simple and the others were not up to Harris' level. I don't think this book should be used as a guide to doing business in Japan. I think it should be taken for what is really is, a historical document.

My 2nd favorite horror writer (Poe will always be first) who successfully blended together elements of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, before books became overly genre focused. I like ths collection because its not as distracting as the annotated editions. Plus Robert Bloch introduction is worth every penny.

Living in Osaka, sometimes I would walk by the slums and I always wondered what went on.

A great Japanese author who I should have read in college but didn't for some reason.

Based on the title, it looks like good Summer reading. Mori is a master storyteller and I can't wait to read his entire translated works.

Another good book that has a film version. I want to read the text first.

Widely considered the greatest American novel ever, I want to read it and see how it lives up to its reputation.

I read this one when I was a student at Kansai Gaidai University for my Introduction to Japanese History class. I fell in love with this book as the snow fell gently near my window inside the warmth of my host's family's Japanese style house during Feburary 2000. Good memories.

This is a great work of Classical Japanese Literature that is well known to every Japanese student under its original title, Tsurezuregusa. Every student has to memorize the opening lines for the dreaded Entrance Exams. An excellent rendition by the master translator, Donald Keene. Check out Keene's Modern Japanese Literature and World Within Walls.