#2 | The World of the Shining Prince | 0 |
#3 | The chrysanthemum and the sword | 2 |
#4 | The Ink Dark Moon - Ono No Komachi
- Izumi Shikibu
- Jane Hirshfield
| 3 |
#5 | 100 Poems from the Japanese | 3 |
#6 | | 3.5 |
#7 | | 5 |
#8 | The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches | 4.17 |
#9 | The Garden of Evening Mists | 3.92 |
#10 | Kokoro - Natsume Sōseki
- Edwin McClellan (Translator)
| 4.14 |
#11 | | 3.9 |
#12 | | 3.25 |
#13 | The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea | 3.77 |
#14 | | 4 |
#15 | Runaway Horses - Yukio Mishima
- Michael Gallagher (Translator)
| 4.31 |
#16 | | 3.64 |
#17 | The Temple of the Golden Pavilion | 3.73 |
#18 | Confessions of a Mask - Yukio Mishima
- Meredith Weatherby (Translator)
| 3.99 |
#19 | Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
- Michael Gallagher (Translator)
| 4.15 |
#20 | Thousand Cranes - Yasunari Kawabata
- Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
| 4.08 |
#21 | The Sound of the Mountain - Yasunari Kawabata
- Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
| 3 |
#22 | Beauty and Sadness - Yasunari Kawabata
- Howard Hibbett (translator)
| 3.88 |
#23 | No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai
- Donald Keene (Translator)
| 3.87 |
#24 | | 4 |
#25 | Taiko - Eiji Yoshikawa
- William Scott Wilson (Translator)
| 4 |
#26 | The Life-Giving Sword The Life-Giving Sword: The Secret Teachings From the House of the Shogun - Yagyu Munenori
- William Scott Wilson (Translator)
| 3 |
#27 | Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa
- Charles S. Terry (Translator)
| 4.5 |
#28 | Almost Transparent Blue - Ryū Murakami
- Nancy Andrew (Translator)
| 3 |
#29 | Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
- Philip Gabriel (Translator)
| 3.92 |
#30 | South of the Border, West of the Sun | 3.76 |
#31 | The Makioka Sisters - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
- Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
| 3.5 |
#32 | Silence - Shūsaku Endō
- William Johnston (Translator)
| 3.79 |
#33 | The Woman in the Dunes - Kōbō Abe
- E. Dale Saunders (Translator)
| 3.35 |
#34 | Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
- Jay Rubin (Translator)
| 3.85 |
#35 | Hard Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World - Haruki Murakami
- Alfred Birnbaum (Translator)
| 3.84 |
#36 | Tales of Moonlight and Rain - Ueda Akinari
- Anthony H. Chambers (Translator)
| 3.33 |
#37 | The Lake - Yasunari Kawabata
- Reiko Tsukimura (Translator)
| 0 |
#38 | | 3.67 |
#39 | | 4 |
#40 | The Three-Cornered World - Alan Turney (Translator)
- Natsume Sōseki
| 1 |
#41 | Bushido: The Spirit of the Samurai | 0 |
#42 | | 4 |
#43 | Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - Haruki Murakami
- Philip Gabriel (Translator)
| 3.77 |
#44 | The Waiting Years - Fumiko Enchi
- John Bester (Translator)
| 4 |
#45 | After Dark - Haruki Murakami
- Jay Rubin (Translator)
| 3.64 |
#46 | A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami
- Alfred Birnbaum (Translator)
| 3.78 |