The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Kyoto

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1031 The Temple of the Golden Pavilion Yukio Mishima 1956 Japanese Japanese
1553 Beauty and Sadness Yasunari Kawabata 1964 Japanese Japanese
2025 Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden 1997 American English
10573 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
10722 The Teahouse Fire Ellis Avery 2006 American English
11268 Seiobo There Below László Krasznahorkai 2008 Hungarian Hungarian
11561 Essays In Idleness Yoshida Kenko 1330 Japanese Japanese
13359 The Sarashina Diary Sugawara no Takasue no Musume 1050 Japanese Classical japanese
13359 A Riot Of Goldfish Kanoko Okamoto 1937 Japanese Japanese
14376 The Kagero Diary Sonja Arntzen 1997 Japanese Japanese
14983 Great Japanese Stories Jay Rubin Multiple English
15599 The Old Capital Chu Tʽien-hsin 1996 Chinese Chinese
15855 Shobogenzo Dōgen 1231 Japanese Japanese
15897 Taiko Eiji Yoshikawa 1941 Japanese Japanese
17119 Claws Of The Cat Susan Spann 2013 American English
17119 The Global Soul Pico Iyer 2000 British English
17119 The Ultimate History Of Video Games Steven L. Kent 2001 American English
17119 The Penguin Book Of Japanese Short Stories Jay Rubin 2018 Japanese English
17119 The History Of The Medieval World Susan Wise Bauer 2010 American English
17119 Tokaido Road Lucia St. Clair Robson 1991 American English
16769 The Heike Story Eiji Yoshikawa 1956 Japanese Japanese
17119 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17119 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17119 On The Narrow Road Lesley Downer 2013 Unknown English