The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Tokyo

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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
17120 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17120 Bonk Mary Roach 2008 American English
17120 Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris 2013 American English
17120 Ajin Gamon Sakurai, Tsuina Miura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17120 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage 村上春樹 2013 Japanese Japanese
17120 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami 2013 Japanese Japanese
17120 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17120 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17120 Tokyo These Days Taiyō Matsumoto 2024 Japanese Unknown
17120 Butter Asako Yuzuki 2024 Japanese English
17120 Tokyo These Days, Volume 1 Taiyō Matsumoto 2024 Japanese Japanese
17120 Japan’s Quiet Leadership Mireya Solís 2024 Unknown English
17120 Dreadnought Robert K. Massie 1991 American English
17120 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17120 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17120 The City And Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17120 When You Are Engulfed In Flames David Sedaris 2008 American English
17120 My Year Of Meat Ruth Ozeki 1998 American English
17120 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17120 The Unthinkable Amanda Ripley 2008 American English
17120 M Train Patti Smith 2015 American English
17120 After Dark Haruki Murakami 2004 Japanese Japanese
17120 Piercing Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17120 Death Note, Vol. 1 Tsugumi Ohba 2003 Japanese Japanese
17120 How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg 2023 Unknown English
17120 Tides Of Fire James Rollins 2023 American English
17120 The 33 Strategies Of War New Edition By Robert Greene Paperback Robert Greene 2006 American English
17120 Our Films, Their Films Satyajit Ray 1983 Indian English
17120 The Ultimate History Of Video Games Steven L. Kent 2001 American English
17120 Parallel Worlds Michio Kaku 2004 American English
17120 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17120 The Penguin Book Of Japanese Short Stories Jay Rubin 2018 Japanese English
17120 Lonely Castle In The Mirror Mizuki Tsujimura 2017 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17120 Days At The Morisaki Bookshop Satoshi Yagisawa 2010 Japanese Japanese
17120 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17120 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 American English
17120 The Beatles Anthology The Beatles 2000 British English
17120 白夜行 [Byakuyakō] Keigo Higashino 1999 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Great Movies Roger Ebert 2003 American English
17120 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2022 British English
17120 The Sea Came In At Midnight Steve Erickson 1999 American English
17120 Scale Geoffrey B. West 2017 American English
17120 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17120 Tokyo Express Taiyō Matsumoto Unknown Unknown
17120 The Phone Booth At The Edge Of The World Laura Imai Messina 2020 Italian Italian
17120 If Cats Disappeared From The World Genki Kawamura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17120 Guadalcanal Richard B. Frank 1990 American English
17120 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17120 Homunculus 1 Hideo Yamamoto 2003 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Sword Thief Peter Lerangis 2009 American English
17120 In The Shade Of Spring Leaves Ichiyō Higuchi 1981 Japanese Japanese
16863 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17120 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17120 Moshi Moshi Banana Yoshimoto 2010 Japanese Japanese
17120 Judgment At Tokyo Gary J. Bass 2023 Unknown English
17120 Going Infinite Michael Lewis 2023 American English
17120 Dragon Palace Hiromi Kawakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17120 V Is For Victory Craig Nelson 2023 Unknown English
17120 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17120 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17120 The Best Of Me David Sedaris 2020 American English
17120 Mild Vertigo Mieko Kanai 1997 Japanese Japanese
17120 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17120 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17120 On The Narrow Road Lesley Downer 2013 Unknown English
17120 Video Night In Kathmandu And Other Reports From The Not So Far East Pico Iyer 1988 British English
17120 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17120 恶意 Keigo Higashino 1996 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Bitcoin Standard Saifedean Ammous 2018 Unknown English
16758 Sun And Steel Yukio Mishima 1968 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17120 A Clean Kill In Tokyo Riane Eisler Unknown Unknown
17120 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17120 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17120 From The Country Of Eight Islands Hiroaki Sato, Burton Watson 1981 Multiple English
17120 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
17120 The Four Hour Body Tim Ferriss 2010 American English
17120 Tim Ferriss the four hour workweek 2007 Unknown English
17120 The Roads To Sata Kevin Booth 1985 Unknown English
17120 Barakamon, Vol. 1 Genzaburo Yoshino 2009 Japanese Japanese
17120 Popular Hits Of The Showa Era Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17120 チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9] Tatsuki Fujimoto Japanese Japanese
17120 Starting Point 1979 1996 Hayao Miyazaki Japanese Japanese
17120 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Windup Bird Chronicle haruki murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17120 1 Q84. книга 1. апрель июнь haruki murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17120 After The Quake haruki murakami 2000 Japanese Japanese