Hello! I've been trying to expand my reading habits by delving into Japanese literature this past month. I'm really into books that make me feel and books that make me think. I want to get both a broad and a deep understanding of Japanese literature; the classics and the popular ones. So far, I've read Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, and What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama. Below is a collection of books that are on my radar. If you had to pick only THREE of the books below to suggest to someone, which would they be?
Breasts and Eggs by Meiko Kawakami
The Box Man by Kobo Abe
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe
The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Rashomon by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
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