Hello! I am a big romance reader and generally have only read manga but have been branching out into novels in the last year and a half or so. I recently read strange weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami and LOVED it. I’m looking for something similar. Bonus if it’s an age gap relationship (middle aged or older ML), written by a Japanese author and has some element of surrealism, but not mandatory. I have enjoyed some historical fiction from American authors as well, but rarely enjoy the contemporary romance I’ve read (i.e., Ali Hazelwood, Abby Jimenez books) I really just prefer anything without modern pop culture references. I can’t stand when the characters mention listening to Taylor swift and stuff like that in books. Not for me. Thanks!
by tarakion