Tag Archives: Japanese Fiction

Journey Under the Midnight Sun Review
Journey Under the Midnight Sun Review: Keigo Higashino’s Saddest Mystery

A murder in 1970s Osaka, two children bound by a terrible secret, and one of [...]

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (book cover)
Convenience Store Woman Review: Short, Strange and Very Funny

A short, deadpan, very funny novel about a woman who only feels normal behind a [...]

Confessions by Kanae Minato (book cover)
Confessions Review: Kanae Minato’s Cold, Brilliant Revenge Novel

A cold, gripping revenge novel told in six voices. It's brilliantly built and deeply bleak, [...]

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Review: Gentle Time Travel, Many Rules

A gentle, bittersweet set of time-travel stories in a Tokyo café; comforting and heartfelt, but [...]