east asia
68 authors·204 works
Kōbō Abe
Japan· Japanese·1924–1993
2 works
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japan· Japanese·1892–1927
1 work
Matsuo Bashō
Japan· Early Modern Japanese·1644–1694
2 works
Can Xue
China· Modern Chinese·b. 1953
11 works
Cao Xueqin
China· Classical Vernacular Chinese·1710–1763
1 work
Eileen Chang
China, USA· Modern Chinese·1920–1995
7 works
Kamo no Chōmei
Japan· Classical Japanese·1153/1155–1216
1 work
Confucius
China· Archaic Chinese·c. 551 - c. 479
4 works
Bei Dao
China· Modern Chinese·born 1949
10 works
Osamu Dazai
Japan· Japanese·1909–1948
8 works
Nguyễn Du
Vietnam· Vietnamese·1766–1820
1 work
Du Fu
China· Classical Chinese·712–770
1 work
Duo Duo
China· Modern Chinese·b. 1951
1 work
Shūsaku Endō
Japan· Japanese·1923–1996
1 work
Feng Menglong
China· Classical Vernacular Chinese·1574–1646
1 work
Gao Xingjian
China· Modern Chinese·b. 1940
13 works
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japan· Japanese·1886–1942
4 works
Junji Ito
Japan· Japanese·b. 1963
4 works
Kan'ami Kiyotsugu
Japan· Classical Japanese·1333–1384
1 work
Han Kang
South Korea· Korean·b. 1970
6 works
Yasunari Kawabata
Japan· Japanese·1899–1972
14 works
Mieko Kawakami
Japan· Japanese·b. 1976
0 works
Kenkō
Japan· Classical Japanese·1283–1350
1 work
Hŏ Kyun
Korea· Early Modern Korean·1569–1618
1 work
Laozi
China· Archaic Chinese·500 BCE–400 BCE
1 work
Li Bai (Li Po)
China· Classical Chinese·701–762
1 work
Liu Cixin
China· Modern Chinese·b. 1963
3 works
Luo Guanzhong
China· Classical Vernacular Chinese·1330–1400
1 work
Ma Zhiyuan
China· Classical Chinese·c. 1250–1321
1 work
Yukio Mishima
Japan· Japanese·1925–1970
22 works
Zeami Motokiyo
Japan· Classical Japanese·c. 1363 - c. 1443
2 works
Mozi
China· Archaic Chinese·470 BCE–391 BCE
1 work
Haruki Murakami
Japan· Japanese·b. 1949
21 works
Murasaki Shikibu
Japan· Classical Japanese·973–1020
2 works
Sayaka Murata
Japan· Japanese·b. 1979
0 works
Shi Nai'an
China· Classical Vernacular Chinese·c. 1296 - c.1372
1 work
Nguyen Thanh Hien
Vietnam· Vietnamese·b. 1940
1 work
Tsutomu Nihei
Japan· Japanese·b. 1971
1 work
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japan· Japanese·1935–2023
3 works
Katsuhiro Otomo
Japan· Japanese·b. 1954
1 work
Hiroko Oyamada
Japan· Japanese·born 1983
6 works
Liang Qichao
China· Late Classical Chinese·1873–1929
1 work
Qingxin Cairen
China· Classical Vernacular Chinese·c. 17th century
1 work
Lady Sarashina (Takasue's daughter)
Japan· Japanese·c. 1008–c. 1058
1 work
Ha Seong-nan
South Korea· Korean·born 1967
3 works
Shen Fu
China· Late Classical Chinese·1763–1763 - after 1825
1 work
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japan· Japanese·1931–2024
4 works
Sei Shōnagon
Japan· Classical Japanese·966–1015
1 work
Pu Songling
China· Classical Chinese·1640–1715
1 work
Natsume Sōseki
Japan· Japanese·1867–1916
3 works
Bae Suah
South Korea· Korean·born 1965
3 works
Sun Tsu
China· Archaic Chinese·544 BCE–496 BCE
1 work
Yoko Tawada
Japan, Germany· Japanese, German·b. 1960
6 works
Wang Wei
China· Classical Chinese·699–761
1 work
Wu Cheng'en
China· Classical Vernacular Chinese·1500–1580
1 work
Liu Xiang
China· Classical Chinese·77 BCE–6 BCE
1 work
Emi Yagi
Japan· Japanese·b. 1988
0 works
Satoshi Yagisawa
Japan· Japanese·b. 1977
2 works
Mo Yan
China· Modern Chinese·b. 1955
0 works
Eiji Yoshikawa
Japan· Japanese·1892–1962
2 works
Asako Yuzuki
Japan· Japanese·b. 1981
1 work
Zengzi
China· Archaic Chinese·505 BCE–435 BCE
1 work
Zhisheng
China· Classical Chinese·699–740
1 work
Qian Zhongshu
China· Modern Chinese·1910–1998
1 work
Zhuang Zhou
China· Archaic Chinese·369 BCE–295 BCE
1 work
Duke of Zhou
China· Archaic Chinese·c. 1090 - c. 1032 BC
3 works
Zisi bad
China· Chinese·481 BCE–402 BCE
0 works
Zisi
China· Archaic Chinese·c. 481 - c. 402 BC
2 works
1Q84
1Q84 (ichi-kew-hachi-yon)
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2009
Aesthetics and Creation
美学与创作
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1996
After Dark
アフターダーク
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2004
After the Banquet
宴のあと
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1960
After the Quake
神の子どもたちはみな踊る
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2000
Akira
アキラ
Katsuhiro Otomo · Japanese · 1988
Alarm Signal
絕對信號
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1982
Analects
論語
Confucius · Archaic Chinese · 400 BCE
The Art of War
孫子兵法
Sun Tsu · Archaic Chinese · 500 BCE
Atsumori
敦盛
Zeami Motokiyo · Classical Japanese · 1400
The August Sleepwalker
八月的梦游者
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 1986
Autumn in Han Palace
漢宮秋
Ma Zhiyuan · Classical Chinese · 1300
Barefoot Doctor
赤腳醫生
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 2019
Beautiful Star
美しい星
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1962
Beauty and Sadness
美しさと哀しみと
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1964
The Beggar Student
乞食学生
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1940
The Biography of Hong Gildong
홍길동젼
Hŏ Kyun · Early Modern Korean · 1612
Black Lizard
黒蜥蝪
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1961
Blame!
BLAME!
Tsutomu Nihei · Japanese
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
めくらやなぎと眠る女
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2005
Blue Cat
青猫
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1923
Bluebeard's First Wife
푸른 수염의 첫 번째 아내
Ha Seong-nan · Korean · 2002
Book of Rites
禮記
Confucius · Archaic Chinese · 300 BCE
Botchan
坊つちゃん
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1906
The Bus Stop
車站
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1983
Butter
バター
Asako Yuzuki · Japanese · 2017
Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather
给我老爷买鱼竿
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1989
Cat Town
猫町
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1935
Cherries
桜桃
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1939
Chronicles of a Village
Những Tin Tức Về Một Ngôi Làng
Nguyen Thanh Hien · Vietnamese · 2017
Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms
東周列國志
Feng Menglong · Classical Vernacular Chinese · 1640
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
街とその不確かな壁
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2023
City Gate, Open Up
城门开
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 2010
Classic of History
尚書
Confucius · Archaic Chinese · 400 BCE
Classmates Then All Successful Now
同学少年都不贱
Eileen Chang · Modern Chinese · 2004
Collected Haiku of Bashō
芭蕉句集
Matsuo Bashō · Early Modern Japanese · 1962
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2013
Complete Works
芥川龍之介全集
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa · Japanese · 1928
Confessions of a Mask
仮面の告白
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1949
Confronting the Shadows: A Portrait of My Mother
影に対して
Shūsaku Endō · Japanese · 2020
Dance Dance Dance (novel)
ダンス・ダンス・ダンス
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1988
The Dancing Girl of Izu
伊豆の踊子
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1926
The Dark Forest
黑暗森林
Liu Cixin · Modern Chinese · 2008
The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away
みずから我が涙をぬぐいたまう日
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1972
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
森崎書店の日々
Satoshi Yagisawa · Japanese · 2010
Death in the Family
死者の家族
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2012
Death Sector / Between Life and Death
生死界
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1991
Death's End
死神永生
Liu Cixin · Modern Chinese · 2010
The Decay of the Angel
天人五衰
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1971
The Decline and Fall of the Suzaku
Suzaku-ke no Metsubō
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1967
Dialogue and Rebuttal
對話與反詰
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1992
Dialogues in Paradise
天堂里的对话
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 1988
The Diary of Lady Murasaki
紫式部日記
Murasaki Shikibu · Classical Japanese · 1010
Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong)
中庸
Zisi · Archaic Chinese · 450 BCE
Dream of the Red Chamber
紅樓夢
Cao Xueqin · Classical Vernacular Chinese · 1792
Early Light
薄明
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1946
The Elephant Vanishes
象の消滅
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1993
The Emissary
献灯使 (Kentoshi)
Yoko Tawada · Japanese · 2014
The Enchanting Lives of Others
激情世界
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 2022
The Essayist's Desk
에세이스트의 책상
Bae Suah · Korean · 2003
Essays in Idleness
徒然草 (Tsurezuregusa)
Kenkō · Classical Japanese · 1330
The Face of Another
他人の顔
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1964
The Factory
工場
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2012
First Person Singular
一人称単数
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2020
Five Spice Street
五香街
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 2002
Flowers Adrift, Blossoms Afloat
浮花浪蕊
Eileen Chang · Modern Chinese · 1978
The Flowers of Buffoonery
道化の華
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1935
Flowers of Mold
옆집 여자
Ha Seong-nan · Korean · 1999
Forbidden Colors
禁色
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1953
Fortress Besieged
围城
Qian Zhongshu · Modern Chinese · 1947
The Frolic of the Beasts
獣の戯れ
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1961
Frontier
边疆
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 2008
Garden
Niwa
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2018
Genesis
創世紀
Eileen Chang · Modern Chinese · 1945
The Girl in the Sunset
夕映少女
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1937
Good-Bye
グッド・バイ
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1948
Great Learning (Daxue)
大學
Zengzi · Archaic Chinese · 430 BCE
Great Storage of Scriptures (Chinese Buddhist canon)
大藏經
Zhisheng · Classical Chinese · 730
Greek Lessons
희랍어 시간
Han Kang · Korean · 2011
Gyo [Fish]
ギョ
Junji Ito · Japanese
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1985
Hear the Wind Sing
風の歌を聴け
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1979
Hōjōki
方丈記
Kamo no Chōmei · Classical Japanese · 1212
The Hole
穴
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2013
The House of the Sleeping Beauties
眠れる美女
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1961
Howling at the Moon
月に吠える
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1917
Human Acts
소년이 온다
Han Kang · Korean · 2014
I Ching
易經
Duke of Zhou · Archaic Chinese · 850 BCE
The Iceland
氷島
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1934
Jin Yun Qiao
金雲翹
Qingxin Cairen · Classical Vernacular Chinese · 1650
Journey to the West
西遊記
Wu Cheng'en · Classical Vernacular Chinese · 1592
Kafka on the Shore
海辺のカフカ
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2002
Killing Commendatore
騎士団長殺し
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2017
Kusamakura
草枕
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1906
The Lake
みづうみ
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1954
Landscape Over Zero
零度以上的风景线
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 1986
The Last Lover
最后的情人
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 2005
The Last of the Weasels
いたちなく
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2013
The Legendary Treasure
传说中的宝藏
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 2006
Let Those Who Appear
現れるものたちをして
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 1996
Light and Thread
빛과 실
Han Kang · Korean · 2025
Little Reunions
小團圓
Eileen Chang · Modern Chinese · 2009
Love in a Fallen City
傾城之戀
Eileen Chang · Modern Chinese · 1943
Love in the New Millenium
新世纪爱情故事
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 2013
The Low Hills of Seoul
서울의 낮은 언덕들
Bae Suah · Korean · 2011
Madame de Sade
サド侯爵夫人
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1965
The Master of Go
呉清源棋談・名人
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1951
Matsukaze (Pining Wind)
松風
Kan'ami Kiyotsugu · Classical Japanese · 1360
Memoirs of a Polar Bear
Etüden im Schnee
Yoko Tawada · German · 2014
Men Without Women
女のいない男たち
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2014
Midnight’s Gate
午夜之门
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 2005
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
続・森崎書店の日々
Satoshi Yagisawa · Japanese · 2011
Mosquitoes and Folk Songs
蚊子与山歌
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 2001
The Mozi
墨子
Mozi · Archaic Chinese · 400 BCE
Musashi
宮本武蔵
Eiji Yoshikawa · Japanese · 1935
My Floating Mother, City
浮遊する母、都市
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 2003
My Friend Hitler
わが友ヒットラー
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1968
Naked Earth
赤地之戀
Eileen Chang · Modern Chinese · 1954
The Naked Eye
Das nackte Auge
Yoko Tawada · German · 2004
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
奥の細道
Matsuo Bashō · Early Modern Japanese · 1702
No Longer Human
人間失格
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1948
No One Knows
誰も知らぬ
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1940
Nocturnal Wanderer
夜游神
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1999
Norwegian Wood
ノルウェイの森
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1987
The Old Capital
古都
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1962
Old Floating Cloud
苍老的浮云
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 1986
Old Snow
旧雪
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 1991
One Man's Bible
一个人的圣经
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1999
The Other Shore
彼岸
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1990
The Owl's Absence
올빼미의 없음
Bae Suah · Korean · 2010
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories
掌の小説
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1971
Paul Celan and the Chinese Angel
Paul Celan und der chinesische Engel
Yoko Tawada · German · 2020
A Personal Matter
個人的な体験
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1964
The Pillow Book
枕草子
Sei Shōnagon · Classical Japanese · 1002
Pinball, 1973
1973年のピンボール
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1980
The Rainbow
虹いくたび
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1951
Remina [Hellstar Remina]
地獄星レミナ
Junji Ito · Japanese · 2005
Rites of Zhou
周禮
Duke of Zhou · Archaic Chinese · 300 BCE
Rokumeikan
鹿鳴館
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1957
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
三國演義
Luo Guanzhong · Classical Vernacular Chinese · 1350
The Rose Of Time: New & Selected Poems
时间的玫瑰
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 2009
Runaway Horses
奔馬
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1969
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
午後の曳航
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1963
Sanshirō
三四郎
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1908
Sarashina Nikki
更級日記
Lady Sarashina (Takasue's daughter) · Classical Japanese · 1050
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
浅草紅團
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1930
Scattered All Over the Earth
地球にちりばめられて (Chikyū ni chiribamerarete)
Yoko Tawada · Japanese · 2018
Seasons of Sacred Lust
聖なる淫者の季節
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 1970
Selected Poems
北岛诗选
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 1986
Selected Poems of Duo Duo: Over 40 Years
多多四十年诗选
Duo Duo · Modern Chinese · 2013
The Setting Sun
斜陽
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1947
Sidetracks
歧路行
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 2009
The Silent Cry
万延元年のフットボール
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1967
Silk and Insight
絹と明察
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1964
Six Records of a Floating Life
浮生六記
Shen Fu · Late Classical Chinese · 1877
Snow Country
雪国
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1935
Snow in August
八月雪
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 2000
Songs of the South
楚辭
Liu Xiang · Archaic Chinese · 50 BCE
Soul Mountain
靈山
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1990
The Sound of the Mountain
山の音
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1954
The Sound of Waves
潮騒
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1954
South of the Border, West of the Sun
国境の南、太陽の西
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1992
Spring and Autumn Annals
春秋
Confucius · Archaic Chinese · 500 BCE
Spring Snow
春の雪
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1969
Sprint of the Full Moon
満月の疾走
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 2007
Sputnik Sweetheart
スプートニクの恋人
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1999
Star
スタア
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1960
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
聊齋誌異
Pu Songling · Classical Chinese · 1740
Sun and Steel
太陽と鉄
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1968
Taiko
新書太閤記
Eiji Yoshikawa · Japanese · 1937
The Tale of Genji
源氏物語
Murasaki Shikibu · Classical Japanese · 1021
The Tale of Kieu
傳翹; Truyện Kiều
Nguyễn Du · Vietnamese · 1820
Tanpopo
たんぽぽ
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1972
Tao Te Ching
道德經
Laozi · Archaic Chinese · 400 BCE
The Temple of Dawn
暁の寺
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1970
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
金閣寺
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1956
The Terrace of the Leper King
癩王のテラス
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1969
Thirst for Love
愛の渇き
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1950
Thousand Cranes
千羽鶴
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1952
Three Hundred Tang Poems
唐詩三百首
Li Bai (Li Po) · Classical Chinese · 1763
The Three-Body Problem
三体 [sān tǐ]
Liu Cixin · Modern Chinese · 2008
Tibetan Book of the Dead
བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ
Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) · Tibetan · 800
Tibetan · 800
Tomie
富江
Junji Ito · Japanese
Underground (Murakami book)
アンダーグラウンド
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2000
Unlock
开锁
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 2000
Uzumaki [Spiral]
うずまき
Junji Ito · Japanese
The Vegetarian
채식주의자
Han Kang · Korean · 2007
Wafers
웨하스
Ha Seong-nan · Korean · 2006
Water Margin
水滸傳
Shi Nai'an · Classical Vernacular Chinese · 1400
Waves
波动
Bei Dao · Modern Chinese · 1985
We Do Not Part
작별하지 않는다
Han Kang · Korean · 2021
Weekend Quartet
週末四重奏
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1999
Where Europe Begins
Wo Europa anfängt
Yoko Tawada · German · 1991
White (The White Book)
흰
Han Kang · Korean · 2016
Wild Men
野人
Gao Xingjian · Modern Chinese · 1985
A Wild Sheep Chase
羊をめぐる冒険
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1982
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
ねじまき鳥クロニクル
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1994
The Woman in the Dunes
砂の女
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1962
Written on Water
流言
Eileen Chang · Modern Chinese · 1945
Yamanba (The Old Crone)
山姥
Zeami Motokiyo · Classical Japanese · 1400
Yellow Mud Street
黄泥街
Can Xue · Modern Chinese · 1987
Yukiko
ゆきこ
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2014
Zhuangzi
莊子
Zhuang Zhou · Archaic Chinese · 300 BCE
飲冰室合集
Collected Works from the Ice-Drinker's Studio
Liang Qichao · Late Classical Chinese · 1906