The #spbkchat Japan discussion list

This week's list, from the chat :-)

Japan-related books:
Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
IQ84 by Haruki Murakami
The Word Book by Mieko Kanai
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
The Hunger Games (off-topic)
The Master Of Go by Yasunari Kawabata
Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka
Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima
Nightingale Floor (series) by Lian Hearn
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki
Sea of Fertility (tetralogy) by Yukio Mishima
Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Basho; Issa; Buson (haiku poets)
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
The Farthest Edge of the Islands


Website links:
http://worldsf.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-apex-book-of-world-sf-vol-ii-table-of-contents/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiun_Award
http://www.inspringitisthedawn.com/2011/01/japanese-literature-book-group-2011.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_science_fiction
http://timjonesbooks.blogspot.com/2011/02/harry-potter-and-unfulfilled-destiny.html (off-topic)


Authors mentioned:
Koushun Takami
Yukio Mishima
Masayuki Taguchi (illustrator)
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Yoko Ogawa
Natsuo Kirino
Banana Yoshimoto
Ryu Murakami
Kazuo Ishiguro (off-topic)


Non-book titles:
Spirited Away (film)
Kiki's Delivery Service(film)