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A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in the Chizurui mansion in this prizewinning classic Japanese mystery.
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カグラバチ 1 [Kagurabachi 1]
刀匠を志す少年チヒロは、父の下で日々修行に励んでいた。おちゃらけた父と寡黙な息子。笑いの絶えない毎日がいつまでも続くと思っていたが…ある日悲劇が訪れる…。血塗られた絆と帰らない日常。少年は憎しみを焚べ、決意の炎を心に宿す…。
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Dragon Palace
Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023
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From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this otherworldly collection of eight stories, each a masterpiece of transformation, infuse… -
The Black Hunger
John Sackville will soon be dead. Shadows writhe in the corners of his cell as he mourns the death of his secret lover and the gnawing hunger inside him grows impossible to ignore.
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The 47 Ronin Story
47 Ronin Story is the classic Japanese story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in Japan's feudal history. In a shocking clash between the warriors and the merchant class of seven…
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The North Light
Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never bee…
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The Thousandfold Thought (The Prince of Nothing, #3)
The Darkness That Comes Before, R. Scott Bakker's magnificent debut, drew thunderous acclaim from reviewers and fellow fantasy authors. Readers were invited into a darkly threatening, thrillingly imag…
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Gifted
A moving portrayal of a troubled mother–daughter relationship, shortlisted for Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize.
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First Love
Upon being arrested for the gruesome murder of her father, all college student Kanna Hijiriyama tells the police is “It’s up to you to find the motive.” Amidst the media frenzy about the woman “too be…
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The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)
From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga's own mother.
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Strange Pictures
The spine-tingling bestseller that has taken Japan by storm—an eerie fresh take on horror for fans of Hidden Pictures and Junji Ito, in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into a d…
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The Warrior Prophet (The Prince of Nothing, #2)
"Book Two of The Prince of Nothing" finds the Holy War continuing its inexorable march southward. But the suspicion begins to dawn that the real threat comes not from the infidel but from within...Ste…
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The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1)
From the New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore, the first book in an enthralling new fantasy series about murder, magic, and madness in post-WWII London.
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The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote Mill House, his scarred face hidden behind a rubber mask. Then one stormy night the tranquility of his…
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A Girl on the Shore
Longing for Something Bigger
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From the Eisner Award-nominated Inio Asano, creator of Solanin and Nijigahara Holograph, comes one of his most challenging works yet; an intense teen romance set in what ma…