THE BEST JAPANESE NOVELS OF 20TH CENTURY

1. Kokoro 1914 Natsume Sōseki
2. The Sound of the Mountain 1954 Yasunari Kawabata
3. The Sea of Fertility 1969-71 Yukio Mishima
4. The Makioka Sisters 1948 Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
5. The Silent Cry 1967 Kenzaburō Ōe
6. Snow Country 1947 Yasunari Kawabata
7. A Personal Matter 1964 Kenzaburō Ōe
8. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 1997 Haruki Murakami
9. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion 1956 Yukio Mishima
10. Silence 1966 Shusaku Endo
11. Some Prefer Nettles 1929 Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
12. The Setting Sun 1947 Osamu Dazai
13. Woman in the Dunes 1962 Kobo Abe
14. Norwegian Wood 1987 Haruki Murakami
15. Botchan 1906 Natsume Sōseki
16. Black Rain 1965 Masuji Ibuse
17. Kappa 1927 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
18. Kitchen 1988 Banana Yoshimoto
19. A Dark Night's Passing 1921-37 Naoya Shiga
20. The Doctor's Wife 1966 Sawako Ariyoshi