My favourite Japanese translated fiction

Some of my favourite Japanese books that I have read so far!

Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata

Diary of a Void, by Emi Yagi

• Both of these are quite short books

• They are both about women who are put under enormous societal pressure to fit in, and end up lying and living fake lives so that people stop bothering them.

Sweet Bean Paste, by Durian Sukegawa

The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World, by Laura Imai Messina

• Both are moving an beautiful books

• Sweet Bean paste deals with the topics of prejudice, discrimination and freedom

• The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World is a lovely story about grief