Coming Soon...

This is the home of my forthcoming blogging event, January in Japan, where we'll be enjoying all things J-Lit to kick off 2013.  More details will be revealed soon, both here and at Tony's Reading List.

*** Anyone interested in joining in can leave a comment here, or e-mail me at tonysreadinglist at y7mail dot com :) ***

Book Reviews (2015)

Welcome to the January in Japan review page for 2015!  If you have a review of a J-Lit book, and you want the world to know about it, please leave a link, also giving the name of the book, the author and your blog, as demonstrated in the example below:

e.g. 'Botchan' by Natsume Soseki (Tony's Reading List)

Thanks for your contribution :)

N.B. No posting before January 2015, please...

Book Reviews (2014)

Welcome to the January in Japan review page for 2014!  If you have a review of a J-Lit book, and you want the world to know about it, please leave a link, also giving the name of the book, the author and your blog, as demonstrated in the example below:

e.g. 'Botchan' by Natsume Soseki (Tony's Reading List)

Thanks for your contribution :)

J-Lit Resources

This is a work-in-progress list of interesting links - please feel free to comment and suggest other useful sites :)

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Japanese Literature (Wikipedia Page)
Bibliographical Resources for Japanese Literature (Japan Society)
Best Japanese Books (Goodreads List)
Japanese Literature - Quick Overview (Go Japan Go.com)
Junbungaku (J-Lit Blog with latest literary news)
J-Lit.Net (Japanese Literature) 

J-Lit Giants

This is a series of brief biographies of famous Japanese writers, telling you who's who in J-Lit and what you should be reading!  Feel free to leave a comment if you would like to add a J-Lit Giant of your own :)

Click on the link below to go to the bio - unless stated, all posts are by Tony of Tony's Reading List.



1) Natsume Soseki
2) Yukio Mishima
3) Ryuichi Tamura (by Gary of The Parrish Lantern)
4) Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
5) Osamu Dazai (by Patrick of my so-called research)
6) Kobo Abe (by Gary of The Parrish Lantern)
7) Haruki Murakami
8) Yoko Ogawa
9) Shūsaku Endō (by Matt of A Novel Approach)
10) Yasunari Kawabata
11) Kenzaburo Oe
12) Banana Yoshimoto
13) Ryū Murakami
14) Yoriko Shōno  (by Morgan Giles)
15) Fumiko Enchi (by Carola of brilliant years)
16) Mori Ogai (by Louis Bravos)
17) Keigo Higashino (by Kim of Reading Matters)

Book Reviews (2013)

Welcome to the January in Japan review page!  If you have a review of a J-Lit book, and you want the world to know about it, please leave a link, also giving the name of the book, the author and your blog, as demonstrated in the example below:

e.g. 'Botchan' by Natsume Soseki (Tony's Reading List)

Thanks for your contribution :)