Recommended Books

From the gripping and atmospheric world of Japan noir and crime fiction to the fascinating realm of psychology and neuroscience, and even the transformative field of self-development, our list offers an excellent selection that caters to those who are interested in the human mind.

Japanese Noir

Keigo Higashino: Devotion to Suspect X

Crime Fiction and Mystery

Alex Michaelides: The Silent Patient
M. T. Edvardsson: A Nearly Normal Family
Steig Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Non-Fiction on Japan

Kan Kimura: The Burden of the Past: Problems of Historical Perception in Japan-Korea Relations
Romulus Hillsborough: Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai

Non-Fiction

David Epstein: Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Memoir

Jake Adelstein: Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Yeonmi Park: In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom