This index is for works of Literature originally written in the Japanese Language and Japanese authors. Light Novels is a subindex.
Subindexes:
Authors
- Yukito Ayatsuji
- Fumiko Enchi
- Shūsaku Endō
- Shuhei Fujisawa
- Kazuo Ishiguro - born in Japan, but moved to the UK in his early childhood and writes in English.
- Shigesato Itoi - he's published quite a few books, but it's not his primary profession.
- Matsuo Basho
- Yukio Mishima
- Yomu Mishima
- Tomihiko Morimi
- Haruki Murakami
- Ryu Murakami
- Murasaki Shikibu
- Kazuki Nakashima
- Tadao Nagahama
- NisiOisiN
- Keiko Nagita
- Fuyumi Ono
- Naoya Shiga
- Sei Shonagon
- Yoshiki Tanaka
- Nanako Tsujimura
- Nahoko Uehashi
- Takashi Yanase: Japanese children's book author and illustrator, known for touching on darker and heavier subject matter for children and families. His most well-known work is Chirin no Suzu (Chirin's Bell) note which gained a film adaptation in 1978 by Sanrio.
- Murasaki Yukiya
Works
- 1Q84
- Sixty Nine
- After Dark
- after the quake
- All You Need Is Kill
- Almost Transparent Blue
- Anpanman
- Another
- Babylon
- Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon
- Battle Royale
- The Beast Player
- Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
- Brave Story
- Case File nº221: Kabukicho
- Chirin no Suzu
- The Case Files of Jeweler Richard
- The Case Files of Yakushiji Ryoko
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
- Coin Locker Babies
- Cocksucker Blues
- Company (Ibuki Yuki)
- Convenience Store Woman
- Cop Craft
- Dance Dance Dance
- The Dark Maidens
- Dark Warrior
- The Decagon House Murders
- The Deer King
- DDD
- The Devotion of Suspect X
- DIVE!!
- Dororo
- The Eccentric Family
- Everyone Poops
- Evillious Chronicles
- Fixed Damage
- A Former Child Soldier Who Uses a Magic Sword
- The Foxes Of Chironup Island
- From The Fatherland With Love
- From the New World
- Gakkou no Kaidan
- Gamers! (2015)
- The Garden of Sinners
- Gate
- Girls Kingdom
- Girl: "Who are you?" Alien: "Er, I'm an alien."
- The Golden Demon
- Goth
- The Hagakure
- Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- HaruChika
- Hear the Wind Sing
- The Hero Who Seeks Revenge Shall Exterminate With Darkness
- How Do You Live?
- Hyakumankai Ikita Neko
- Hyouka
- I Am a Cat
- I Left the A-Rank Party
- I'm In Love With the Villainess
- In The Miso Soup
- I Quit Being An Adventurer
- Isekai Walking
- It's Kirby Time
- Japan Summons
- Joker Game
- Kafka on the Shore
- Kaiketsu Zorori
- Kingdom Hearts - novel adaptations of the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
- King's Game
- Knight's & Magic
- Kobitos Zukan
- Koizora
- Kokoro
- Kuromajo-san ga Toru!!
- Kurozuka
- Kyoko
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Lonely Castle in the Mirror
- The Makioka Sisters
- Manazuru
- Midnight Occult Civil Servants
- The Mill House Murders
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash
- Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight AXIS
- Momotarō
- Mother - novelizations of Earthbound/Mother.
- Moribito
- Musashi
- Nansō Satomi Hakkenden
- Night on the Galactic Railroad
- No Longer Human
- Norwegian Wood
- Now You're One Of Us
- One Stormy Night
- Onihei Hankachou
- Paprika
- Penguin Highway
- Piercing
- The Pillow Book
- Pinball, 1973
- Popular Hits of the Showa Era
- Psychic Detective Yakumo
- Psychic Wars
- Quantum Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner
- RDG: Red Data Girl
- Record of Lodoss War
- The Restaurant of Many Orders
- The Ring
- Roman Robo Anime Climax Selection
- The Rose Flower and Joe
- Run with the Wind
- The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
- Sentou Yousei Yukikaze
- Schippeitaro
- Shiki
- Shinobi no Kuni
- Shuna's Journey
- Sixty Nine
- The Sky Crawlers
- Snow Country
- The Sorcerer King of Destruction and the Golem of the Barbarian Queen
- Sound! Euphonium
- The Sound of Waves
- South of the Border, West of the Sun
- Sputnik Sweetheart
- Starting A New Life For The Discarded All Rounder
- Strange Weather in Tokyo
- Tadao Nagahama: Robot Romance Animation Chronicle Infobook
- Taiko
- The Tale of Genji
- "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter"
- Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note
- Taro And Jiro The Sibling Locomotives
- The Tatami Galaxy
- Teito Monogatari
- The Thief
- The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
- Train Man (2004)
- The Twelve Kingdoms
- Undead Girl Murder Farce
- The Undead King's Reign of Peace
- The Undetectable Strongest Job
- Urikohime and the Amanojaku
- Virus: Day of Resurrection
- A Warrior Exiled by the Hero and His Former Lover
- Welcome to the NHK
- A Wind Named Amnesia
- A Wild Sheep Chase
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- Woman in the Dunes
- Yasashii Lion
