This index is for works of Literature originally written in the Japanese Language and Japanese authors. See also Light Novels.
Authors
- Fumiko Enchi
- Shusaku Endo
- Haruki Murakami
- Murasaki Yukiya
- Nahoko Uehashi
- Ryu Murakami
- Shigesato Itoi - he's published quite a few books, but it's not his primary profession.
- Shuhei Fujisawa
- Yoshiki Tanaka
- Yukio Mishima
- 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.
Works
- 1Q84
- Sixty Nine
- After Dark
- after the quake
- All You Need is Kill
- Almost Transparent Blue
- Another
- Babylon
- 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)
- Cop Craft
- Dance Dance Dance
- DDD
- The Devotion of Suspect X
- DIVE!!
- Dororo
- The Eccentric Family
- Evillious Chronicles
- From the Fatherland, with Love
- From the New World
- The Garden of Sinners
- Girls In The Dark
- The Golden Demon
- Goth
- The Hagakure
- Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- HaruChika
- Hear the Wind Sing
- Hyouka
- I Am a Cat
- I'm In Love With the Villainess
- In The Miso Soup
- 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!!
- Kyoko
- Legend of Galactic Heroes
- The Makioka Sisters
- Manazuru
- Midnight Occult Civil Servants
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash
- Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight AXIS
- Momotarō
- Moribito
- Musashi
- Nansou Satomi Hakkenden
- Night on the Galactic Railroad
- No Longer Human
- Norwegian Wood
- Now Youre One Of Us
- One Stormy Night
- Onihei Hankachou
- Paprika
- Piercing
- The Pillow Book
- Pinball, 1973
- Popular Hits of the Showa Era
- Psychic Detective Yakumo
- Quantum Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner
- RDG: Red Data Girl
- The Ring
- Run with the Wind
- Sentou Yousei Yukikaze
- Schippeitaro
- Shinobi no Kuni
- Sixty Nine
- The Sky Crawlers
- Snow Country
- Sound! Euphonium
- The Sound of Waves
- South of the Border, West of the Sun
- Sputnik Sweetheart
- Strange Weather in Tokyo
- Taiko
- The Tale of Genji
- Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note
- The Thief
- The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
- The Foxes Of Chironup Island
- Urikohime and the Amanojaku
- A Wild Sheep Chase
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- Woman in the Dunes
