Shion Miura

Oct 21, 2024 | shelf-awareness.com | Shion Miura |Yui Kajita |Alan Hollinghurst |Grey Wolfe LaJoie

Every year, the fall season arrives with an avalanche of books, and so for the next several weeks, Shelf Awareness will be spotlighting as many of our favorites as we can in newsletters delivered on both Tuesdays and Fridays! In today's issue, there's American Rapture by CJ Leede, an adrenaline rush of a horror novel about a virus that unleashes an insatiable--and fatal--lust in its victims; and My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss, a rigorous, innovative memoir that rearranges fairy tale...

Oct 11, 2024 | thehoneypop.com | Julie Dam |Shion Miura

Happy THPloween to all who celebrate (which should be everyone, in our humble opinion)! We at the Hive always look forward to this time of the year. And as many of us start preparing our Halloween costumes, of course, we’ll need the right playlists to get us in the spirit!We can never have enough TWICE content on our page. Coincidentally, they’re about to celebrate their 9th anniversary as a group! Where has the time gone?

Oct 10, 2024 | thehoneypop.com | Shion Miura |Julie Dam

It’s been quite a while since we at THP have read a translated book, but we’re so back! You may know of Run with the Wind as an anime adaptation of Shion Miura’s novel of the same name. Well, this Japanese novel has been translated into English by Yui Kajita and is set to release in the United States very soon. Run with the Wind by Shion Miura tells the story of ten college students at Kansei University who band together to form a ragtag track and field team.

Jul 6, 2024 | lynlynsays.com | Shion Miura

The Great Passage (2011)By Shion MiuraThe Great Passage is a Japanese contemporary novel written by Shion Miura and translated into English by Juliet Winters Carpenter. This book is a feel-good story for people who enjoy the power of words. The novel centers on publishing a fictional Japanese dictionary called The Great Passage. Kohei Araki recruits the kind and introverted young man from the sales department, Mitsuya Majime to be the new chief editor of The Great Passage.

Oct 12, 2023 | vnexplorer.net | Mizuki Tsujimura |Haruki Murakami |Osamu Dazai |Shion Miura

1. Lonely Castle in the Mirror, 2. Kafka on the Shore, 3. Norwegian Wood, 4. No Longer Human, 5. Kokoro, 6. Rashomon, 7. The Easy Life in Kamusari, 8. Kitchen, 9. Night on the Galactic Railroad, 10. The Sound of Waves, 11. I Am a Cat, 12. Snow Country. Are you an avid reader? Japanese novels are recommended for avid readers. The best Japanese novels to read in English, written by Japanese authors, are recommended reading for bookworms as well as those interested in Japanese culture.