Immigration Reading Challenge, hosted by introvertedreader.com is a challenge I just discovered. After having reviewed/featured many immigrant authors and their books over the years, I was happy to see this challenge by Introverted Reader! Please visit her site to sign up and/or to read the book reviews of those participating!
I will add more books later on.
Japanese Literature Challenge 19
The Japanese Literature Challenge 19 is hosted by Dolce Bellezza. All Japanese works in translation are eligible for this reading challenge, which runs January through February 2026. Leave a link to your reviews on the challenge review site.
I hope to read a few of the following books, some of which may not yet have been published but are available on NetGalley. Book descriptions are also from the publisher and/or NetGalley.
From the author of the international bestseller Butter comes a chilling and perceptive novel about obsession, female friendship, and the slow unraveling of two lives.
A witty, deadpan novel about modern relationships, pets, and living as a single woman; for fans of Sayaka Murata, offbeat humor, and sharp social observation.
In the second book in the Ancestor Memories historical fantasy series, a young woman finds herself back in 1920s Tokyo as Japan enters a new and dangerous era—and a deadly tragedy awaits her city.
Follow the seashell path along Tokyo Bay until you get to the Chibineko Kitchen, where a traditional Japanese meal can summon anyone you choose from your past, but only for as long as it continues to steam . . . —for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, The Midnight Library, and Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away.
The original Japanese Cat classic by Natsume Soseki, now in a vibrant new translation.
'I am a Cat. But I still don't have a name...'
Once a stray kitten, I Am a Cat’s narrator finds himself adopted by a local scholar and thrown headfirst into the absurd upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan. Now a noble but somewhat world-weary observer, he has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of the human race.
Published September 9, 2025.
FROM ONE OF JAPAN'S GREATEST CRIME WRITERS—THE AUTHOR OF THE HONJIN MURDERS: Nothing at The Black Cat Café is as it seems. . .
In order to solve this sensational stand-alone murder mystery, scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi will have to untangle a complex web of love, jealousy, and betrayal
A story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, Sisters in Yellow is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.
TO GO ALONG WITH THE JAPANESE READING CHALLENGE, and other books originally in French I plan on reading, I'M ALSO LINKING TO
THIS IS HOSTED BY introvertedreader.com
What books are on your reading list now?
Memes: The Sunday Post, It's Monday: What Are You Reading, Sunday Salon, and Stacking the Shelves
Good luck with your reading challenges this year! Murder at the Black Cat Cafe got my attention. I will have to look for that one. I am looking forward to reading The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen too.
ReplyDeleteThese look good. I do enjoy reading translated works. I got The Full Moon Coffee Shop for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/stacking-the-shelves-135/
Wow! Several of these are going on the TBR list. Good luck with your challenges!
ReplyDeleteYou have some great sounding books to read, good luck with the challenge!
ReplyDeleteHave you read Butter? I've started to get really curious about that one, even though it isn't so much my thing. Hooked has me similarly curious...
ReplyDeleteAnd you've reminded me I was interested in Murder at the Black Cat Cafe too!
Hope you enjoy all these.
I'll be lookiing at your blog for suggestions on this challenge. Not sure I want to join but I do want read more Japanese lit. Great suggestions here.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the challenge. The cat books got my attention. I'll look for them. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading books from Japan so much. I can't resist joining in for the Japanese Literature Challenge. Meredith has been hosting this challenge for nineteen years.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to start with a book she recommended, and I look forward to seeing what you think of the books you find to read for the challenge.
Good luck with your reading challenges!
ReplyDeleteSnow at the Shrine Entrance is beautiful! Murder at the Black Cat Cafe looks interesting. Good luck on your challenge!
ReplyDeleteThose look such fun! Other than my arcs, I tend not to sign up for Challenges as I'm a huge mood reader. I hope these are great:)).
ReplyDeleteYou have a wonderful selection of books for the JLC19! Many of them are on my list as well, including Black Cat Murders and I Am A Cat.
ReplyDeleteSeveral of these are in my list, too, such as Murder at the Black Cat Cafe and I Am A Cat, the later of which I have been meaning for years…probably since the challenge began!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the challenges Harvee. I hope you have fun with them.
ReplyDeleteOk. I want to read all of the cat ones!!!
ReplyDeleteJapanese readers must really love cats because it sure seems there are a lot of books with cat-themes by Japanese writers. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy all your reading challenges for the year. I don't think I've ever read a book from Japan or by a Japanese writer. It looks like an interesting area to explore. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great challenge!
ReplyDeleteJill
https://www.allthebooksihaventread.com/