Best Japanese authors

Japanese authors ranked by the scores readers give their books. Japanese fiction has found devoted readers far beyond Japan, whether through Haruki Murakami's dreamlike novels, Sayaka Murata's unsettling portraits of modern life or Kazuo Ishiguro's restrained storytelling. Known for atmosphere, precision and quiet strangeness, it rewards exploration. This list orders Japanese authors by how readers rate their books.

Ranked by each author’s score — the average of their books’ reader ratings on BookRank. Citizenship data: Wikidata.

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