Translated Fiction - Asia

Explore powerful stories from across Asia with our curated collection of translated fiction at Harry Hartog Bookseller. Featuring acclaimed titles from Japan, Korea, China, India, and beyond—these books offer deep cultural insight, literary beauty, and unforgettable storytelling. Discover new perspectives online or in-store today.

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The Menu of Happiness by Hisashi Kashiwai - 9781035060733
$22.99
The Menu of Happiness
Hisashi Kashiwai
The Menu of Happiness, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the third book in...
Bookstore Girls
$32.99
Bookstore Girls
Kei Aono
Can two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love?...
Swallows by Natsuo Kirino - 9781837264285
$34.99
Swallows
Natsuo Kirino
Twenty-nine-year-old Riki is sick of her dead-end job, of struggling to get by ever since...
Strange Houses by Uketsu - 9781805335375
$32.99
Strange Houses
Uketsu
A sinister hidden room. A dead space between two walls. A sealed cellar. A child's...
Roadkill by Amil - 9781787304857
$34.99
Roadkill
Amil
An exhilarating speculative short story collection from South Korean author Amil, transporting readers to new...
Break Room by Miye Lee - 9781035430567
$32.99
Break Room
Miye Lee
'Packs a punch . . . You'll definitely see your colleagues in a different light...
The Midnight Shift by Gene Png - 9781526679833
$32.99
The Midnight Shift
Gene Png
A bestseller in Korea, a biting, fast-paced vampire murder mystery exploring queer love and the...
The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama - 9781529949766
$34.99
The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park
Michiko Aoyama
Brand new healing fiction from the 2.5-million-copy bestselling author of What You Are Looking for...
The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun - 9781529954869
$34.99
The Hole
Hye-Young Pyun
A prizewinning psychological horror from Korea - after a devastating car crash, a man wakes...
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo
$34.99
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo
Haruki Murakami
'What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real' A lavishly illustrated edition of...
When the Museum is Closed by Emi Yagi - 9781787304642
$34.99
When the Museum is Closed
Emi Yagi
A quirky, joyful queer love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love...
The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto - 9780349019222
$32.99
The Dilemmas of Working Women
Fumio Yamamoto
The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly...
Seesaw Monster by Kotaro Isaka - 9781787304734
$34.99
Seesaw Monster
Kotaro Isaka
Two inventive tales of espionage in one, from the internationally bestselling author of Japanese fiction...
How to Hold Someone in your Heart by Mizuki Tsujimura - 9780857529664
$34.99
How to Hold Someone in your Heart
Mizuki Tsujimura
From the author of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR, the bestselling companion read to LOST...
A Thousand Blues by Cheon Seon-ran - 9781529938029
$34.99
A Thousand Blues
Cheon Seon-ran
From a massive rising star in the world of Korean female sci-fi comes the gripping,...
The Cat Who Saved the Library
$39.99
The Cat Who Saved the Library
Sosuke Natsukawa
Nanami sees nothing wrong with a library and cat combination. But a talking cat is...
The Cat Who Saved Books
$39.99
The Cat Who Saved Books
Sosuke Natsukawa
A gorgeous international exclusive hardback edition featuring stencilled sprayed edges. ‘Enchanting’ – The Observer Grandpa used to say...
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa - 9781529934915
$34.99
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line
Hiro Arikawa
From the authentic and original healing fiction author of TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES comes a 1.4-million-copy...
Heart Lamp: selected stories
$29.99
Heart Lamp: selected stories
Banu Mushtaq
WINNER OF THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu...
Blowfish by Kyung-Ran Jo - 9781035435234
$34.99
Blowfish
Kyung-Ran Jo
'A book to chew on and savour, a deft delve into the intricacies of love...
Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata - 9781803511207
$29.99
Vanishing World
Sayaka Murata
"Normality is the creepiest madness there is..." From the author of the bestselling literary sensations...
Strange Pictures by Uketsu - 9781805335399
$32.99
Strange Pictures
Uketsu
THE TIMES BESTSELLER 'So captivating I read it in a day. So disturbing I thought...
Voices of the Fallen Heroes by Yukio Mishima - 9780241723609
$32.99
Voices of the Fallen Heroes
Yukio Mishima
A new selection of lyrically haunting short stories from a Japanese literary icon A writer...
Chevengur by Andrey Platonov - 9781784879150
$24.99
Chevengur
Andrey Platonov
The Soviet Don Quixote, Chevengur is now seen by many Russian writers as Russia's greatest...
The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sosuke Natsukawa - 9781035050642
$19.99
The Cat Who Saved the Library
Sosuke Natsukawa
Nanami sees nothing wrong with a library and cat combination. But a talking cat is...
The Black Swan Mystery by Tetsuya Ayukawa - 9781805335238
$24.99
The Black Swan Mystery
Tetsuya Ayukawa
WINNER OF THE JAPANESE DETECTIVE WRITERS CLUB PRIZE _____This prize-winning railway murder mystery from Japan...
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland by Haruki Murakami - 9781784878917
$45.00
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland
Haruki Murakami
New to our Vintage Classics Murakami Collector's Library - a newly translated, unabridged edition of...
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - 9781784878955
$26.99
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
This indispensable translation is as close to the original as it is possible to get...