A BOOK LIST

Below is a list, in no particular order, of books suggested by Club members for consideration as possible review books. Any member can add a book to this list by completing and submitting the candidate book list form here.

Any member can become the proposer and review group leader of any of the books in the list below (or any other book for that matter) simply by completing and submitting the propose a book for review form here.

Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Onda Riku. Translated by Philip Gabriel. Published by Doubleday (2023)
ISBN-13: 978-0857527950 suggested by Nathan Jardine 4 January 2026

Japan the Beautiful and Myself by Yasunari Kawabata. Translated by Edward Seidensticker. Published by Kodansha International 1968 ISBN 0-87011-088-8 suggested by Joe Tibbetts 20 January 2026 This is Kawabata’s acceptance speech given to Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf VI of Sweden and the Members of the Swedish Academy in 1968 on the occasion of his being presented with the Nobel Prize for Literature.

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum Published by Mariner Books May 1999 ISBN-13 978-0395966587 suggested by