What to Read After The diary of Lady Murasaki
Readers who loved The diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The diary of Lady Murasaki is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The diary of Lady Murasaki
Geisha
Geisha
The Gossamer Years =
Women of the Pleasure Quarters
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
Autobiography of a Geisha
Madame Sadayakko
Geisha
Kimono
Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan
Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European)
The Pillow Book
Four major plays of Chikamatsu
Geisha
Seven Japanese tales
The Japanese chronicles
In a Japanese house
The narrow road to the Deep North, and other travel sketches
Masks
The Fire Kimono
Kokoro
Dogs and Demons
The Ink Dark Moon
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility)