What to Read After The way of the samurai
Readers who loved The way of the samurai by Yukio Mishima keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The way of the samurai 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 way of the samurai
Hagakure
Zen Buddhism and its influence on Japanese culture
Legends of the samurai
Religion and Nothingness (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture)
The Lost Art of War
Kojiki
Vita sexualis
Four major plays of Chikamatsu
Hōjōki
Code of the Samurai
The art of the samurai
The Japanese art of war
Kojiki
The broken commandment
A discourse by three drunkards on government
The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima
First Snow on Fuji
Confessions of a mask
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility)
Bushidō
The Book of Tea
Nine Stories
Dubliners