What to Read After Rashomon and Other Stories
Readers who loved Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Rashomon and Other Stories 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 Rashomon and Other Stories
The woman in the dunes
Kokoro
House of the Sleeping Beauties
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories
The Face of Another
Palm-of-the-hand Stories
Kwaidan
Seven Japanese tales
Tales of Moonlight and Rain (Translations from the Asian Classics)
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels
The Sea and Poison
The Pillow Book
Fires on the Plain (Tuttle Classics)
Harp of Burma
Botchan
Kappa
The Woman in the dunes
Modern Japanese Literature
Wild Geese
Masks
Toddler-hunting & Other Stories
The Waiting Years
The Stones Cry Out