What to Read After Inventing Japan
Readers who loved Inventing Japan by Ian Buruma keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Inventing Japan 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 Inventing Japan
Embracing Defeat
Shutting out the sun
Dogs and Demons
Forbidden Nation
The Japanese mind
Japanese Culture
Japan, a Modern History
The enigma of Japanese power
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Making of Modern Japan
A Hundred Years of Japanese Film
In the Realm of a Dying Emperor
Pink Samurai
Wabi Sabi
Putin Country
Wrong About Japan
The Middle East
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Nordic Theory of Everything
What Went Wrong?
Natasha's Dance
Age of Ambition