• kazuo ichiguro: never let me go, the remains of the day,
• park wanseo (박완서): three days in that autumn, weathered blossom
• haruki murakami (村上 春樹): dance dance dance (ダンス・ダンス・ダンス), hear the wind sing (風の歌を聴け), after dark (アフターダーク), 1Q84, norwegian wood
• orizuka: oppa and i, infinitely yours, the truth about forever, 17 years of love song
• natsuo kirino (桐野 夏生): grotesque, the goddess chronicle,
• natsume sōseki (夏目 漱石): kokoro, botchan, i am a cat,
• fuyumi ono (小野 不由美): 17 springs passed, shiki, kura no kami,
  • the twelve kingdoms
    • the twelve kingdoms: sea of shadow
    • the twelve kingdoms: sea of wind
    • the twelve kingdoms: the vast spread of the seas
    • the twelve kingdoms: skies of dawn
• kenzaburo oe (大江 健三郎): shiiku, the changeling, an echo of heaven, teach us to outgrow our madness
  • The Flaming Green Trilogy
    • until the savior gets socked (「救い主」が殴られるまで)
    • vacillating (揺れ動く (ヴァシレーション))
    • on the great day (大いなる日に)
• banana yoshimoto (よしもと ばなな): goodbye tsugumi, amrita, hardboiled & hard luck, the lake,
• amy yamada (山田 詠美): bedtime eyes, soul music lovers only, classroom for the abandoned dead

an incomplete list