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Jadjuka
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Registered: 02-22-2010
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Looking for good Samurai Novels

Hallo! I've been looking around but haven't found any luck with finding good novels on samurai in feudal Japan. I'm looking for historical fiction mostly but I'm open to novels that might have fantasy. Any help would be grately appreciated! 

 

 

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Sun_Cat
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Re: Looking for good Samurai Novels

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If by some chance you've never read Shogun, it's fabulous. The TV mini-series was good, but the book is truly a modern classic, IMO.

 

Shogun  

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javabird
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Re: Looking for good Samurai Novels

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I haven't read Shogun but the miniseries was fantastic. 

 

This series looks pretty interesting:

Shinju  

 

 

 

 I've only purchase this one from the series, but haven't read it yet::

 

The Samurai's Wife (Sano Ichiro Series #5)  

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jaquellae
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Re: Looking for good Samurai Novels

You can also try Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn. It's not really Samurai novel, and does have some fantasy elements, I did enjoy it.

Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori Series #1)  

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Jadjuka
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Re: Looking for good Samurai Novels

:smileyvery-happy: Thank you so much everyone!!! Yaaaaay!!!!

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FigureOfSpeech
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Re: Looking for good Samurai Novels

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The Weeping Empress  

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javabird
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Re: Looking for good Samurai Novels


FigureOfSpeech wrote:

The Weeping Empress  


 

That looks interesting, and on sale right now for $0.99. Thanks for posting.