Shōgun
The Epic Novel of Japan (Asian Saga, 1)
Ranked #1 in Japanese History, Ranked #1 in Japan History — see more rankings.
A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life. All brought together in an extraordinary saga aflame with passion, conflict, ambition, and the struggle for power.
Here is the world-famous novel of Japan that is the earliest book in James Clavell’s masterly Asian saga. Set in the year 1600, it tells the story of a bold English pilot whose ship was blown ashore in Japan, where he encountered two people who were to change his life: a warlord with his own quest for... more
Reviews and Recommendations
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Ian Mortimer Yes, I was 15, I think, when I read it. I couldn’t believe that no one had ever written other books like it. I remember going to my English master at school and saying “What else is like this? I want to read more books like this!” I can’t remember what he recommended, but I can remember picking them up and thinking they were nothing like Shogun. I was so entranced by the world of the 16th century he created that I’ve really had a fascination for it all my life. I never really enjoyed anything else that James Clavell wrote, but that book really stands tall. There’s so many clever ideas in... (Source)
Edward Norton I devoured [this book]. (Source)
Tradeciety Rolf The best fiction book I've read since "The player of games". Can't put it down :) https://t.co/goANBDBjY3 (Source)
Rankings by Category
Shōgun is ranked in the following categories:
- #3 in Adventure Romance
- #11 in Asian
- #43 in Dad
- #24 in Epic
- #32 in Historical Fiction
- #3 in Japanese
- #39 in Red
- #40 in Saga
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