Dazai Osamu Books
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by (shelved 30 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.95 — 238,609 ratings — published 1948

by (shelved 21 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.97 — 41,074 ratings — published 1947

by (shelved 11 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.98 — 24,011 ratings — published 1939

by (shelved 9 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,402 ratings — published 1940

by (shelved 9 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,340 ratings — published 1991

by (shelved 6 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,025 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 5 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.79 — 10,307 ratings — published 1935

by (shelved 5 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.59 — 1,730 ratings — published 1944

by (shelved 4 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,352 ratings — published 1945

by (shelved 3 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,769 ratings — published 1940

by (shelved 3 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.69 — 680 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 3 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.86 — 476 ratings — published 1989

by (shelved 2 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.61 — 319 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.70 — 310 ratings — published 1940

by (shelved 2 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.28 — 20,236 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 2 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.79 — 117 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.93 — 27 ratings — published 1983

by (shelved 2 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.09 — 47 ratings — published 1990

by (shelved 2 times as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.71 — 568 ratings — published 1944

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.84 — 167 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.03 — 414 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.42 — 40 ratings — published 1985

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.74 — 255 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.45 — 20 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.79 — 78 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.74 — 42 ratings — published 1939

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.77 — 152 ratings — published 1933

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.65 — 284 ratings — published 1948

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.79 — 326 ratings — published 1947

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.12 — 969 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.85 — 992 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.72 — 137 ratings — published 1938

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.67 — 21 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.65 — 162 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 1 time as dazai-osamu)
avg rating 3.98 — 108 ratings — published 1939

“Why can’t people get along without criticizing one another?” Urashima shakes
his head as he ponders this rudimentary question. “Never have the bush clover
blooming on the beach, nor the little crabs who skitter o’er the sand, nor the wild
geese resting their wings in yonder cove found fault with me. Would that human
beings too were thus! Each individual has his own way of living. Can we not learn
to respect one another’s chosen way? One makes every effort to live in a dignified
and proper manner, without harming anyone else, yet people will carp and cavil
and try to tear one down. It’s most vexing.”
― Otogizōshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu
his head as he ponders this rudimentary question. “Never have the bush clover
blooming on the beach, nor the little crabs who skitter o’er the sand, nor the wild
geese resting their wings in yonder cove found fault with me. Would that human
beings too were thus! Each individual has his own way of living. Can we not learn
to respect one another’s chosen way? One makes every effort to live in a dignified
and proper manner, without harming anyone else, yet people will carp and cavil
and try to tear one down. It’s most vexing.”
― Otogizōshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu

“My heart had melted into something akin to a sensation of happiness, peace of mind one might even say, at the realization that I had now reached the very bottom of agony.”
― 斜陽 [Shayou]
― 斜陽 [Shayou]