# 10 Books To Read if You Love ‘Shōgun’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/10-books-to-read-if-you-love-shogun/
- Published: 2026-11-04T12:16:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T15:09:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/books-like-shogun-to-read/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- *Shōgun*’s success has led to a planned second season.
- The article recommends historical fiction about Japan and East Asia.
- *Taiko* traces the life of 16th-century leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

## Summary

The 2024 miniseries *Shōgun*, adapted from James Clavell’s novel and set in Edo-period Japan, has prompted its creators to develop a second season after its success. For viewers waiting for it, the article recommends books that explore samurai culture, political history and encounters between East and West.

The suggestions include Clavell’s *Tai-Pan*, set in British Hong Kong after the First Opium War, and Shūsaku Endō’s *The Samurai*, which follows a Japanese diplomatic mission to Europe and Mexico in the 17th century. Eiji Yoshikawa’s *Taiko*, a 900-plus-page account of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s rise and death in 1598, offers historical context for the series; the article also begins discussing *The African Samurai*, about Yasuke, a man from present-day Mozambique who became Lord Nobunaga’s bodyguard.

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