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A Guide to Learning Hiragana and Katakana (Tuttle Language Library)A Guide to Learning Hiragana and Katakana (Tuttle Language Library) by Kenneth G. Henshall
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Teaches you how to read and write Kana: Hiragana and Katakana. Only takes weeks to complete.
Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook v.1: Kana Workbook Vol 1Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook v.1: Kana Workbook Vol 1 by Association for Japanese Language Teaching
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Alternative option to the above book. Only takes weeks to complete as well.
Japanese for Busy People: Kana Version Bk. 1 (Japanese for Busy People Series)Japanese for Busy People: Kana Version Bk. 1 (Japanese for Busy People Series) by Ajalt
Buy new: £11.20 / Used from: £9.82
First book of the best series for learning Japanese gradually, is written only in Kana.
Japanese for Busy People: Kana Version v.2: Kana Version Vol 2Japanese for Busy People: Kana Version v.2: Kana Version Vol 2 by Association for Japanese Language Teaching
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Second book, intermediate level. Starts teaching Kanji.
Japanese for Busy People: Kana Version v.3: Kana Version Vol 3Japanese for Busy People: Kana Version v.3: Kana Version Vol 3 by Association for Japanese Language Teaching
Buy new: £13.79 / Used from: £6.35
Third book, intermediate-advanced level. More Kanji.
Japanese for ProfessionalsJapanese for Professionals by Association for Japanese Language Teaching
Buy new: £10.47 / Used from: £22.38
Intermediate-advanced level book if you plan to work in Japan or do business there.
Sura Sura: A Text for Intermediate JapaneseSura Sura: A Text for Intermediate Japanese by CI Chao
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Intermediate-advanced level book, less business oriented than the above.
Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel TextBreaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text by Giles Murray
Buy new: £7.28 / Used from: £6.11
Nice reader if you know the basics already, after you have done Japanese for Busy People book II.
Reading Japanese with a Smile: Nine Stories from a Japanese Weekly Magazine for Intermediate LearnersReading Japanese with a Smile: Nine Stories from a Japanese Weekly Magazine for Intermediate Learners by Tom Gally
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Another good reader, same pre-requisite.
Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to AdvancedAuthentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced by Osamu Kamada
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Advanced level book, great for self-learners, you need to know some 1000 Kanji before starting this book, thus the readers above.
A Japanese Reader: Graded Lessons in the Modern Language (Tuttle Language Library)A Japanese Reader: Graded Lessons in the Modern Language (Tuttle Language Library) by Roy Andrew Miller
Buy new: £9.08 / Used from: £6.32
Great reader that even complete beginners, who know Kata, can read, covers 1850 Kanji.