すべての神様の十月

Collection of light short stories - Shinto

In terms of language learning, I think this book is a good light read. The short stories and conversational tone of the characters makes it a good choice for N2 learners. The themes of Shintoism and information about the gods, although I wish was more prominent was also interesting.

In terms of entertainment, I personally did not enjoy the book. Although there were a number of female characters they were written very poorly (though I suppose that is par for the course in modern Japanese literat

I sincerely enjoyed this book, it was just fun. The chapters are short stories about different gods, and a few are written as casual monologues. If you've read the English book Good Omens, it has a similar air of silliness mixed with sincerity.

I personally found it quite easy to read, but thought it might be helpful to share a couple quotes from the book so people could gauge for themselves a bit and have an idea of the more casual style:

そうそう、貧乏人は貧乏人なりに楽しみを見つけるもんなんすよ。

and

人を殺すってことは、自分を殺