The Book of Tea vs 走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること: Which Should You Read?

The Book of Tea Okakura Kakuzō · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.9 54 pages · ≈ 1 h 00 m · Demanding

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of…

走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること 村上春樹 · 2006 ★★★★☆ 3.9 192 pages · ≈ 3 h 33 m · Moderate

In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention…