Books like Essential Kanji

12 books to read next

• Read Japanese Today Len Walsh 2.9 h
• Remembering the Kanji I James W. Heisig, Tanya Sienko 8.9 h
• First 100 Japanese Kanji Eriko Sato 2.4 h
• 漢字 英語版 Kōichi Nishiguchi 3.7 h
• Learning Japanese Kanji Glen Nolan Grant 8.8 h
• Japanese From Zero! 1 George Trombley, Yukari Takenaka 5.1 h
• Japanese for Dummies Eriko Sato 7.6 h
• Japanese, the Spoken Language, Part 1 Eleanor Harz Jorden 2.4 h
• Learn Japanese John Young 4.7 h
• Basic Kanji Book, Vol. 1 = 基本漢字５００ Chieko Kano, Hiroko Takenaka, Eriko Ishii, Yuri Shimizu 4.3 h
• Kanji & Kana = Wolfgang Hadamitzky, Mark Spahn 7.2 h
• Dai Kan-Wa Jiten Tetsuji Morohashi 14 min

How long each takes

Read Japanese Today Len Walsh 2.9 h Remembering the Kanji I James W. Heisig, Tanya Sienko 8.9 h First 100 Japanese Kanji Eriko Sato 2.4 h 漢字 英語版 Kōichi Nishiguchi 3.7 h Learning Japanese Kanji Glen Nolan Grant 8.8 h Japanese From Zero! 1 George Trombley, Yukari Takenaka 5.1 h Japanese for Dummies Eriko Sato 7.6 h Japanese, the Spoken Language, Part 1 Eleanor Harz Jorden 2.4 h Learn Japanese John Young 4.7 h Basic Kanji Book, Vol. 1 = 基本漢字５００ Chieko Kano, Hiroko Takenaka, Eriko Ishii, Yuri Shimizu 4.3 h Kanji & Kana = Wolfgang Hadamitzky, Mark Spahn 7.2 h Dai Kan-Wa Jiten Tetsuji Morohashi 14 min

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.