The accomplishments of Japanese poet, novelist and essayist Naoki Higashida are impressive. He's published more than 20 books in Japanese, pens a popular blog and is seeing the release this month of his second book in English — all before his 25th birthday in August.

Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8, by Naoki Higashida, Translated by K.A. Yoshida and David Mitchell.
240 pages