The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories | editor Jay Rubin

Japan and the West

• The Story of Tomoda and Matsunaga | Jun’ichiro Tanizaki (translator Paul Warham)
• Behind the Prison | Kafu Nagai (translator Jay Rubin)
• Sanshiro | Soseki Natsume (translator Jay Rubin)

Loyal Warriors

• The Last Testament of Okitsu Yagoemon | Ogai Mori (translator Richard Bowring)
• Patriotism | Yukio Mishima (translator Geoffrey W. Sargent)

Men and Women

• Flames | Yuko Tsushima (translator Geraldine Harcourt)
• In the Box | Taeko Kono (translator Jay Rubin)
• Remaining Flowers | Kenji Nakagami (translator Eve Zimmerman)
• Bee Honey | Banana Yoshimoto (translator Michael Emmerich)
• The Smile of the Mountain Witch | Minako Ohba (translator Noriko Mizuta)
• A Bond for Two Lifetimes – Gleanings | Fumiko Enchi (translator Phyllis Birnbaum)

Nature and Memory

• Peaches | Akira Abe (translator Jay Rubin)
• The Tale of the House of Physics | Yoko Ogawa (translator Ted Goossen)
• Unforgettable People | Doppo Kunikida (translator Jay Rubin)
• The 1963/1982 Girl from Ipanema | Haruki Murakami (translator Jay Rubin)
• Cambridge Circus | Motoyuki Shibata (translator Jay Rubin)

Modern Life and Other Nonsense

• Closet LLB | Koji Uno (translator Jay Rubin)
• Mr English | Keita Genji (translator Jay Rubin)
• Factory Town | Minoru Betsuyaku (translator Royall Tyler)
• Dreams of Love, Etc | Mieko Kawakami (translator Hitomi Yoshio)
• Shoulder-Top Secretary | Shin’ichi Hoshi (translator Jay Rubin)

Dread

• Hell Screen | Kyunosuke Akutagawa (translator Jay Rubin)
• Filling Up with Sugar | Yuten Sawanishi (translator Jay Rubin)
• Kudan | Hyakken Uchida (translator Rachel DiNitto)

Disasters, Natural and Man-Made

• The Great Earthquake and General Kim | Ryunosuke Akutagawa (translator Jay Rubin)
• Hiroshima, City of Doom | Yoko Ota (translator Richard H. Minear)
• Insects | Yuichi Seirai (translator Paul Warham)
• The Silver Fifty-SEn Pieces | Yasunari Kawabata (translator Lane Dunlop)
• American Hijiki | Akiyuki Nosaka (translator Jay Rubin)
• Pink | Tomoyuki Hoshino (translator Brian Bergstrom)
• UFO in Kushiro | Haruki Murakami (translator Jay Rubin)
• Weather-Watching Hill | Kazumi Saeki (translator David Boyd)
• Planting | Aoko Matsuda (translator Angus Turvill)
• Same as Always | Yuya Sato (translator Rachel DiNitto)