Japan and the West: The story of Tomoda and Matsunaga / Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, translated by Paul Warham ; Behind the prison / Nagai Kafū, translated by Jay Rubin ; Sanshiro / Natsume Sōseki, translated by Jay Rubin
Loyal Warriors: The last testament of Okitsu Yagoemon / Mori Ōgai. translated by Richard Bowring ; Patriotism / Mishima Yukio, translated by Geoffrey W. Sargent
Men and Women: Flames / Tsushima Yūko, translated by Geraldine Harcourt ; In the box / Kōno Taeko, translated by Jay Rubin ; Remaining flowers / Nakagami Kenji, translated by Eve Zimmerman ; Bee honey / Yoshimoto Banana, translated by Michael Emmerich ; The smile of a mountain witch / Ohba Minako, translated by Noriko Mizuta ; A bond for two lifetimes: gleanings / Enchi Fumiko, translated by Phyllis Birnbaum
Nature and Memory: Peaches / Abe Akira, translated by Jay Rubin ; The tale of the house of physics / Ogawa Yōko, translated by Ted Goossen ; Unforgettable people / Kunikida Doppo, translated by Jay Rubin ; The 1963/1982 girl from Ipanema / Murakami Haruki, translated by Jay Rubin ; Cambridge Circus / Shibata Motoyuki, translated by Jay Rubin
Modern Life and Other Nonsense: Closet LLB / Uno Kōji, translated by Jay Rubin ; Mr English / Genji Keita, translated by Jay Rubin ; Factory town / Betsuyaku Minoru, translated by Royall Tyler ; Dreams of love, etc. / Kawakami Mieko, translated by Hitomi Yoshio ; Shoulder-top secretary / Hoshi Shin'ichi, translated by Jay Rubin
Dread: Hell screen / Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, translated by Jay Rubin ; Filling up with sugar / Sawanishi Yūten, translated by Jay Rubin ; Kudan / Uchida Hyakken, translated by Rachel DiNitto
Disasters, Natural and Man-Made: The Great kanto earthquake, 1923: The great earthquake and General Kim / Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, translated by Jay Rubin ; The atomic bombings, 1945: Hiroshima, City of doom / Ōta Yōko, translated by Richard H. Minear ; Insects / Seirai Yūichi, translated by Paul Warham ; Post-war Japan: The silver fifty-sen pieces / Kawabata Yasunari, translated by Lane Dunlop ; American Hijiki / Nosaka Akiyuki ; translated by Jay Rubin ; Pink / Hoshino Tomoyuki, translated by Brian Bergstrom ; The Kobe earthquake, 1995: UFO in Kushiro /Murakami Haruki, translated by Jay Rubin ; The Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, 2011: Weather-watching hill / Saeki Kazumi, translated by David Boyd ; Planting / Matsuda Aoko. translated by Angus Turvill ; Same as always / Satō Yūya, translated by Rachel DiNitto.
