These were books read in 2019, listed in the order they were read.
- Tales Grotesque and Curious by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, translated by Glenn Shaw [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
- Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Rampo Edogawa, translated by James B. Harris [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
- Last Winter We Parted by Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Allison Markin Powell [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
- Newlywed by Banana Yoshimoto [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
- Run, Melos! and Other Stories by Osamu Dazai, translated by Ralph F McCarthy [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
- Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Rampo Edogawa, translated by James B Harris [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
- The Edogawa Rampo Reader by Rampo Edogawa, translated by Seth Jacobowitz [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
- The Last Children of Tōkyō by Yōko Tawada, translated by Margaret Mitsutani [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
- Rivers by Teru Miyamoto, translated by Ralph McCarthy and Roger Thomas [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
- A Quiet Place by Seichō Matsumoto, translated by Louise Heal Kawai [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
- Death by Choice by Masahiko Shimada, translated by Meredith McKinney [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
- Tōkyō Decadence by Ryū Murakami, translated by Yuko Otake and Marco Fiocca [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
- Inheritance from Mother by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
- Trash by Amy Yamada, translated by Sonya L Johnson [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
- The Crimson Thread of Abandon: Stories by Shuji Terayama, translated by Elizabeth L Armstrong [star rating=”3.5]
- Lotus and Other Tales of Medieval Japan by Takeshi Umehara, translated by Paul McCarthy [star rating=”60″ type=”percent”]
- A Rabbit’s Eyes by Kenjirō Haitani, translated by Paul Sminkey [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
- Autofiction by Hitomi Kanehara, translated by David James Karashima [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
- The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami, translated by Ted Goossen [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
- A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard: A Novel in Three Parts by Ian Hideo Levy [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
- Mr. Turtle by Yūsaku Kitano, translated by Tyran Grillo [star rating=”80″ type=”percent”]
- Confessions by Kanae Minato, translated by Stephen Snyder [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
- I Hear Them Cry by Shiho Kishimoto, translated by Raj Mahtani [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]
- Oh, Tama! by Mieko Kanai, translated by Paul McCarthy and Tomoko Aoyama [star rating=”50″ type=”percent”]
- Plainsong by Kazushi Hosaka, translated by Julien Calas [star rating=”70″ type=”percent”]
- Tales from a Mountain Cave: Stories from Japan’s Northeast by Hisashi Inoue, translated by Angus Turvill [star rating=”90″ type=”percent”]