Even if you happen to live near a specialty bookstore, a good selection of Japan literature in translation is hard to find. That's why we've handpicked these titles to offer a broad range of authors and styles. If you're looking for The Tale of Genji, it's here. But consider sampling an unfamiliar author or two -- you might stumble onto a body of work that will delight you for years. Some of these authors would be classified as "literature" and some probably lean more toward "pop fiction," but they all share one characteristic: in their own way, they're very good. Enjoy. ---------------------------------------- Short Stories The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan Authors KOBO ABE (1924-1993) The Woman in the Dunes RYUNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA (1892-1927) Rashomon OSAMU DAZAI (1909-1948) No Longer Human SHUSAKU ENDO (1923-1996) The Samurai MASUJI IBUSE (1898-1993) Black Rain YASUSHI INOUE (1907-1991) Tun-huang KAZUO ISHIGURO (1954) An Artist of the Floating World JUN ISHIKAWA (1899-1987) The Legend of Gold and Other Stories NAGAI KAFU (1879-1959) American Stories YASUNARI KAWABATA (1899-1972) Snow Country NATSUO KIRINO (1951) Out SEICHO MATSUMOTO (1909-1992) Inspector Imanishi Investigates YUKIO MISHIMA (1925-1970) The Temple of the Golden Pavilion MIYUKI MIYABE (1960) All She Was Worth KENJI MIYAZAWA (1896-1933) Once and Forever HARUKI MURAKAMI (1949) Kafka on the Shore RYU MURAKAMI (1952) Coin Locker Babies SOSEKI NATSUME (1867-1916) Botchan KENZABURO OE (1935) The Silent Cry YOKO OGAWA (1962) The Housekeeper and the Professor SHOHEI OOKA (1909-1988) Fires on the Plain EDOGAWA RAMPO (1894-1965) Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination RYOKAN (1758-1831) Zen Fool Ryokan MURASAKI SHIKIBU (973-1025) The Tale of Genji JUNZO SHONO (1921-2009) Evening Clouds AKIMITSU TAKAGI (1920-1995) The Tattoo Murder Case KOUSHUN TAKAMI (1969) Battle Royale MICHIO TAKEYAMA (1903-1984) Harp of Burma JUNICHIRO TANIZAKI (1886-1965) The Makioka Sisters EIJI YOSHIKAWA (1892-1962) Musashi BANANA YOSHIMOTO (1964) The Lake AKIRA YOSHIMURA (1927-2006) Shipwrecks