For Further Reading: A Japanese Women Writers Top 34
Nanae AOYAMA
A Perfect Day to Be Alone
Trans. Jesse Kirkwood
MacLehose Press, 2024 / Other Press, 2025
Kaori FUJINO
Nails and Eyes
Trans. Kendall Heitzman
Pushkin Press, 2023
Natsuko IMAMURA
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
Trans. Lucy North
Penguin Books, 2021
Natsuko IMAMURA
This Is Amiko, Do You Copy?
Trans. Hitomi Yoshio
Pushkin Press, 2023
Shiori ITO
Black Box
Trans. Allison Markin Powell
Feminist Press, 2021
Hitomi KANEHARA
Snakes and Earrings
Trans. David James Karashima
Dutton, 2005
Hitomi KANEHARA
Autofiction
Trans. David James Karashima
Vintage Books, 2007
Maki KASHIMADA
Touring the Land of the Dead
Trans. Haydn Trowell
Europa Editions, 2021
Maki KASHIMADA
Love at Six Thousand Degrees
Trans. Haydn Trowell
Europa Editions, 2023
Mieko KAWAKAMI
Ms. Ice Sandwich
Trans. Louise Heal Kawai
Pushkin Press, 2018
Mieko KAWAKAMI
Breasts and Eggs
Trans. Sam Bett & David Boyd
Europa Editions, 2020
Mieko KAWAKAMI
Heaven
Trans. Sam Bett & David Boyd
Europa Editions, 2021
Mieko KAWAKAMI
All the Lovers in the Night
Trans. Sam Bett & David Boyd
Europa Editions, 2022
Kumi KIMURA
Someone to Watch over You
Trans. Asa Yoneda
Pushkin Press, 2025
Erika KOBAYASHI
Trinity, Trinity, Trinity
Trans. Brian Bergstrom
Astra House, 2022
Kotomi LI
Solo Dance
Trans. Arthur Reiji Morris
World Editions, 2022
Aoko MATSUDA
Where the Wild Ladies Are
Trans. Polly Barton
Soft Skull, 2020
Shion MIURA
The Easy Life in Kamusari
Trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter
Amazon Crossing, 2021
Shion MIURA
Kamusari Tales Told at Night
Trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter
Amazon Crossing, 2022
Yukiko MOTOYA
The Lonesome Bodybuilder
Trans. Asa Yoneda
Soft Skull, 2018
Sayaka MURATA
Convenience Store Woman
Trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori
Grove Atlantic, 2018
Sayaka MURATA
Earthlings
Trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori
Grove Atlantic, 2020
Sayaka MURATA
Life Ceremony
Trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori
Grove Atlantic, 2022
Akira OTANI
The Night of Baba Yaga
Trans. Sam Bett
Soho Crime, 2024
Hiroko OYAMADA
The Factory
Trans. David Boyd
New Directions, 2019
Hiroko OYAMADA
The Hole
Trans. David Boyd
New Directions, 2020
Hiroko OYAMADA
Weasels in the Attic
Trans. David Boyd
New Directions, 2022
Tomoka SHIBASAKI
Spring Garden
Trans. Polly Barton
Pushkin Press, 2017
Suzumi SUZUKI
Gifted
Trans. Allison Markin Powell
Transit Books, 2024
Kikuo TSUMURA
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
Trans. Polly Barton
Bloomsbury, 2021
Rin USAMI
Idol, Burning
Trans. Asa Yoneda
Canongate, 2022 / HarperVia, 2022
Risa WATAYA
I Want to Kick You in the Back
Trans. Julianne Neville
One Peace Books, 2015
Emi YAGI
Diary of a Void
Trans. David Boyd & Lucy North
Viking, 2022 / Penguin, 2023
Asako YUZAKI
Butter
Trans. Polly Barton
Ecco, 2024
