Chronolgy

A chronology of books and stories featured.


Meiji Period begins 23rd October 1868

1897
Musashino/Ima no Musashino
Doppo Kunikida

1898
Nami-ko/Hototogisu
Tokutomo Kenjiro

1906
An Adopted Husband/Sono Omokage
Futabatei Shimei

Botchan
Natsume Soseki

1909
Country Teacher/Inaka Kyoshi
Tayama Katai

And Then/Sorekara
Natsume Soseki

Wild Geese/Gan
Mori Ogai

Taisho Period begins 30th July 1912
                                                                                                
1914
Kokoro/Kokoro:Sensei no Isho
Natsume Soseki

Rivalry/Ude kurabe
Kafu Nagai
                                                             
1925
The Lemon
Motojiro Kajii

Showa Period begins 25th December 1926

1929
The Devil's Disciple/Akuma no deshi
Hamao Shiro

1936
The Wind Has Risen/Kaze Tachinu
Hori Tatsuo

Children in the Wind/Kaze no naka kodomo
Tsubota Joji

1937
A Riot of Goldfish/Kingyo
Okamoto Kanoko

A Dark Night's Passing/An'ya Koro 
(serialized, first part appeared in 1921 completed in 1937)
Naoya Shiga

1942
The Moon over the Mountain/Sangetsuki
Nakajima Atsushi

1947
The Setting Sun/Shayo
Dazai Osamu

1948
Home-Coming/Kikyo
Osaragi Jiro

No Longer Human/Ningen Shikkaku
Dazai Osamu

1949
Citadel in Spring/Haru no Shiro
Agawa Hiroyuki

The Bells of Nagasaki/Nagasaki no kane
Nagai Takashi

1950
White and Purple/Shiro to Murasaki
Sata Ineko

1952
Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude
Tanikawa Shuntaro

1954
Ghosts/Yurei
Kita Morio

1955
Manganese Dioxide Dreams/Kasankamangansui no yume
Tanizaki Junichiro

1958
Points and Lines/Ten to sen
Matsumoto Seicho

1959
Inter Ice Age 4/Dai yon Kampyo-ki
Abe Kobo

1965
Madame de Sade/Sado koshaku fujin
Mishima Yukio

The Ruined Map/Moyetsukita chizu
Abe Kobo

1969
Adventures of Sumiyakist Q/Sumiyakisto no boken
Kurahashi Yumiko

1970
Anshitsu/The Dark Room
Yoshiyuki Junnosuke

Wedlock/Tsumagomi
Furui Yoshikichi


1972
Betty's Garden/Betei-san no Niwa
Yamamoto Michiko

The Maid/Kazoku Hakkei
Tsutsui Yasutaka

The Twilight Years/Kokotsu no hito
Ariyoshi Sawako

1973
Requiem
Go Shizuko

Shot by Both Sides/Hasamiuchi
Goto Meisei

1976
Doll Love/Ningyo Ai
Takahashi Takako

1978
Child of Fortune/Choji
Tsushima Yuko

Invalid/Byoshin
Takahashi Takako

1979
Hear the Wind Sing/Kaze no uta O'Kike
Murakami Haruki

Wind and Stone/Yume wa kareno o
Tachihara Masaaki

1980
Distant Thunder/Enrai
Tatematsu Wahei

1982
Sayonara Gangsters/Sayounara Gyangu-tachi
Takahashi Genichiro

Shipwrecks/Hasen
Yoshimura Akira

1984
The Bomb/Hiroshima
Oda Makoto

Death Sentences/Genshi Gari
Kawamata Chiaki

1985
Isle of Dreams/Yume no shima
Hino Keizo

Watcher From the Shore/Kami no yogoreta te
Sono Ayako

1987
Hyperart:Thomasson
Akasegawa Genpei

69
Murakami Ryu

Heisei Period begins 8th January 1989
                                                                                                   
1989
Dream Messenger/Yumetsukai
Shimada Masahiko

1990
Plainsong
Hosaka Kazushi

1993
The Downfall of Matias Guili
Ikezawa Natsuki

The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P/Oyayubi P no shugyo jidai
Rieko Matsuura

The Bridegroom Was a Dog/Inumukoiri
Yoko Tawada

The Stones Cry Out/Ishi no raireki
Hikaru Okuizumi

1998
The Paradise Bird Tattoo/Akame shijuya-taki shinju misui
Kurumatani Choukitsu

Naoko/Himitsu
Keigo Higashino

Loop/Rupu
Suzuki Koji

1999
Vibrator
Akasaka Mari

2000
Sensei no kaban/The Briefcase
Kawakami Hiromi

2003
Clear Water/Shimizu
Hirano Keiichiro

Riaru Warudo/Real World
Natsuo Kirino

2004
The Unfertilized Egg/Museiran
Hasegawa Junko

The Cage of Zeus/Zeusu no ori
Ueda Sayuri

2005
The Devotion of Suspect X/Yogisha X no kenshin
Higashino Keigo

In Pursuit of Lavender/Tobo kusotawake
Itoyama Akiko

The Lake/Mizuumi
Yoshimoto Banana

Five Strange Tales from Tokyo/Tokyo ki Tansyu
Murakami Haruki

2007
Soul Dance/Tamashii Dance
Arai Takako

Villain/Akunin
Yoshida Shuichi

2009
1Q84 Book One and Book Two
Murakami Haruki

2010
1Q84 Book Three
Murakami Haruki