Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction | 1991 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 2 | The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection | 1991 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 3 | Fourth Annual Collection | 1991 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 4 | The Campfire Collection: Spine-tingling Tales to Tell in the Dark | 2000 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 5 | The Vintage Book of Amnesia | 2000 | Haruki Murakami | N/A |
| 6 | 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology | 2000 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 7 | Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | 2003 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 8 | Birthday Stories | 2004 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 9 | The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers | 2005 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 10 | Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone | 2007 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 11 | Read Real Japanese Essays | 2008 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 12 | Great Modern Stories | 2009 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 13 | Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection | 2009 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 14 | Stories to Get You Through the Night | 2010 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 15 | AQA GCSE Anthology Sunlight on the Grass | 2012 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 16 | Ten Selected Love Stories | 2013 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
| 17 | Writers: Their Lives and Works | 2018 | Haruki Murakami | Buy |
Haruki Murakami’s short fiction has appeared in 17 anthologies between 1991 and 2018. Among the earliest are Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction (1991) and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection (1991). Birthday Stories (2004) is notable as an anthology that Murakami himself edited.
Later appearances include Read Real Japanese Essays (2008), Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection (2009), and Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018). The range of anthologies, from fantasy and horror collections to literary and educational compilations, reflects the broad appeal of Murakami’s stories across genres.