From the October 2018 Issue A Knight to Remember Killing Commendatore By Haruki Murakami (Translated by Philip Gabriel & Ted Goossen) LR
From the August 2014 Issue Friends Reunited Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage By Haruki Murakami (Translated by Philip Gabriel) LR
From the July 2006 Issue A Box of Treats Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman By Haruki Murakami (Translated by Philip Gabriel and Jay Rubin) LR
From the February 2005 Issue Talking Cats and Willing Women Kafka on the Shore By Haruki Murakami (Translated by Philip Gabriel) LR
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