I made a book of Japanese short stories for those looking for easier intermediate material. Each chapter comes with a glossary, quiz, and translation. It’s FREE on Kindle for Wed/Thurs. The furigana took forever to format, but any ratings/reviews would help support future projects like this.

First, thanks to the mod team for approving this post. Shout out to u/LordQuorad.

For those in the US, you can download the book for free at:

NOTE: When you are getting free ebooks from Amazon do not use the “Read for Free” button. You should use “Buy Now” while the kindle price is $0.00. “Read for Free” is Kindle Unlimited which requires payment. And finally, Kindle has an app you can read books on, so you don’t actually need a Kindle device, just an Amazon account.

For those outside of the US, you can find the book here:

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B97PVGWL

DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0B97PVGWL

FR: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0B97PVGWL

ES: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0B97PVGWL

IT: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0B97PVGWL

CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0B97PVGWL

AU: https://www.amazon.au/dp/B0B97PVGWL

NL: https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0B97PVGWL

JP: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0B97PVGWL

BR: https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B0B97PVGWL

MX: https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B0B97PVGWL

IN: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0B97PVGWL

I hope the stories help those who need it. After all the years of studying, it feels good to actually make stuff that other people can use. A conversation book was planned for release last year, but I think I still need the break after this first one. Doing both the kindle and paperback formatting took it out of me :(.

If you have any questions about the material, please post them. Otherwise, enjoy!

9 comments
  1. Nice job. We need more projects like this!

    Have you looked into creating your book using HTML to avoid the furigana struggle ?

  2. Thanks, I used the Buy now for free button and it worked.
    It looks good, I will give it a go soon.

  3. Downloaded this for the weekend, had a quick skim just now and it looks perfect for my current level! Thank you so much for making it available for free, it looks like such a lot of work!

  4. Thank you for making this available! These are at a great intermediate level and the furigana are a big help, even if it’s just to confirm that my reading is accurate. Hopefully you can figure out a way to streamline the authoring process more in the future.

  5. I just bought it! I like having the physical version of things and I love having books like this to practice what I know. 🙂

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