Kanji Idioms, co-authored with Kayoko Kimiya, published by Kodansha International, 1995. ISBN 4-7700-1943-2
Kodansha's Dictionary of Basic Japanese Idioms, co-authored with Jeff Garrison, Kayoko Kimiya and Masahiko Goshi, published by Kodansha International, 2002. ISBN 4-7700-2797-4
Interfacing with Britain, published by Shohakusha, 1993. ISBN 4-88198-343-1
Face to Face with Britain, published by Shohakusha, 1994. ISBN 4-88198-348-2
Many Faces of Britain, published by Shohakusha, 1995. ISBN 4-88198-366-6
A Taste of Britain, published by Shohakusha, 1996. ISBN 4-88198-395-4
Student Life in Britain, published by Shohakusha, 1997. ISBN 4-88198-414-4
Food and Culture of Britain, published by Shohakusha, 1998. ISBN 4-88198-475-6
The British Today, published by Seibido, 2000. ISBN 4-7919-4047-4
The Ultimate Guide to Etiquette in Japan, published by Kodansha International, 1998. ISBN4-7700-2193-3
Japanese Society: An Update, published by Hokuseido, 1991. ISBN4-590-00888-2
Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility & Pride and Prejudice
Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre
Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights
Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Raymond Chandler: Playback
Agatha Christie: A Murder is Announced, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 4.50 from Paddington, The ABC Murders
Joseph Conrad: The Heart of Darkness
Charles Dickens: David Copperfield & A Christmas Carol
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles & A Study in Scarlet
Michel Faber: Under The Skin
Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d'Urbevilles & Jude the Obscure
Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr Ripley
Barry Hines: A Kestrel for a Knave
Michael Ondaatje: The English Patient
George Orwell: Animal Farm
Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Purloined Letter, The Black Cat, The Fall of the House of Usher
Alan Warner: Morvern Callar
Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting
P.G. Wodehouse: Right Ho, Jeeves
Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway & To The Lighthouse
Simon Armitage: All Points North
Jeffrey Bernard: Low Life & Reach for the Ground
Marcus Berkmann: Rain Men - The Madness of Cricket
Dale Carnegie: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Tony Cascarino: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino
Nick Danziger: Danziger's Britain
Eamon Dunphy: Only a Game?
Simon Kuper: Football Against the Enemy
Michael Lewis: Liar's Poker & The New New Thing
Steve Martin: Pure Drivel
Tony Parker: The People of Providence - A Housing Estate and Some of its Inhabitants & The Violence of Our Lives - Interviews with Life Sentence Prisoners in America
Tim Parks: Italian Neighbours
Harry Pearson: A Tall Man in a Low Land, Racing Pigs and Giant Marrows - Travels Around North Country Fairs & The Far Corner - A Mazey Dribble Through North-East Football
Harry Ritchie: Here We Go - A Summer on the Costa del Sol & The Last Pink Bits - Remnants of the Empire
Giles Smith: Lost in Music
Jerry Stahl: Permanent Midnight
Caroline Aherne & Craig Cash: The Royle Family - The Scripts
John Betjeman: Summoned by Bells
Stuart Clarke: The Homes of Football
Beryl Cook: The Works
Adrian Henri, Roger McGough & Brian Patten: New Volume
August Sander: Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts
Marcia Williams: Mr. William Shakespeare's Plays