The Elephant Vanishes is a collection of 17 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, published by Knopf in 1993. The stories were written between 1980 and 1991, and were first published in various Japanese magazines and collections. Some of the stories had also previously appeared in various English publications.
• "The Wind-up Bird and Tuesday's Women" (ねじまき鳥と火曜日の女たち) - 1986
• "The Second Bakery Attack" (パン屋再襲撃) - 1985
• "The Kangaroo Communiqué" (カンガルー通信) - 1981
• "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning" (四月のある晴れた朝に100パーセントの女の子に出会うことについて) - 1981
• "Sleep" (眠り) - 1989
• "The Fall of the Roman Empire, the 1881 Indian Uprising, Hitler's Invasion of Poland, and the Realm of Raging Winds" (ローマ帝国の崩壊・一八八一年のインディアン蜂起・ヒットラーのポーランド侵入・そして強風世界) - 1986
• "Lederhosen" (レーダーホーゼン) - 1985
• "Barn Burning" (納屋を焼く) - 1983
• "The Little Green Monster" (緑色の獣) - 1981
• "Family Affair" (ファミリー・アフェア) - 1985
• "A Window" (窓) - 1991
• "TV People" (TVピープル) - 1989
• "A Slow Boat to China" (中国行きのスロウ・ボート) - 1980
• "The Dancing Dwarf" (踊る小人) - 1984
• "The Last Lawn of the Afternoon" (午後の最後の芝生) - 1982
• "The Silence" (沈黙) - 1991
• "The Elephant Vanishes" (象の消滅) - 1985
