The representative work of the Yomihon are "The Tale of Ugetsu" by Akinari and "Nanso satomi hakkenden" (The story of eight dog samurai and a princess of Satomi family in Nanso region) by Bakin.
代表的な読本には、秋成の『雨月物語』や馬琴の『南総里見八犬伝』などがある。