Here's a new Japanese reader that came out this year...

There's also this, which has been spoken of highly in this forum before:

http://www.amazon.com/Living-Japanese-Di...XK4QKNEN1M

I like that the Routledge book contains a diversity of content. The lack of translations shouldn't be an issue, as you can send pics of an essay you're working on to a teacher, who can help explain it to you in simpler Japanese.