Katie Kitamura Books in Order
Katie Kitamura has written 7 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is Bushido: Legacies of Japanese Tattoos (2000) and the newest is Audition (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2000–2025
- Pages on record
- 623 in 3 of 7 books
Katie Kitamura is an American novelist, journalist and art critic, born in 1979, known for minimalist and psychologically intense prose about identity, performance and the fragility of human connection. Seven books are catalogued from 2000 to 2025. The first two are nonfiction about Japan, Bushido: Legacies of Japanese Tattoos (2000) and Japanese for Travellers (2007), and the novels follow: The Longshot (2009), Gone to the Forest (2012), A Separation (2017), Intimacies (2021) and Audition (2025). A Separation and Intimacies brought international recognition, and Audition was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize and was a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize. Kitamura teaches creative writing at New York University.
How many Katie Kitamura books are there?
Katie Kitamura has 7 books, released between 2000 and 2025.
Katie Kitamura Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Katie Kitamura books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Bushido: Legacies of Japanese Tattoos2000 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/420001541/4
- 2Japanese for Travellers: A Journey Through Modern Japan2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 3The Longshot2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 4Gone to the Forest2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 5A Separation2017 · 229 pages · confirmed 1/420172291/4
- 6Intimacies2021 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420212401/4
- 7Audition2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Katie Kitamura books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
7 books7 Katie Kitamura titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Katie Kitamura books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 7 Katie Kitamura books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Katie Kitamura
Start with Bushido: Legacies of Japanese Tattoos (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Katie Kitamura book?
Audition (2025) is the newest Katie Kitamura book released so far.
Is there a new Katie Kitamura book coming?
No next Katie Kitamura book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Katie Kitamura has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 3 nominations for Katie Kitamura. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Lucien Barrière Literary Award2023Won
- Prix Femina étranger2026Shortlisted
- prix du meilleur livre étranger - roman ou poésie2026Shortlisted
- Booker Prize2025Shortlistedfor Audition
Katie Kitamura at a glance
- Still publishing
- Katie Kitamura published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Katie Kitamura books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 623 pages across the 3 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 229 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Katie Kitamura books, 3 of 7, were published in the 2000s.
What the Katie Kitamura books are about
6 of the 7 Katie Kitamura books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: japan, social life and customs is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Japan, social life and customs 2 of 6 books
- Psychological fiction 2 of 6 books