Kazuo Ishiguro Books in Order
Kazuo Ishiguro has written 14 books, published between 1982 and 2024. The first book is A Pale View of Hills (1982) and the newest is The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain (2024). One more title is announced: Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14 + 1 announced
- Published
- 1982–2024
- Confirmed
- 2 of 15 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,472 in 9 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 41–62 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,472 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, musician and short story writer, born in Nagasaki on 8 November 1954. Ishiguro moved to Britain with family in 1960, at the age of five. Ishiguro won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature; the Swedish Academy praised novels of great emotional force that expose the gulf under a false sense of connection with the world. The catalogue lists 15 titles, starting with A Pale View of Hills (1982). An Artist of the Floating World (1986), The Remains of the Day (1989), The Unconsoled (1995), When We Were Orphans (2000) and Never Let Me Go (2005) follow. Nocturnes appeared in 2009, and Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger is due in 2027.
How many Kazuo Ishiguro books are there?
Kazuo Ishiguro has 14 published books, released between 1982 and 2024. One more, Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger (2027), is announced.
Kazuo Ishiguro Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Kazuo Ishiguro books in the order they were released, 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.
- 1A Pale View of Hills1982 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/419821832/4
- 2A Family Supper1983 · confirmed 2/41983–2/4
- 3An Artist of the Floating World1986 · 206 pages · confirmed 2/419862062/4
- 4The Remains of the Day1989 · confirmed 2/41989–2/4
- 5The Unconsoled1995 · 535 pages · confirmed 2/419955352/4
- 6When We Were Orphans2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420003202/4
- 7A Village After Dark2001 · confirmed 2/42001–2/4
- 8Never Let Me Go2005 · confirmed 2/42005–2/4
- 920082243/4
- 10Nocturnes2009 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420092402/4
- 11The Buried Giant2015 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420153842/4
- 122019763/4
- 13Klara and the Sun2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420213042/4
- 14The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 15Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger2027 · confirmed 2/42027–2/4
Kazuo Ishiguro 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.
Faber Stories in order
1 bookLiterary Conversations in order
1 bookStandalone books
13 books13 Kazuo Ishiguro titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kazuo Ishiguro books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 15 Kazuo Ishiguro books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Kazuo Ishiguro
Start with A Pale View of Hills (1982), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kazuo Ishiguro book?
The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain (2024) is the newest Kazuo Ishiguro book released so far.
Is there a new Kazuo Ishiguro book coming?
Yes. Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger (2027) is the next Kazuo Ishiguro book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
Awards Kazuo Ishiguro has won
Wikidata records 5 awards and 11 nominations for Kazuo Ishiguro. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Bodley Medal2019Won
- Nobel Prize in Literature2017Won
- Helmerich Award2013Won
- Booker Prize1989Wonfor The Remains of the Day
- Costa Book Awards1986Wonfor An Artist of the Floating World
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2022Shortlistedfor Klara and the Sun
- Arthur C. Clarke Award2022Shortlistedfor Klara and the Sun
- Booker Prize2021Shortlistedfor Klara and the Sun
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2016Shortlistedfor The Buried Giant
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2016Shortlistedfor The Buried Giant
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature2016Shortlistedfor The Buried Giant
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2006Shortlistedfor Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kazuo Ishiguro is still publishing. Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Kazuo Ishiguro books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,472 pages across the 9 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kazuo Ishiguro books, 5 of 15, were published in the 2000s.
What the Kazuo Ishiguro books are about
10 of the 15 Kazuo Ishiguro books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: musicians is tagged on 2 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Musicians 2 of 10 books
- Psychology 2 of 10 books