Osamu Dazai Books in Order
25 books are credited to Osamu Dazai, published between 1933 and 2026; 9 of them appeared after Osamu Dazai's death in 1948. The first book is The Girl Who Became a Fish (1933) and the newest is Justice with a Smile (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1933–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,448 in 10 of 25 books
Osamu Dazai was the pen name of Shūji Tsushima (19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948), a Japanese writer whose works The Setting Sun and No Longer Human are regarded as modern classics. No Longer Human was Dazai's final book and is the most widely read Dazai work outside Japan. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murasaki Shikibu and Fyodor Dostoevsky shaped Dazai's writing. Dazai also used the pseudonym Shunpei Kuroki for Illusion of the Cliffs. The English-language catalogue opens with The Girl Who Became a Fish (1933) and includes Run, Melos! (1940), Home to Tsugaru (1944) and Pandora's Box (1944), with Justice with a Smile (2026) as the newest entry.
How many Osamu Dazai books are there?
Osamu Dazai has 25 books, released between 1933 and 2026. 9 of them were published after Osamu Dazai's death in 1948. 18 of them belong to the Osamu Dazai series.
Osamu Dazai Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Osamu Dazai 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.
- 11933–1/4
- 2The Flowers of Buffoonery1935 · confirmed 1/41935–1/4
- 319391601/4
- 419391061/4
- 51940–1/4
- 61940–1/4
- 71941–1/4
- 819441631/4
- 919441181/4
- 1019461421/4
- 111947–1/4
- 121947–1/4
- 13Cherry1948 · confirmed 1/41948–1/4
- 1419481441/4
- 1519481771/4
- 161948–1/4
- 171986–1/4
- 181990–1/4
- 1919912301/4
- 2019931841/4
- 21The Story of a Pet Dog2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 22Wish Fulfilled2019 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/42019241/4
- 23Retrogression2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 24Sange2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 252026–1/4
Osamu Dazai 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.
Osamu Dazai in order
18 books- 1. 100 Views Of Mount Fuji
- 2. Schoolgirl
- 3. Run, Melos!
- 4. The Beggar Student
- 5. A New Hamlet
- 6. Home to Tsugaru
- 7. Pandora's Box
- 8. Otogizōshi
- 9. Villon's Wife
- 10. The Setting Sun
- 11. A Shameful Life
- 12. No Longer Human
- and 6 more in the table above
Maiden's Bookshelf in order
1 bookStandalone books
6 books6 Osamu Dazai titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Osamu Dazai books in order?
You only need to read Osamu Dazai books in order within the Osamu Dazai series, which holds 18 of the 25 Osamu Dazai books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
What order should you read Osamu Dazai books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Girl Who Became a Fish (1933), the earliest published title. After it come The Flowers of Buffoonery (1935), 100 Views Of Mount Fuji (1939), Schoolgirl (1939) and Run, Melos! (1940); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Osamu Dazai book?
Justice with a Smile (2026) is the newest Osamu Dazai book released so far.
Is there a new Osamu Dazai book coming?
No next Osamu Dazai book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Osamu Dazai at a glance
- Died
- Osamu Dazai died in 1948, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Osamu Dazai are still being published after Osamu Dazai's death in 1948; the newest appeared in 2026.
- Release pace
- Osamu Dazai books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,448 pages across the 10 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 152 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Osamu Dazai books, 12 of 25, were published in the 1940s.
What the Osamu Dazai books are about
7 of the 25 Osamu Dazai books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Social life and customs 4 of 7 books