Shusaku Endo Books in Order
18 books are credited to Shusaku Endo, published between 1958 and 2009; 3 of them appeared after Shusaku Endo's death in 1996. The first book is The Sea and Poison (1958) and the newest is The Final Martyrs (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1958–2009
- Pages on record
- 3,813 in 17 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 64–95 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,813 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Shūsaku Endō (March 27, 1923 – September 29, 1996) was a Japanese novelist whose work reflects the outlook of a Japanese Catholic. Silence (1966), a historical novel, was filmed by Martin Scorsese in 2016. Endō received the Akutagawa Prize and the Order of Culture, and Pope Paul VI admitted Endō to the Order of St. Sylvester. Titles in this catalogue include The Sea and Poison (1958), Wonderful Fool (1959), The Golden Country: A Play (1970), A Life of Jesus (1973) and The Samurai (1980).
How many Shusaku Endo books are there?
Shusaku Endo has 18 books, released between 1958 and 2009. 3 of them were published after Shusaku Endo's death in 1996. 1 of them belong to the Shūsaku Endō Plays series.
Shusaku Endo Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Shusaku Endo 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.
- 119581672/4
- 21959–2/4
- 319591752/4
- 419641922/4
- 519652402/4
- 619663062/4
- 719701282/4
- 819731792/4
- 919742772/4
- 1019802722/4
- 1119813122/4
- 1219852372/4
- 1319861652/4
- 1419864322/4
- 1519932242/4
- 162000842/4
- 1720042242/4
- 1820091992/4
Shusaku Endo 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.
Shūsaku Endō Standalone Novels
14 books14 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Shūsaku Endō Short Story
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Shūsaku Endō Plays in order
1 bookDo you have to read Shusaku Endo books in order?
You only need to read Shusaku Endo books in order within the Shūsaku Endō Plays series, which holds 1 of the 18 Shusaku Endo books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Shusaku Endo
Start with The Sea and Poison (1958), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Shusaku Endo book?
The Final Martyrs (2009) is the newest Shusaku Endo book released so far.
Is there a new Shusaku Endo book coming?
No next Shusaku Endo 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 Shusaku Endo has won
Wikidata records 5 awards for Shusaku Endo. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Noma Literary Prize1980Won
- Yomiuri Prize1979Won
- Tanizaki Prize1966Won
- Shinchosha literature award1958Won
- Akutagawa Prize1955Won
Shusaku Endo at a glance
- Died
- Shusaku Endo died in 1996, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Shusaku Endo are still being published after Shusaku Endo's death in 1996; the newest appeared in 2009.
- Release pace
- Shusaku Endo books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,813 pages across the 17 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Shusaku Endo books, 5 of 18, were published in the 1980s.
What the Shusaku Endo books are about
16 of the 18 Shusaku Endo books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: japan is tagged on 6 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Japan 6 of 16 books
- Japanese Short stories 3 of 16 books
- Short stories 3 of 16 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 16 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 16 books