Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".
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Standalone books
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction Seven: Stories by New Writers | 1981 | Amazon | |
| 2 | | A Pale View of Hills | 1982 | Amazon |
| 3 | A Family Supper | 1983 | Amazon | |
| 4 | The Summer After the War | 1983 | Amazon | |
| 5 | | An Artist of the Floating World | 1986 | Amazon |
| 6 | | The Remains of the Day | 1989 | Amazon |
| 7 | | The Unconsoled | 1995 | Amazon |
| 8 | | When We Were Orphans | 2000 | Amazon |
| 9 | A Village After Dark | 2001 | Amazon | |
| 10 | | Never Let Me Go | 2005 | Amazon |
| 11 | Crooner | 2009 | Amazon | |
| 12 | | Nocturnes | 2009 | Amazon |
| 13 | | The Buried Giant | 2015 | Amazon |
| 14 | | My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs | 2017 | Amazon |
| 15 | | Come Rain or Come Shine | 2019 | Amazon |
| 16 | | Klara and the Sun | 2021 | Amazon |
| 17 | A Strange and Sometimes Sadness | — | Amazon | |
| 18 | Cellists | — | Amazon | |
| 19 | Getting Poisoned | — | Amazon | |
| 20 | Malvern Hills | — | Amazon | |
| 21 | Nocturne | — | Amazon | |
| 22 | Waiting for J | — | Amazon |
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