Kazuo Ishiguro

A British author, Kazuo Ishiguro has a long and extensive career behind him, with plenty of award-winning novels under his belt. Having been born in Japan in Nagasaki, he moved to England at a young age, something which has been reflected in his work over the years. Focusing on a range of genres, he's never limited himself to just one field and area of literature, creating an identity that's all of his very own.

The best place to start is the Faber Stories series, the earliest of Kazuo Ishiguro's multi-book series: it opens with A Good Man Is Hard To Find (1955) and runs to 28 books across 1955–2019, ending with Intruders (2019). Kazuo Ishiguro's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Kazuo Ishiguro has 140 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1955 and 2027. 125 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Literary Conversations series with 97 books — and 15 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Kazuo Ishiguro's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Faber Stories (1955–2019, 28 books) and Literary Conversations (1969–2023, 97 books).

This guide splits Kazuo Ishiguro's 140 books into 2 named series and 15 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Literary Conversations (97 books, 1969–2023); Faber Stories (28 books, 1955–2019).