Ian Buruma Books in Order

Ian Buruma is a renowned British-Dutch writer and academic, deeply immersed in the culture of Asia, with a profound focus on 20th-century Japan, where he spent many formative years. His extensive experience living and working in Japan has greatly influenced his writing, yielding insightful and thought-provoking analyses of this complex and fascinating culture.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Ian Buruma

  • #1
    California (By: Kevin Starr)(1980)
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  • #2
    Communism (By: Richard Pipes)(1994)
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  • #3
    London (By: A.N. Wilson)(1995)
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  • #4
    The Balkans (By: Mark Mazower)(2000)
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  • #5
    The German Empire (By: Michael Sturmer)(2000)
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  • #6
    The Catholic Church (By: Hans Küng)(2001)
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  • #7
    Peoples and Empires (By: Anthony Pagden)(2001)
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  • #8
    Hitler and the Holocaust (By: Robert S. Wistrich)(2001)
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  • #9
    Law in America (By: Lawrence M. Friedman)(2002)
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  • #10
    The American Revolution (By: Gordon S. Wood)(2002)
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  • #11
    Inventing Japan(2003)
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  • #12
    The Americas (By: Felipe Fernández-Armesto)(2003)
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  • #13
    The Boys' Crusade (By: Paul Fussell)(2003)
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  • #14
    The Reformation (By: Patrick Collinson)(2003)
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  • #15
    The Company (By: Adrian Wooldridge,John Micklethwait)(2003)
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  • #16
    The Age of Shakespeare (By: Frank Kermode)(2004)
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  • #17
    The Age of Napoleon (By: Alistair Horne)(2004)
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  • #18
    Infinite Ascent (By: David Berlinski)(2004)
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  • #19
    Evolution (By: Edward J. Larson)(2004)
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  • #20
    Nazism and War (By: Richard Bessel)(2004)
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  • #21
    The City (By: Joel Kotkin)(2005)
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  • #22
    A Short History of Medicine (By: F. González-Crussí)(2006)
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  • #23
    Storm from the East (By: Milton Viorst)(2006)
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  • #24
    Baseball (By: George Vecsey)(2006)
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  • #25
    The Hellenistic Age (By: Peter Green)(2007)
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  • #26
    Prehistory (By: Colin Renfrew)(2007)
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  • #27
    The Renaissance (By: Paul Johnson)(2007)
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  • #28
    Islam (By: Karen Armstrong)(2007)
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  • #29
    The Christian World (By: Martin E. Marty)(2008)
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  • #30
    Dangerous Games (By: Margaret MacMillan)(2008)
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  • #31
    The Romantic Revolution (By: Timothy C.W. Blanning)(2010)
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  • #32
    The Korean War (By: Bruce Cumings)(2010)
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  • #1
    Japanese Tattoo (With: Donald Richie)(1980)
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  • #2
    Behind the Mask / A Japanese Mirror(1984)
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  • #3
    God's Dust(1989)
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  • #4
    The Wages of Guilt(1994)
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  • #5
    The Missionary And The Libertine(1996)
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  • #6
    Inventing Japan(1999)
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  • #7
    Voltaire's Coconuts / Anglomania In Europe(1999)
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  • #8
    Bad Elements(2001)
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  • #9
    Inventing Japan, 1853-1964(2003)
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  • #10
    Occidentalism(2004)
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  • #11
    Conversations with John Schlesinger(2006)
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  • #12
    Murder in Amsterdam(2006)
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  • #13
    Taming the Gods(2010)
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  • #14
    Year Zero(2013)
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  • #15
    Theater of Cruelty(2014)
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  • #16
    Their Promised Land(2016)
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  • #17
    A Tokyo Romance(2018)
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  • #18
    The Churchill Complex(2020)
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  • #19
    The Collaborators(2023)
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  • #20
    Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah(2024)
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About Ian Buruma

Ian Buruma is a renowned British-Dutch writer and academic, deeply immersed in the culture of Asia, with a profound focus on 20th-century Japan, where he spent many formative years. His extensive experience living and working in Japan has greatly influenced his writing, yielding insightful and thought-provoking analyses of this complex and fascinating culture.

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