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Kenzaburo Oe Books in Order
Author of 2 series.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Kenzaburo Oe's book series? Kenzaburo Oe has written 2 book series. The most notable is the Non-Fiction series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Kenzaburo Oe
- #1
Hiroshima Notes(1965) - #2A Healing Family(1995)
- #3
Fire from the Ashes: Short Stories from Hiroshima and Nagasaki(1985) - #4The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath(1985)
- #5
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, volume 2: From 1945 to the Present(2007)
- #1The Pinch Runner Memorandum(1957)
- #2Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids(1958)
- #3
A Personal Matter(1964) - #4
The Silent Cry(1967) - #5Rouse Up, O Young Men of the New Age!(1983)
- #6
An Echo of Heaven(1989) - #7A Quiet Life(1990)
- #8
Somersault(1999) - #9
The Changeling(2000) - #10
Death by Water(2009) - #11Seventeen & J(1963)
- #12
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness(1966) - #13
Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself(1995)
About Kenzaburo Oe
Author of 2 series.
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