Yoko Ogawa Books in Order

Yōko Ogawa is a Japanese writer. Her work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize. Internationally, she has been the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. The Memory Police was also shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Yoko Ogawa

Yōko Ogawa Non-Fiction Series

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#1
Color In Fashion(1989)
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#2
The Diving Pool(1990)
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#3
Dormitory(2008)
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#4
The Diving Pool: Three Novellas(1990)
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#5
Revenge(1998)
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#6
Read Real Japanese Essays(2008)
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Yōko Ogawa Standalone Series

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#1
The Memory Police(1994)
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#2
Hotel Iris(1996)
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#3
The Gift of Numbers / The Housekeeper and the Professor(2003)
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#4
Mina's Matchbox(2006)
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#5
Les Lectures des otages(2011)
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About Yoko Ogawa

Yōko Ogawa is a Japanese writer. Her work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize. Internationally, she has been the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. The Memory Police was also shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.

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