Author guide
Asako Yuzuki Books in Order
Asako Yuzuki debuted with Shuten no Ano Ko in 2010, incorporating her award-winning story Forget Me, Not Blue. She won the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize for Nile Perch no Joshikai in 2015. Her novels, short-story collections, essays, children's fiction, and graphic works frequently explore women's friendships, ambition, work, desire, food, and popular culture. Her 2017 novel BUTTER has been translated widely and became her first major work in English translation.
Asako Yuzuki's Newest Book
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ランチのアッコちゃん
An accessible, representative short-story collection and the first book in the Akko-chan series.
BUTTER
A widely acclaimed standalone novel and the author's best-known international work.
終点のあの子
The author's debut collection and the natural chronological starting point.
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Books by series
character-series · complete
Akko-chan series
A completed series of linked collections centered on Akko-chan and the people whose lives she affects.
graphic-series · complete
Mahōtsukai no Shinyū
A completed graphic series written by Asako Yuzuki and illustrated by Ayuko.
- 1 魔法使いの心友Amazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2012
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (17)
- 嘆きの美女Amazon ↗
novel · 2011
- けむたい後輩Amazon ↗
novel · 2012
- 早稲女、女、男Amazon ↗
novel · 2012
- 私にふさわしいホテルAmazon ↗
novel · 2012
- 王妃の帰還Amazon ↗
novel · 2013
- その手をにぎりたいAmazon ↗
novel · 2014
- 本屋さんのダイアナAmazon ↗
novel · 2014
- ねじまき片想いAmazon ↗
novel · 2014
- ナイルパーチの女子会Amazon ↗
novel · 2015
- 奥様はクレイジーフルーツAmazon ↗
novel · 2016
- BUTTERAmazon ↗
novel · 2017
- さらさら流るAmazon ↗
novel · 2017
- デートクレンジングAmazon ↗
novel · 2018
- マジカルグランマAmazon ↗
novel · 2019
- らんたんAmazon ↗
novel · 2021
- 林芙美子『放浪記』―愛すべき七転八倒Amazon ↗
nonfiction · 2023
- オール・ノットAmazon ↗
novel · 2023
Short fiction (5)
Essays and speeches (3)
Children's books (1)
- マリはすてきじゃない魔女Amazon ↗
childrens-book · 2023