Author guide
Natsuo Kirino Books in Order
Natsuo Kirino is a Japanese novelist born in Kanazawa in 1951. She began writing romance and juvenile fiction under alternate pen names before her major debut with Face to Face with Rain in 1993. Her fiction frequently examines gender, class, violence, family, labor, and social alienation. Her major works include Out, Soft Cheeks, Grotesque, Tokyo Island, The Goddess Chronicle, and Swallows Return. She has received the Edogawa Ranpo Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Naoki Prize, Izumi Kyoka Literary Prize, Shibata Renzaburo Award, Tanizaki Junichiro Prize, Yomiuri Literature Prize, and other major honors.
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OUT
Her international breakthrough and a strong standalone introduction to Kirino's social crime fiction.
顔に降りかかる雨
The first Murano Miro novel and her major mystery debut.
Read in order
Books by series
detective-fiction-series · complete
Murano Miro Series
Crime novels and short fiction featuring private investigator Murano Miro.
novel-series · complete
Fireball Blues
A two-volume series set in the world of women's professional wrestling.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (37)
- 愛のゆくえAmazon ↗
novel · 1984
- OUTAmazon ↗
novel · 1997
- 柔らかな頬Amazon ↗
novel · 1999
- 光源Amazon ↗
novel · 2000
- 玉蘭Amazon ↗
novel · 2001
- リアルワールドAmazon ↗
novel · 2003
- グロテスクAmazon ↗
novel · 2003
- 残虐記Amazon ↗
novel · 2004
- I'm sorry, mama.Amazon ↗
novel · 2004
- 魂萌え！Amazon ↗
novel · 2005
- 冒険の国Amazon ↗
novel · 2005
- メタボラAmazon ↗
novel · 2007
- 東京島Amazon ↗
novel · 2008
- 女神記Amazon ↗
novel · 2008
- INAmazon ↗
novel · 2009
- ナニカアルAmazon ↗
novel · 2010
- 優しいおとなAmazon ↗
novel · 2010
- ポリティコンAmazon ↗
novel · 2011
- 緑の毒Amazon ↗
novel · 2011
- ハピネスAmazon ↗
novel · 2013
- だから荒野Amazon ↗
novel · 2013
- 夜また夜の深い夜Amazon ↗
novel · 2014
- 抱く女Amazon ↗
novel · 2015
- バラカAmazon ↗
novel · 2016
- 猿の見る夢Amazon ↗
novel · 2016
- 夜の谷を行くAmazon ↗
novel · 2017
- デンジャラスAmazon ↗
novel · 2017
- 路上のXAmazon ↗
novel · 2018
- ロンリネスAmazon ↗
novel · 2018
- とめどなく囁くAmazon ↗
novel · 2019
- 日没Amazon ↗
novel · 2020
- インドラネットAmazon ↗
novel · 2021
- 砂に埋もれる犬Amazon ↗
novel · 2021
- 燕は戻ってこないAmazon ↗
novel · 2022
- 真珠とダイヤモンドAmazon ↗
novel · 2023
- オパールの炎Amazon ↗
novel · 2024
- 眠れぬおまえに遠くの夜をAmazon ↗
novel · 2026
Short fiction (5)
Essays and speeches (1)
- 白蛇教異端審問Amazon ↗
essay-collection · 2005
Other (9)
- The cool! 桐野夏生スペシャルAmazon ↗
mook · 2005
- 発火点Amazon ↗
dialogue-collection · 2009
- カクテル・ストーリーズAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1989
- ハイ・ライフAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1992
- キアラAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1992
- ワイルド・フラワーズAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1993
- ボンデージ・ファンタジーAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1993
- ロンリー・ハーツ・クラブAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1995
- モンロー伝説―ただ愛が欲しいだけAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1996