Author guide
Sōsuke Natsukawa Books in Order
Sōsuke Natsukawa (born 1978 in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese physician and novelist who practices community medicine in Nagano Prefecture. He debuted in 2009 with Kamisama no karute, which won the Shogakukan Bunko Fiction Prize. His fiction frequently explores medical ethics, rural healthcare, mortality, friendship, and the sustaining power of literature.
Sōsuke Natsukawa's Newest Book
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Kamisama no karute
The author's debut and the first volume of his best-known medical-fiction series.
Hon o mamorou to suru neko no hanashi
A self-contained, internationally successful literary fantasy about books and reading.
Spinosa no shinryoshitsu
A recent standalone medical novel and an accessible entry point to his mature work.
Read in order
Books by series
novel series · ongoing
Kamisama no karute
A series centered on physician Ichito Kurihara and the doctors, patients, and communities around him.
- 1 Kamisama no karuteAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2009
- 2 Kamisama no karute 2Amazon ↗
Book 2 · novel · 2010
- 3 Kamisama no karute 3Amazon ↗
Book 3 · novel · 2012
- 4 Kamisama no karute 0Amazon ↗
Book 4 · short-story collection · 2015
- 5 Shinsyo Kamisama no karuteAmazon ↗
Book 5 · short-story collection · 2019
fantasy series · ongoing
Hon o mamorou to suru neko no hanashi
A fantasy series about talking cats, young readers, and the defense of books and reading.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (5)
Short fiction (1)
- Wasurenagusa no saku machi de: Azumino shinryo-kiAmazon ↗
short-story collection · 2019