Osamu Dazai's best works
The top 3 according to 46 votes from people: No Longer Human · Run, Melos! · Schoolgirl. (Updated Nov 29, 2025.)
Osamu Dazai's key works that top bookstore and book-guide rankings, from No Longer Human, The Setting Sun and Run, Melos! to classic short stories.
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Top 14
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1
No Longer Human
1948. The collapse of a man who always played the clown; one of Japan's most-read novels.
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2
Run, Melos!
1940. A hopeful short story about friendship.
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Schoolgirl
1939. A girl's day told as a monologue.
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4
Villon's Wife
1947. The story of a self-destructive poet's wife.
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Pandora's Box
1945-1946. An epistolary novel about young people in a sanatorium.
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Kakekomi Uttae
1940. Judas's monologue.
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Good-bye
1948. His unfinished last work.
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8
Hazakura to Mateki
1939. A poignant story of two sisters.
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The Setting Sun
1947. A declining aristocratic family; a bestseller.
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10
One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji
1939. Days spent looking at Mount Fuji.
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11
Ōtō (Cherries)
1948. A late short story.
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12
Otogizōshi
1945. Folk tales boldly retold.
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13
Bannen (Declining Years)
1936. His first collection.
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14
Tsugaru
1944. A journey back to his homeland.
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