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All 15 novels by Natsume Sōseki, in order

The top 3 according to 321 votes from people: I Am a Cat · Botchan · Kusamakura. (Updated Jan 1, 2025.)

From I Am a Cat (1905) to Light and Darkness, left unfinished at his death in 1916: Natsume Sōseki's fifteen novels and novellas in order of publication. Everything he wrote after joining the Asahi Shimbun in 1907 was serialised in that newspaper. The list includes his early trilogy (Sanshirō, And Then, The Gate) and late trilogy (To the Spring Equinox and Beyond, The Wayfarer, Kokoro).

浩二 · · 15 items · 321 votes · 2 comments

Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original

Top 15

  1. 1

    I Am a Cat

    1. First published 1905. Sōseki's first novel.

    ▲ 34 ▼ 1

    33
  2. 2

    Botchan

    2. First published 1906.

    ▲ 29 ▼ 2

    27
  3. 3

    Kusamakura

    3. First published 1906.

    ▲ 27 ▼ 2

    25
  4. 4

    The 210th Day

    4. First published 1906.

    ▲ 23 ▼ 2

    21
  5. 5

    Nowaki

    5. First published 1907.

    ▲ 21 ▼ 2

    19
  6. 6

    The Miner

    7. First published 1908.

    ▲ 20 ▼ 2

    18
  7. 7

    Sanshirō

    8. First published 1908. The first of the early trilogy with And Then and The Gate.

    ▲ 21 ▼ 6

    15
  8. 8

    The Poppy

    6. First published 1907.

    ▲ 17 ▼ 4

    13
  9. 9

    Light and Darkness

    15. First published 1916. Left unfinished at Sōseki's death.

    ▲ 13 ▼ 1

    12
  10. 10

    And Then

    9. First published 1909.

    ▲ 15 ▼ 4

    11
  11. 11

    Grass on the Wayside

    14. First published 1915.

    ▲ 14 ▼ 3

    11
  12. 12

    The Gate

    10. First published 1910.

    ▲ 14 ▼ 4

    10
  13. 13

    To the Spring Equinox and Beyond

    11. First published 1912. The first of the late trilogy with The Wayfarer and Kokoro.

    ▲ 13 ▼ 3

    10
  14. 14

    Kokoro

    13. First published 1914.

    ▲ 11 ▼ 3

    8
  15. 15

    The Wayfarer

    12. First published 1912.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 2

    6

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Kazuya Endo · 日本語

明暗の続き読みたかった…

小林 海斗 · 日本語

こゝろは高校の教科書で読んだけど、大人になって全部読むとまた全然違う

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