Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".

- A Pale View of Hills 1982 novel japan, historical, contemporary en

- The Remains of the Day 1989 novel historical en

- The Unconsoled 1995 novel contemporary, music en

- When We Were Orphans 2000 novel historical, china, contemporary, mystery en

- Never Let Me Go 2005 novel science-fiction, dystopia en

- Nocturnes 2009 short-stories music, japanese en

- An Artist of the Floating World 2012 novel historical, japanese en

- The Buried Giant 2015 novel fantasy, historical en