Ian Buruma Reading Order
1 series · 78 books
Ian Buruma is a Dutch-born writer and editor whose work examines politics, culture, and history across Asia and the West. His standalone novels and essays blend intellectual rigor with accessible prose, exploring themes of identity, power, and cultural collision. A longtime contributor to major publications and former editor of The New York Review of Books, Buruma brings a global perspective shaped by years living and reporting across multiple continents.
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Standalone Novels Series
78 books
Ian Buruma's 78 standalone novels should be read in publication order, beginning with A Japanese Mirror. The series spans several decades of releases and includes works available in multiple languages, from English editions to Spanish and German translations. Each entry functions as an independent novel rather than part of a continuous narrative, allowing readers to start anywhere, though following publication chronology provides insight into the author's evolving perspectives and themes across his career.
Start with A Japanese Mirror, the first of 78 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Japanese Mirror |
| 2 | A Japanese mirror |
| 3 | A Tokyo romance |
| 4 | Anglomania |
| 5 | Anglomania |
| 6 | Anglomania |
| 7 | Anglomania (SPANISH) |
| 8 | Anglomania a European Love Affair |
| 9 | Anglomania. Europas englischer Traum |
| 10 | Asesinato En Amsterdam/ Murder in Amsterdam |
| 11 | Año cero |
| 12 | Bad Elements |
| 13 | Bad Elements |
| 14 | Bad Elements Chinese Rebels From Los Angeles To Beijing |
| 15 | Berlin in Lights |
| 16 | Bertien Van Manen |
| 17 | China Lover |
| 18 | Chrysanthemum and the Sword |
| 19 | Churchill Complex |
| 20 | Churchill's cigar |
| 21 | Collaborators |
| 22 | Commandant |
| 23 | Conversations with John Schlesinger |
| 24 | Dinin Demokrasiyle Imtihani |
| 25 | Dood van een gezonde roker |
| 26 | El precio de la culpa |
| 27 | Emperor of the moving image |
| 28 | Erbschaft der Schuld |
| 29 | George Grosz in Berlin |
| 30 | Glitter and Doom |
| 31 | God's Dust |
| 32 | Grenzen aan de vrijheid |
| 33 | Het circus van Max Beckmann en andere essays |
| 34 | Ian Buruma |
| 35 | Ihr Gelobtes Land |
| 36 | India |
| 37 | Inventing Japan |
| 38 | Inventing Japan |
| 39 | Inventing Japan (Universal History) |
| 40 | Inventing Japan, 1853-1964 |
| 41 | Japanese Tattoo |
| 42 | Japanese mirror |
| 43 | L'anglomanie |
| 44 | La creacion de Japon, 1853-1964 / Inventing Japan, 1853-1964 (Breve Historia / Brief History) |
| 45 | Ling nian |
| 46 | LĂmits a la llibertat |
| 47 | LĂmits a la llibertat |
| 48 | LĂmits a la llibertat |
| 49 | LĂmits a la llibertat |
| 50 | Mientras Se Juega El Partido |
| 51 | Murder in Amsterdam |
| 52 | Murder in Amsterdam |
| 53 | Noguchi y la figura : b Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, febrero-mayo 1999 |
| 54 | Occidentalism |
| 55 | PLAYING THE GAME P |
| 56 | Playing the game |
| 57 | Playing the game |
| 58 | Re-imagining Japan |
| 59 | Sifir Yili 1945'in Tarihi |
| 60 | Slechte elementen |
| 61 | Spinoza |
| 62 | Taming the Gods |
| 63 | Taming the gods |
| 64 | The China lover |
| 65 | The Missionary And The Libertine Love And War In East And West |
| 66 | The Rise of Modern Japan (UNIVERSAL HISTORY) |
| 67 | The missionary and the libertine |
| 68 | The missionary and the libertine |
| 69 | Theater of Cruelty |
| 70 | Theater of cruelty |
| 71 | Their promised land |
| 72 | Tokio mon amour |
| 73 | Voltaire's Coconuts |
| 74 | Voltaire's coconuts, or, Anglomania in Europe |
| 75 | Wages of Guilt |
| 76 | Year Zero |
| 77 | Year zero |
| 78 | on a tue theo van gogh ; enquete sur la fin de l'europe des lumieres |
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Ian Buruma has written 78 books across 1 series.