Sayaka Murata has published 4 novels, beginning with Convenience Store Woman (2016). The latest is Vanishing World (2025).
Updated September 2026
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Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata's most-read book.
Newest
Vanishing World
Published 2025.
Sayaka Murata books in order of publication
Convenience Store Woman (2016)
Earthlings (Oct 2021)
Life Ceremony (2022)
Vanishing World (2025)
About Sayaka Murata
Sayaka Murata is a Japanese writer. She is best known for the international bestseller Convenience Store Woman (2016) which has been translated into more than thirty languages worldwide. Murata has won many major literary prizes in Japan, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers in 2003, the Noma Literary New Face Prize in 2009, the Mishima Yukio Prize in 2013, and the Akutagawa Prize for Convenience Store Woman in 2016. All the English translations of her work are done by Ginny Tapley Takemori. In addition to Convenience Store Woman, Murata's first book to be published in English, Takemori has translated the novels Earthlings and Vanishing World, the short-story collection Life Ceremony, the short stories "Faith", "Survival", and "A Clean Marriage", as well as the New York Times published opinion piece "The Future of Sex Lives in All of Us", among others.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Sayaka Murata FAQ
- How many books has Sayaka Murata written?
- Sayaka Murata has published 4 novels that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Sayaka Murata's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Convenience Store Woman.
- What is Sayaka Murata's latest book?
- Vanishing World (2025).
- What is Sayaka Murata's most famous book?
- Convenience Store Woman (2016) is Sayaka Murata's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.