| Works in Japanese |
| A selection of novels, short stories and essays: |
| Shisha no ogori. – Tokyo: Bungei shunju, 1958 |
| Memushiri kouchi. – Tokyo: Kodansha, 1958 |
| Miru mae ni tobe. – Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1958 |
| Nichijo seikatsu no boken. – Tokyo, 1963 |
| Kojinteki na taiken. – Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1964 |
| Hiroshima noto. – Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1965 |
| Man'en gannen no futtoboru. – Tokyo: Kodansha, 1967 |
| Warera no kyoki o iki nobiru michi o oshieyo. 1969 |
| Okinawa noto. – Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1970 |
| Shosetsu no hoho. – Tokyo: Iwanami Gendai Senso, 1978 |
| Natsukashii toshi e no tegami. – Tokyo: Kodansha, 1986 |
| M/T to mori no fushigi no monogatari. – Tokyo: Iwanami, Shoten, 1986 |
| Chiryo no to. – Tokyo, 1990 |
| Translations into English |
| The Catch // Japan Quarterly, 6:1, 1959 |
| Lavish are the Dead // Japan Quarterly, 12:2, 1965 |
| A Personal Matter. – New York: Grove Press, 1968; London: W&N, 1969 |
| The Silent Cry. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1974; – London: Serpernt's Tail, 1988 |
| Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness. – New York: Grove Press, 1977 ; London : Serpent's Tail, 1989 |
| The Catch and other War Stories. – Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1981 |
| The Pinch Runner Memorandum. – New York : M.E. Sharpe, 1994 |
| Hiroshima Notes. – Tokyo : YMCA Press, 1981. Rev. ed. 1995 |
| Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself : the Nobel Prize speech and other lectures. – Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1995 |
| Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids. – London ; New York : Marion Boyars, 1995 |
| An Echo of Heaven. – Tokyo : Kodansha International, 1996 |
| A Healing Family. – Tokyo : Kodansha International, 1996 |
| A Quiet Life. – New York : Grove Press, 1996 |
| Seventeen ; J : Two Novels. – New York : Blue Moon Books, 1996 |
| Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! – New York : Grove Press, 2002 |
| Somersault. – New York : Grove Press, 2003 |
The Swedish Academy, 2006