Where to Start with Kazuo Ishiguro
- Best entry point → The Remains of the Day
- Best standalone → Klara and the Sun
- What fans keep coming back to → Never Let Me Go
- Highest rated by listeners → An Artist of the Floating World
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The Remains of the Day
Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith
★ 4.39 ABR Score (369.6K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (366.5K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.1K)9h 23m listening time • Released 2019 - 2
Klara and the Sun
Narrated by Sura Siu
★ 3.90 ABR Score (453.3K ratings)★ 3.74 Goodreads (442.8K) ★ 4.17 Audible (10.6K)10h 16m listening time • Released 2021 - 3
Never Let Me Go
Narrated by Rosalyn Landor
★ 3.84 ABR Score (881.2K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (870.3K) ★ 4 Audible (10.9K)9h 40m listening time • Released 2005 - 4
An Artist of the Floating World
Narrated by David Case
★ 3.78 ABR Score (47.0K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (46.7K) ★ 4.05 Audible (340)6h 24m listening time • Released 2012 - 5
A Pale View of Hills
Narrated by Roe Kendall
★ 3.77 ABR Score (44.8K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (44.6K) ★ 4.02 Audible (247)5h 59m listening time • Released 2012
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