List of Monogatari novels

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Cover of the first light novel volume of Bakemonogatari, featuring Hitagi Senjougahara, published by Kodansha on November 2, 2006

Monogatari is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The plot centers around Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and subsequently finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, ghosts, beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena.

The series began as three short stories serialized in Kodansha's Mephisto magazine between the September 2005 and May 2006 issues, which were later collected in a light novel volume published in Japan on November 2, 2006. Kodansha released 29 volumes in the series under its Kodansha Box imprint. Each of the 29 entries in the series share the common title suffix Template:Nihongo. In 2015, Vertical licensed the novel series for English release. The company began its paperback line with Kizumonogatari on December 15, 2015, and later released the Bakemonogatari novels in three volumes: the first in December 2016, the second in February 2017, and the third in April 2017. As of December 2020, the novels in the series up to Zoku Owarimonogatari have been translated.

Nisio Isin has also penned a number of short short storiesTemplate:Efn and other related works set in the same fictional universe.

Volume lists

English volume list

Box sets

In addition to being sold as individual volumes, the English novels have been combined into box sets with additional original artwork by VOFAN.

Audiobook

The English audiobook version of Kizumonogatari was released on May 25, 2016 by Bang Zoom! Entertainment with narration done by Keith Silverstein, Eric Kimerer, and Cristina Vee. The audiobook for Nekomonogatari (White) was released on April 9, 2019 with narration done by Cristina Vee, Eric Kimerer, and Erica Mendez. The audiobook for the three volumes of Bakemonogatari were released on March 24, 2020 with narration done by Eric Kimerer, Cristina Vee, Erica Mendez, and Keith Silverstein.

The Japanese audiobook version of the entire series began release by Kodansha via Audible on February 17, 2021. Each novel features narration by the voice actors/actresses of the anime adaptation. It released one novel each month until June 16, 2023, with the second volume of Shinomonogatari.

Novel	Narrator	Release
Bakemonogatari (1)	Hiroshi Kamiya	February 17, 2021
Bakemonogatari (2)	Emiri Katō	March 19, 2021
Bakemonogatari (3)Template:Efn	Chiwa Saitō	April 16, 2021
Kizumonogatari	Marina Inoue	May 21, 2021
Nisemonogatari (1)	Takahiro Sakurai	June 18, 2021
Nisemonogatari (2)	Maaya Sakamoto	July 16, 2021
Nekomonogatari (Black)	Emiri Katō	August 20, 2021
Nekomonogatari (White)	Miyuki Sawashiro	September 17, 2021
Kabukimonogatari	Yuka Iguchi	October 15, 2021
Hanamonogatari	Yui Horie	November 19, 2021
Otorimonogatari	Shin-ichiro Miki	December 17, 2021
Onimonogatari	Eri Kitamura	January 21, 2022
Koimonogatari	Satsuki Yukino	February 18, 2022
Tsukimonogatari	Ryoko Shiraishi	March 18, 2022
Koyomimonogatari	Saori Hayami	April 15, 2022
Owarimonogatari (1)	Kaori Mizuhashi	May 20, 2022
Owarimonogatari (2)	Chiwa Saitō	June 17, 2022
Owarimonogatari (3)	Emiri Katō	July 15, 2022
Zoku Owarimonogatari	Marina Inoue	August 19, 2022
Orokamonogatari	Takahiro Sakurai	September 16, 2022
Wazamonogatari	Shin-ichiro Miki	October 21, 2022
Nademonogatari	Satsuki Yukino	November 18, 2022
Musubimonogatari	Kana Hanazawa	December 16, 2022
Shinobumonogatari	Ryoko Shiraishi	January 20, 2023
Yoimonogatari	Satsuki Yukino	February 17, 2023
Amarimonogatari	Saori Hayami	March 17, 2023
Ōgimonogatari	Yui Horie	April 21, 2023
Shinomonogatari (1)	Ryoko Shiraishi	May 19, 2023
Shinomonogatari (2)	Emiri Katō	June 16, 2023
Ikusamonogatari	Yoko Hikasa	December 1, 2023

List of short short stories

Short short story	Published in	Date
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Template:Nihongo4	Yomiuri Shimbun	July 6, 2013
	Blu-ray and DVD volume 1 of Onimonogatari	April 23, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Yomiuri Shimbun	August 17, 2013
	Blu-ray and DVD volume 1 of Onimonogatari	April 23, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4	September 13, 2013
Template:Nihongo4	Yomiuri Shimbun	September 21, 2013
	Blu-ray and DVD volume 2 of Onimonogatari	May 28, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Yomiuri Shimbun	October 26, 2013
	Blu-ray and DVD volume 1 of Onimonogatari	April 23, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4	November 22, 2013
Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4	November 22, 2013
	Template:Nihongo4	January 14, 2016
Template:Nihongo4	Yomiuri Shimbun	November 23, 2013
	Blu-ray and DVD volume 2 of Onimonogatari	May 28, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4	April 2, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Blu-ray and DVD volume 1 of Onimonogatari	April 23, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Blu-ray and DVD volume 2 of Onimonogatari	May 28, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Blu-ray and DVD volume 2 of Onimonogatari	May 28, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Yomiuri Shimbun	August 16, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4	September 19, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4	November 21, 2014
Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4	July 9, 2015
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Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4 pamphlet	November 27, 2015
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Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4	January 14, 2017
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Template:Nihongo4	Prize to winners of the Template:Nihongo4 event at AnimeJapan 2017	March 26, 2017
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Template:Nihongo4	Template:Nihongo4	November 29, 2017
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 1 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	June 15, 2018
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 2 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	August 17, 2018
Template:Nihongo4	Leaflet for the theatrical release of Zoku Owarimonogatari	November 10, 2018
	Blu-ray and DVD volume 1 of Zoku Owarimonogatari	February 27, 2019
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 3 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	November 16, 2018
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 4 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	January 17, 2019
Template:Nihongo4	Blu-ray and DVD volume 2 of Zoku Owarimonogatari	March 27, 2019
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 5 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	April 17, 2019
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 6 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	July 17, 2019
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 7 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	October 17, 2019
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 8 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	February 17, 2020
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 9 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	May 15, 2020
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 10 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	August 17, 2020
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 11 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	November 17, 2020
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 12 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	February 17, 2021
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 13 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	May 17, 2021
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 14 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	August 17, 2021
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 15 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	November 17, 2021
Template:Nihongo4	Monogatari Series: Monster Season Retrospective Booklet distributed in the Japanese bookstores	December 11, 2021
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 16 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	February 17, 2022
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 17 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	May 17, 2022
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 18 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	August 17, 2022
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 19 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	November 17, 2022
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 20 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	January 17, 2023
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 21 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	March 16, 2023
Template:Nihongo4	Special edition of volume 22 of Bakemonogatari (manga)	May 17, 2023
Template:Nihongo4	Monogatari Series website	June 30, 2024
Template:Nihongo4	Monogatari Series website
Template:Nihongo4	Gift from Nisio to Ayase from Yoasobi	September 11, 2024

Mijikanamonogatari

Kodansha revealed that Template:Nihongo3 was scheduled to be released July 3, 2024 (). The book contains 39 short stories, 33 of which were previously released and 6 new stories.Template:Efn On June 12, 2024, Kodansha announced that the book would be delayed after it was discovered that a story that should have been included was inadvertently left out. The publication date was later confirmed to be September 11, 2024.

Mazemonogatari

Template:Nihongo4 is a collection of short stories featuring characters from Nisio Isin's other works. Twelve of these stories were first distributed in Japanese cinemas during the Japanese theatrical releases of Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu, Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu and Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu. A collected volume of these stories, alongside three previously unpublished ones, was published by Kodansha on February 6, 2019. ()

Episode	Short story	Character	Series	Period of distribution
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Kyōko Okitegami	Bōkyaku Tantei	January 8–15, 2016
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Jun Aikawa	Saikyō	January 16–22, 2016
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Nomi Chinō	Densetsu	January 23–29, 2016
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Mayumi Dōjima	Pretty Boy	January 30–February 5, 2016
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Kuroneko Byōinzaka	Sekai	August 19–26, 2016
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Risuka Mizukura	Risuka	August 27–September 2, 2016
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Hitei-hime	Katanagatari	September 3–9, 2016
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Iori Mutō	Ningen	September 10–16, 2016
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Shiogi Hagihara	Zaregoto	January 6–13, 2017
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Akari Chiga		January 14–20, 2017
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Rizumu Niōnomiya		January 21–27, 2017
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Mikoko Aoī		January 28–February 3, 2017
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Kū Sorakara	Densetsu	Template:Sdash
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Rai Fudatsuki	Pretty Boy	Template:Sdash
Template:Nihongo	Template:Nihongo	Magokoro Omokage	Zaregoto	Template:Sdash

Other related works

• Template:Nihongo4, released on August 4, 2009.
• Template:Nihongo - Ōgi's challenge to the readers published as part of the serialization of Ōgi Formula in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, October 2013 issue, released on September 9, 2013.
• Template:Nihongo4, published in Template:Nihongo4, released on September 20, 2013.
• Template:Nihongo4, illustrated by Hiroki Haritama and published in Template:Nihongo4, released on October 30, 2013.
• Template:Nihongo4, illustrated by Ema Tōyama, published in Template:Nihongo4 and the August 2014 issue of Aria, released on January 31, 2014, and June 28, 2014, respectively, and included in the Blu-ray and DVD volume 2 of Koimonogatari, released on July 23, 2014.
• Template:Nihongo4, published in the Template:Nihongo4, released on August 26, 2014.
• Template:Nihongo4, included in the special edition of volume 12 of March Comes in like a Lion, released on September 29, 2016.
• Template:Nihongo4, released on February 22, 2023, as part of the celebration of Nisio Isin's 20-year career.

External links

• Official Monogatari series page Template:Webarchive at Kodansha Box Template:In lang