Junji Ito Books in Order

A complete collection of stories starring Souichi, the mischievous boy who chews on nails. He attempts to curse his classmates and family with voodoo, but his plans usually end in disaster. A mix of creepy atmosphere and dark comedy.

Adapted from real-life urban legends, these stories follow a university student named Mimi. She acts as a magnet for the paranormal, encountering everything from ghosts to strange neighbors. A series of spooky, "true story" style encounters.

Four longer tales explore the spaces between sleep and wakefulness. Stories include a weeping woman who mourns professionally and a forest suicide pact that goes wrong. It captures the surreal, dream-like quality of Ito’s recent work.

A deluxe collection of short stories, including the popular "The Enigma of Amigara Fault." It also features an adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo’s "The Human Chair." Many pages are presented in color, highlighting the grotesque details.

A dedicated art book showcasing the black-and-white and color illustrations of Junji Ito. It features commentary from the artist on his most famous characters and monsters. A visual deep dive into the beauty behind the horror.

Kyoko Byakuya wanders into a village covered in golden volcanic hair that grants telepathic powers. She becomes caught in a cosmic struggle involving ancient missionaries and space-faring horrors. A journey into the mystic and the terrifying.

Ito adapts Osamu Dazai’s classic novel of alienation into a graphic nightmare. It follows the life of Oba Yozo, a man who fears human beings and hides behind a clownish mask. A psychological descent into madness and self-destruction.

A "best of" collection featuring some of Ito’s most famous short stories. Includes "The Enigma of Amigara Fault," about human-shaped holes in a mountain, and "Hanging Balloons," where giant heads hunt their lookalikes. An essential starting point.

This collection marked Ito's return to horror manga after a hiatus. It includes stories about a woman who holds onto a house for too long, a dissection class gone wrong, and a man obsessed with a bird woman. Short, punchy, and weird.

A stellar collection of short stories, including the titular tale of a nectar that makes people simply... smash. Other standouts include a haunted library and a village of mirrors. It features some of Ito's most creative and disturbing concepts.

Yuuma is a young man obsessed with apologizing, but his contrition melts people’s brains. Along with his terrifying little sister Chizumi, he brings a bizarre plague to a new town. A dark comedy about guilt and demonic worship.

Ryusuke returns to a town where people ask strangers at crossroads for their fortunes. A mysterious "boy at the crossroads" begins giving deadly predictions that drive girls to suicide. Ryusuke must stop the bloodshed while confronting his own past.

A collection of Ito’s earliest works, showing the evolution of his style. The title story features a family keeping a soldier hidden long after WWII has ended. Other tales involve a face-stealing thief and hair that seeks revenge in an attic.

The master of horror turns his gaze to his own life as a cat owner. Ito comically exaggerates the creepy behaviors of his cats, Yon and Mu, in this autobiographical manga. It’s a funny, charming look at the terrors of living with felines.

Four people meet online to commit group suicide but instead discover a gateway to a bizarre afterlife. They find "paradonite," strange gems that promise untold wealth but come with a terrible price. A sci-fi horror tale about greed and the soul.

A scientist discovers a new planet and names it after his daughter, Remina. But the planet is a living, planet-eating organism that turns its gaze toward Earth. As the world faces destruction, the human population turns on the girl in a frenzy of fear.

The mechanical invasion spreads to Tokyo, and the gas that powers the walking machines begins to infect humans. Tadashi searches for Kaori in a city overrun by decay and metal, discovering the dark history behind the death stench.

A foul "death stench" ruins a couple's vacation in Okinawa, followed by fish that walk on mechanical legs. Tadashi and Kaori find themselves trapped as the sea life invades the land, bringing a biological horror that threatens all of humanity.

Kurouzu-cho is completely cut off from the world as the spiral curse reaches its climax. The survivors are forced into ancient row houses as the town itself begins to reshape. Kirie and Shuichi must face the heart of the spiral to understand their fate.

The spiral curse intensifies, affecting the town’s hospital and the behavior of pregnant women. Kirie and Shuichi try to survive as the madness escalates, turning the residents into twisted monstrosities and the very landscape into a labyrinth.

Junji Ito adapts Mary Shelley’s classic novel with his own grotesque flair. The monster is depicted in horrifying detail as he torments his creator. The collection also includes stories about Oshikiri, a boy who lives in a house connected to other dimensions.

Kirie Goshima notices that her town is becoming obsessed with spirals. It starts with small things, like a fascination with snail shells, but soon people’s bodies begin to twist and warp. The curse of the spiral has arrived in Kurouzu-cho.

This volume collects standalone tales of terror, including the famous "The Long Hair in the Attic." It features stories of vanity, obsession, and body horror that move away from Tomie to explore new, equally disturbing nightmares.

Continuing the Tomie saga, this volume sees the immortal girl spreading her influence further. From hospitals to high schools, Tomie's clones multiply and fight one another, leaving a trail of insane admirers and gruesome deaths in their wake.

The first volume of this collection introduces the beautiful and deadly Tomie. It contains the earliest chapters of her saga, where her ability to regenerate from any injury begins to tear apart the lives of those who fall in love with her.

A town where strange tombstones appear wherever a person dies. This collection includes the title story and other oddities, such as "Slug Girl" and "The Bloody Story of Shirosuna." A solid mix of the supernatural and the gross.

A young man rents a room overlooking an alley where he hears children playing, but the alley is walled off. This collection features ten short stories involving mysterious neighbors, hallucinations, and classic Ito body horror.

An early collection of Junji Ito’s short stories, featuring tales of skin that isn't what it seems and beauty treatments gone wrong. The title story involves a teacher who discovers a disturbing secret about a student’s family. These rougher, early works show the seeds of Ito's style.

Tomie Kawakami is a beautiful young woman who drives men to jealous, murderous madness. No matter how many times she is killed and dismembered, she regenerates to continue her cycle of terror. This complete collection gathers every story from Junji Ito’s debut series.