Kij Johnson Books in Order

In medieval Japan, young fox Kitsune falls in love with nobleman Yoshifuji and seeks magic that will let her become human. His wife Shikujo struggles to reclaim his attention, while the overlapping desires and secrets of all three complicate their lives.

An aging Japanese princess records the journey of a tortoiseshell cat whose family and home have been destroyed by fire. Transformed into a woman warrior, the cat travels the spirit road, seeking a new sense of identity, belonging, and story.

After fire destroys her home and scatters her colony, Small Cat journeys across Japan seeking the homeland of a storied ancestor. Finding a place to belong also means earning a name and a story she can call her own.

A girl who wants acceptance among the Other Girls faces a demand to sacrifice something precious. In a world of magical ponies, the price of belonging turns childhood friendship into a disturbing test of conformity and loss.

Engineer Kit arrives to build a bridge across a river of dangerous living mist that divides an empire. The project promises safer travel, but confronting its risks also means changing the lives and livelihoods of the communities that depend on ferries.

Seventeen speculative stories explore strange encounters among humans, animals, and unfamiliar worlds. Moving from historical Japan to disturbing alien intimacy and experiments with storytelling itself, the collection examines connection, identity, and the unsettling consequences of crossing boundaries.

When a student elopes with a man from the waking world, professor Vellitt Boe leaves her women’s college to bring her back. Crossing a dream realm ruled by unpredictable gods and dangerous creatures, she struggles to prevent disaster for her community.

Beryl, a young mole who writes novels, and her friend Rabbit join the riverside world of Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad. Their arrival sparks misunderstandings, adventures, kidnapping, and romantic complications in this continuation of The Wind in the Willows.