Series
物語 (Monogatari)
Nisioisin · 19 novels · 2008–2017
Monogatari is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The story follows Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and finds himself helping girls affected by various supernatural phenomena that act as proxies for their emotional and mental issues. Since November 2006, Kodansha published 29 volumes in the series under its Kodansha Box imprint. All of the series' story arcs share the common title suffix -monogatari (物語).
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(3 editions)
Map
物語 (Monogatari) at the centre, 1 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s3
- 2010s16
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 84% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book19 of 19 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Onimonogatari: Demon Taledarkest
- Bakemonogatari, Monster Tale: Part 2brightest
- Koyomimonogatari: Calendar Tale 01calmest
- Bakemonogatari, Monster Tale: Part 1most intense