The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro, "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world," on October 5th, 2017, making him the 114th recipient of this award since its origination in 1901.

Here are 5 novels from this new laureate that are not to be missed.

1) "The Remains of the Day"

Easily his most popular novel, The Remains of the Day earned Ishiguro a Man Booker prize as well as four other honorable awards.

2) "An Artist of the Floating World"

This historical fiction novel was selected as the Costa Book of the Year.

3) "The Buried Giant"

This work of fantasy is the most recent piece published by Ishiguro and while it retains the same theme of memory and humanity it drastically deviates from his standard setting.

4) "Never Let Me Go"

This one was named Time magazine's best novel of 2005 and was made into a movie with Andrew Garfield and Kiera Knightley. If you've seen the movie read the book, it's always better.

5) "When We Were Orphans"

Categorized as a crime novel, this is not really Ishiguro's niche genre, but it's interesting to read and see him try to branch out as an author.