Japanese Horror Novel Ring Makes Audiobook Debut
Iconic Japanese Horror Novel Ring Makes Audiobook Debut
Ring debuts in English-language audiobook this October with subsequent novels in the Ring trilogy—Spiral and Loop—arriving in audiobook later 2026.
October 26, 2026—New York, NY—Kodansha—purveyors of English-language manga, books, and more— is proud to announce the English-language audiobook debut of Ring, the first novel in the iconic and influential Japanese horror saga by Kōji Suzuki. Ring will be available wherever audiobooks are sold starting October 27, 2026. Subsequent novels in Suzuki's Ring trilogy, Spiral and Loop will also debut as English-language audiobooks before the end of 2026. The debut of Ring in audiobook marks the first time Kōji Suzuki's work has been adapted to audiobook in English.
In the story of Ring, a mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure. Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece's inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan Tokyo teeming with modern society's fears to a rural Japan—a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic—haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tape's mystery before it's too late—for everyone—assumes an increasingly deadly urgency.
Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip. The success of Kōji Suzuki's novel Ring has led to manga, television and film adaptations in Japan, Korea, and the U.S.
To learn more about Kōji Suzuki's Ring novel series and other novels visit Kodansha.us.
About Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
A subsidiary of Kodansha, Japan's largest publisher, Kodansha USA Publishing is the English-language publisher of some of the world's most recognizable manga properties, including Katsuhiro Ōtomo's AKIRA and Naoko Takeuchi's Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, along with a robust catalog of English-language Japanese novels, cookbooks, craft guides, historical and cultural literature, and more. Today, thanks to recent fan-favorite and critically acclaimed hits like Attack on Titan, Battle Angel Alita, Witch Hat Atelier, and the popular Monogatari Novels, Kodansha USA Publishing is one of the best-selling manga publishers in the United States. Kodansha USA Publishing's print offerings are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services, and their digital manga and select digital books are available across a number of digital comics, manga, and book vendors. For more information visit Kodansha.us.
Ring debuts in English-language audiobook this October with subsequent novels in the Ring trilogy—Spiral and Loop—arriving in audiobook later 2026.
October 26, 2026—New York, NY—Kodansha—purveyors of English-language manga, books, and more— is proud to announce the English-language audiobook debut of Ring, the first novel in the iconic and influential Japanese horror saga by Kōji Suzuki. Ring will be available wherever audiobooks are sold starting October 27, 2026. Subsequent novels in Suzuki's Ring trilogy, Spiral and Loop will also debut as English-language audiobooks before the end of 2026. The debut of Ring in audiobook marks the first time Kōji Suzuki's work has been adapted to audiobook in English.
In the story of Ring, a mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure. Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece's inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan Tokyo teeming with modern society's fears to a rural Japan—a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic—haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tape's mystery before it's too late—for everyone—assumes an increasingly deadly urgency.
Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip. The success of Kōji Suzuki's novel Ring has led to manga, television and film adaptations in Japan, Korea, and the U.S.
To learn more about Kōji Suzuki's Ring novel series and other novels visit Kodansha.us.
About Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
A subsidiary of Kodansha, Japan's largest publisher, Kodansha USA Publishing is the English-language publisher of some of the world's most recognizable manga properties, including Katsuhiro Ōtomo's AKIRA and Naoko Takeuchi's Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, along with a robust catalog of English-language Japanese novels, cookbooks, craft guides, historical and cultural literature, and more. Today, thanks to recent fan-favorite and critically acclaimed hits like Attack on Titan, Battle Angel Alita, Witch Hat Atelier, and the popular Monogatari Novels, Kodansha USA Publishing is one of the best-selling manga publishers in the United States. Kodansha USA Publishing's print offerings are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services, and their digital manga and select digital books are available across a number of digital comics, manga, and book vendors. For more information visit Kodansha.us.
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