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In the Ring series:
1. Ring (リング); 1991/06
2. Rasen (らせん, Spiral); 1995/08/03
Pathologist Ando is at a low point in his life following his small son's death from drowning and the subsiquent break-up of his marriage. Work is his only escape, and his depressing world of lonliness and regret is shaken up when an old rival from school, Ryuji Takayama, turns up on his slab ready to be dissected.
Bizzare things happen during the post mortem that link Ryuji's demise to a series of mysterious deaths. From beyond the grave Ryuji appears to be leading Ando towards a suspicious videotape - could this hold the answer to the riddle of the strange deaths? or is it merely the first clue? When Ando meets Mai, an attractive former student of Ryuji's, his desire to solve the puzzle transcends curiosity and becomes a matter of life or death.
SPIRAL is the stunning sequel to the highliy acclaimed RING, and can also be read as a standalone. (Source: Vertical Inc.)

3. Loop (ループ); 1998/01/23
In Loop, the killer mimics both AIDS and cancer in a deadly new guise. Kaoru Futami, a youth mature beyond his years, must hope to find answers in the deserts of New Mexico and the Loop project, a virtual matrix created by scientists. The fate of more than just his loved ones depends on Kaoru's success. In this suspense-filled follow-up to Ring and Spiral, Suzuki masterfully confounds the reader with a stunning new twist on the Ring mythology. (Source: Vertical Inc.)

4. Birthday (バースデイ); 1999/01/30
Birthday is Ring-master Koji Suzuki's return to the Ring universe, a collection of short stories focusing on the female characters with a theme of birth. An exploration of extraordinary circumstances from the perspective of memorable women, this expansion of the Ring, Spiral, and Loop world was adapted into a hit movie less than a year after the book's publication.
Thirty years before the tragic events of Ring, Sadako Yamamura was an aspiring stage actress on the verge of her theatrical debut. The beautiful and ravishing Sadako was the object of every male's desire involved with the company including n the director. There was one thespian she was interested in, but…
Fast forward past the events of Ring, Ryuji Takayama's distraught lover, Mai Takano is struggling in the wake of the professor's mysterious demise. Mai visits Ryuji's parents' house to find the missing pages of his soon-to-be published article. There she is drawn to a curious videotape and a fate more terrifying than Ryuji or Kazuyuki Asakawa's.
Reiko Sugiura questioned the purpose of bringing a child into a world where there was only death. She already lost one son, and the father of her unborn child, Kaoru Futami, had disappeared in search of a cure to the deadly disease that threatened all life. Despite Kaoru's to meet again in two months, he has not returned. Despondent but driven for answers Reiko is led to the Loop project, where she will discover the final truths of the Ring virus. (Source: Vertical Inc.)

5. S (エス); 2012/05/12
Takanori Ando, son of Spiral protagonist Mitsuo, works at a small CGI production company and hopes to become a filmmaker one day despite coming from a family of doctors, When he's tasked by his boss to examine a putatively live-streamed video of a suicide that's been floating around the internet, the aspiring director takes on more than he bargained for. His lover Akane, an orphan who grew up at a foster-care facility and is now a rookie high-school teacher, ends up watching the clip. She is pregnant, and she is...triggered. (Source: Goodreads)

6. Tide (タイド); 2013/09/05


Ring has 4 chapters, Rasen has 7 chapters (includes a prologue and an epilogue), Loop has 5 chapters, Birthday has 3 chapters, S has 6 chapters (includes a prologue and an epilogue), Tide has 6 chapters (includes a prologue and an epilogue). A total of 31 chapters.