An ink-jet recording ink set, comprising at least one recording liquid and an ink spread suppressing liquid to be applied on an area corresponding to an image to be formed on a recording medium with droplets of the recording liquid or an area wider than the area corresponding to the image, before application of the droplets of the recording liquid onto the recording medium, wherein the recording liquid contains a colorant and a polymerizable compound, the ink spread suppressing liquid contains at least one surfactant, a polymerization initiator and substantially no colorant, wherein the recording liquid and the ink spread suppressing liquid are substantially water free; wherein the surfactant the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants selected from dialkyl sulfosuccinate salts, alkylnaphthalenesulfonate salts, and fatty acid salts; nonionic surfactants selected from polyoxyethylene alkylethers, polyoxyethylene alkylallylethers, acetylene glycols, and polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymers; cationic surfactants selected from alkylamine salts and quaternary ammonium salts; and fluorochemical surfactants; and wherein the ink-jet recording ink set satisfies all of the following conditions,, and: the surface tension of the ink spread suppressing liquid is smaller than that of any recording liquid contained in the ink-jet recording ink set; at least one of the surfactants contained in the ink spread suppressing liquid satisfies the following relationship: γ s 0 − γ s saturated > 1 mN / m; the surface tension of the ink spread suppressing liquid satisfies the following relationship: γ s < γ s 0 + γ s saturated max / 2; and the concentration Ms, in the ink spread suppressing liquid, of at least one surfactant among the surfactants contained in the ink spread suppressing liquid is larger than the concentration Mk, in the recording liquid, of the surfactant, wherein, γ s represents the surface tension of the ink spread suppressing liquid; γ s represents the surface tension of a liquid obtained by eliminating all surfactants from the ink spread suppressing liquid; γ s (saturated) represents the saturated surface tension of the liquid obtained by eliminating all surfactants from the ink spread suppressing liquid when one of the surfactants contained in the ink spread suppressing liquid is added to the liquid obtained by eliminating all surfactants from the ink spread suppressing liquid until the surface tension thereof becomes saturated; and γ s (saturated) max represents the maximum value of the γ s (saturated) values of all surfactants satisfying the condition contained in the ink spread suppressing liquid, and the surface tension values are determined according to the Wilhelmy method at a liquid temperature of 20 °C and 60 %RH using a surface tension balance CBVP-Z by Kyowa Interface Science Co. the surface tension of the ink spread suppressing liquid is smaller than that of any recording liquid contained in the ink-jet recording ink set; at least one of the surfactants contained in the ink spread suppressing liquid satisfies the following relationship: γ s 0 − γ s saturated > 1 mN / m; the surface tension of the ink spread suppressing liquid satisfies the following relationship: γ s < γ s 0 + γ s saturated max / 2; and the concentration Ms, in the ink spread suppressing liquid, of at least one surfactant among the surfactants contained in the ink spread suppressing liquid is larger than the concentration Mk, in the recording liquid, of the surfactant,