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Keigo Higashino


Born
in Osaka, Japan
February 04, 1958

Died
July 23, 2026

Genre
Mystery, Thriller, Crime


Associated Names:
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)


Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.

Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.　(presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and pu ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 354,739 ratings · 56,317 reviews · 247 distinct works • Similar authors
The Devotion of Suspect X (...
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The Miracles of the Namiya ...
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4.40 avg rating — 46,129 ratings — published 2012 — 65 editions
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Malice (Detective Kaga, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 39,969 ratings — published 1996 — 49 editions
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Salvation of a Saint (Detec...
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4.02 avg rating — 29,425 ratings — published 2008 — 79 editions
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Journey Under the Midnight Sun
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4.34 avg rating — 20,459 ratings — published 1999 — 47 editions
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Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 18,313 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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A Midsummer's Equation (Det...
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3.96 avg rating — 12,989 ratings — published 2011
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A Death in Tokyo (Detective...
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3.87 avg rating — 6,773 ratings — published 1998 — 27 editions
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Series by Keigo Higashino

探偵ガリレオ [Tantei Garireo] 予知夢 [Yochimu] The Devotion of Suspect X ガリレオの苦悩 [Garireo no Kunō] Salvation of a Saint A Midsummer's Equation กาลิเลโอ ไขคดีปริศนาลวงตา
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The Devotion of Suspect X Salvation of a Saint A Midsummer's Equation Silent Parade Invisible Helix
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4.09 avg rating — 140,838 ratings

畢業：雪月花殺人遊戲 眠りの森 [nemuri no mori] ใครฆ่าเธอ Malice ตายวันแต่ง โกหก “น่า” ตาย Les doigts rouges
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Malice Newcomer A Death in Tokyo The Final Curtain
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“Sometimes, all you had to do was exist in order to be someone's saviour.”
― Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X
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“It’s more difficult to create the problem than to solve it. All the person trying to solve the problem has to do is always respect the problem’s creator.”
― Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X
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“Watching people is a bit of a hobby of mine. It's quite fascinating, really.”
― Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X
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Polls

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Based upon the nominations here is the poll for Aug/Sept 2026
Please add your second choice in the poll comments.
Note that "Rabbits, Crabs, Etc. is out of print but it is widely available as a used book for 10$ USD or less. It might be in reprint in Europe.

We read "The Waiting Years" 2016/01 so more than 5 years ago so it is good for this poll.

 
  24 votes, 22.2%

 
  14 votes, 13.0%

 
  10 votes, 9.3%

 
  9 votes, 8.3%

 
  8 votes, 7.4%

 
  8 votes, 7.4%

 
  7 votes, 6.5%

 
  7 votes, 6.5%

 
  6 votes, 5.6%

 
  6 votes, 5.6%

 
  5 votes, 4.6%

 
  4 votes, 3.7%

108 total votes
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