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Kanae Minato

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Innoshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Fiction

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Ranpo Edogawa Agatha Christie Keigo Higashino Miyuki Miyabe ...more

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Kanae MINATO (湊かなえ, born 1973) is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thriller.

She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions (告白, Kokuhaku) became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award. The movie Confession directed by Tetsuya Nakashima was nominated to 2011 Academy Award.

She has been described in Japan as "the queen of iyamisu"(eww mystery), a subgenre of mystery fiction which deals with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature. ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 106,110 ratings · 19,546 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	Confessions by Kanae Minato, Stephen Snyder (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 86,442 ratings — published 2008 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penance by Kanae Minato, Philip Gabriel (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 12,466 ratings — published 2009 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wszystko dla N by Kanae Minato, Anna Wołcyrz (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 2,151 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ferris Wheel at Night by Kanae Minato, Andry Setiawan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.62 avg rating — 1,101 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Những Đứa Trẻ Bị Mắc Kẹt by Kanae Minato, Phan Thanh (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girls by Kanae Minato, Andry Setiawan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.58 avg rating — 630 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schuldig by Kanae Minato, Sabine Mangold (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Motherhood by Kanae Minato, Andry Setiawan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	白ゆき姫殺人事件 [Shirayukihime satsujin jiken] 3.49 avg rating — 463 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	往復書簡 [Ōfukushokan] by Kanae Minato, Kanae Minato 3.61 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Kanae Minato (?)

“I think we regular people may have forgotten a basic truth—we don’t really have the right to judge anyone else.”
― Kanae Minato, Confessions

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“The world you live in is much bigger than that. If the place in which you find yourself is too painful, I say you should be free to seek another, less painful place of refuge. There is no shame in seeking a safe place. I want you to believe that somewhere in this wide world there is a place for you, a safe haven.”
― Kanae Minato, Confessions

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“If you’re always worrying about what other people think, you’ll never get any tougher.”
― Kanae Minato, Confessions

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August Poll

We ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win.

Which CRIME, MYSTERY, OR THRILLER would you like to read in August?

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

86 votes, 37.7%

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

49 votes, 21.5%

All the Dark Places (Detective Rita Myers #1) by Terri Parlato

45 votes, 19.7%

Confessions by Kanae Minato

28 votes, 12.3%

The Lost by Natasha Preston

20 votes, 8.8%

228 total votes

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