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Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. official site (English):
http://www.mystery.or.jp/en/
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan official site (English):
http://honkaku.com/english.html
The Top 100 Japanese Mystery Novels of All Time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?t...
Annual rankings of Japanese mystery novels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kono_Mys...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honkaku_...
Japanese mystery awards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honkaku_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edogawa_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayukawa_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephisto...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_C...
History of Japanese crime fiction:
http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/...
http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/...
http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/...
Japanese honkaku:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021...
http://crimereads.com/the-honkaku-and...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/enterta...
List of Japanese crime fiction in English translation:
http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/books/book...
Some publishers of Japanese crime fiction in English translation:
http://pushkinpress.com/all-books/pus...
http://thebbb.net/ebooks/
http://bentobooks.com/
http://www.kurodahan.com/wp/e/catalog/
http://kodansha.us/browse/book
http://www.mystery.or.jp/en/
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan official site (English):
http://honkaku.com/english.html
The Top 100 Japanese Mystery Novels of All Time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?t...
Annual rankings of Japanese mystery novels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kono_Mys...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honkaku_...
Japanese mystery awards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honkaku_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edogawa_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayukawa_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephisto...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_C...
History of Japanese crime fiction:
http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/...
http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/...
http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/...
Japanese honkaku:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021...
http://crimereads.com/the-honkaku-and...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/enterta...
List of Japanese crime fiction in English translation:
http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/books/book...
Some publishers of Japanese crime fiction in English translation:
http://pushkinpress.com/all-books/pus...
http://thebbb.net/ebooks/
http://bentobooks.com/
http://www.kurodahan.com/wp/e/catalog/
http://kodansha.us/browse/book
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The Thief
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Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
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All She Was Worth
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Real World
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The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
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The Summer of the Ubume
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Inspector Imanishi Investigates
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The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)
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Ring (Ring, #1)
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Six Four
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Another
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Penance
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Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2)
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The Aosawa Murders
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Now You're One of Us
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Tokyo Express
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The Name of the Game is a Kidnapping
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The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
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Audition
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A Quiet Place
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Shadow Family
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The Sleeping Dragon
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The Devil's Whisper
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Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2)
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The Master Key
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Death Note: Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
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The Woman in the Dunes
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The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)
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Evil and the Mask
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Crossfire
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Bullet Train (Assassins, #2)
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Silent Parade (Detective Galileo, #4)
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A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)
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The Moai Island Puzzle
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City of Refuge
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Winter Sleep
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The Lady Killer
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Last Winter We Parted
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The Black Lizard / Beast in the Shadows
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The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi: Detective Stories of Old Edo
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Murder in the Red Chamber
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Three Assassins (Assassins, #1)
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Honeymoon to Nowhere (Prosecutor Kirishima, #2)
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The Informer (Prosecutor Kirishima, #1)
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Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)
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Snakes and Earrings
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The Dark Maidens
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The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
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Remote Control
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The Ruined Map
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The Silent Dead (Reiko Himekawa, #1)
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The Mantis
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Strange Tale of Panorama Island
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The Voice and Other Stories
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The Ginza Ghost
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Pro Bono
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The 8 Mansion Murders
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The Gun
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Another Episode S/0 (Another Light Novel, #2 & #0)
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The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro
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Zaregoto, Book 1: The Kubikiri Cycle
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The Mystery Train Disappears
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The Dark Ring of Murder
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May 05, 2013 09:57AM
How about non-fiction books about crimes in Japan?
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Wong wrote: "How about non-fiction books about crimes in Japan?"Did you find any? :(
I know of none.
Amber wrote: "Wong wrote: "How about non-fiction books about crimes in Japan?"Did you find any? :(
I know of none."
Ooo, I added it in already, it's currently at number 12. People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman by Richard Lloyd Parry
Great read, if you are interested.
Wow, what an extensive list. Thanks for this! =)
I want in on ALL of these books! Cannot wait to read them!!!
Thank you very much. I just cant wait to read the ones I have listed
I really want to read Japanese thrillers. This list is really good!
Anthony wrote: "Wong wrote: "How about non-fiction books about crimes in Japan?"I know this is an old thread but for anyone coming across it Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld is great."
thank you
maybe Underground by Haruki Murakami.The Dark Side (2001)
Shocking Crimes of Postwar Japan (1996)
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