Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!

*Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!*
Editor	Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Editorial Team
Categories	Mystery fiction
Frequency	Annually
Publisher	Takarajimasha
First issue	December 20, 1988
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! (このミステリーがすごい!, Kono Misuterī ga Sugoi!, lit. This Mystery is Excellent!) is an annual mystery fiction guide book published by Takarajimasha. The guide book publishes a list of the top ten mystery books published in Japan in the previous year.

1988[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1988 (JICC Shuppankyoku. December, 1988)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Trevanian	The Main
2	Scott Turow	Presumed Innocent
3	P. D. James	A Taste for Death
3	Bob Langley	Traverse of the Gods
5	Andrew Vachss	Strega
6	Robert Littell	The Sisters
7	Michael Z. Lewin	Late Payments
8	William Diehl	Hooligans
9	Barbara Vine	A Dark-Adapted Eye
10	H. F. Saint	Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Yoichi Funado	Densetsu Naki Chi (伝説なき地)
2	Ryo Hara (ja)	Soshite Yoru wa Yomigaeru (そして夜は甦る)
3	Mikihiko Renjo	Tasogare no Berurin (黄昏のベルリン)
4	Joh Sasaki	Berurin Hiko Shirei (ベルリン飛行指令) English translation: Zero Over Berlin
5	Soji Shimada	Iho no Kishi (異邦の騎士)
6	Futari Okajima (ja)	Soshite Tobira ga Tozasareta (そして扉が閉ざされた)
7	Yukito Ayatsuji	Meirokan no Satsujin (迷路館の殺人)
8	Rintaro Norizuki	Mippei Kyoshitsu (密閉教室)
9	Go Osaka	Samayoeru Nozui (さまよえる脳髄)
9	Yoshinaga Fujita	Daburu Suchiru (ダブル・スチール)

1989[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1989 (JICC Shuppankyoku. January, 1990)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Thomas Harris	The Silence of the Lambs
2	Stephen Hunter	The Day Before Midnight
3	Aaron Elkins	Old Bones
4	Elmore Leonard	Freaky Deaky
4	Michael Z. Lewin	Out of Season [UK title: Out of Time]
6	Nelson DeMille	Word of Honor
7	Craig Thomas	The Bear's Tears
8	Brian Freemantle	Charlie Muffin San [US title: See Charlie Run]
9	Leonard Wise	Doc's Legacy
10	Reginald Hill	Child's Play
10	Rick Boyer	The Daisy Ducks

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Ryo Hara	Watashi ga Koroshita Shojo (私が殺した少女)
2	Kaoru Kitamura	Soratobu Uma (空飛ぶ馬)
3	Soji Shimada	Kiso Ten o Ugokasu (奇想、天を動かす)
4	Joh Sasaki	Etorofu-hatsu Kinkyuden (エトロフ発緊急電)
5	Futari Okajima	Kurain no Tsubo (クラインの壺)
6	Ikki Kazama (ja)	Otoko-tachi wa Kita e (男たちは北へ)
6	Tatsuo Shimizu (ja)	Shin'ya Futatabi (深夜ふたたび)
8	Masaya Yamaguchi (ja)	Ikeru Shikabane no Shi (生ける屍の死)
9	Keiichiro Ryu	Kagemusha TOKUGAWA Ieyasu (影武者徳川家康)
10	Ichi Orihara (ja)	Tosaku no Rondo (倒錯のロンド)

1991[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1991 (JICC Shuppankyoku. January, 1991)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Umberto Eco	The Name of the Rose
2	Andrew Vachss	Blue Belle
3	James Ellroy	The Black Dahlia
4	Stephen King	Misery
5	Christianna Brand	Buffet for Unwelcome Guests
6	Ken Grimwood	Replay
7	Wilbur Smith	The Eye of the Tiger
8	Michael Z. Lewin	And Baby Will Fall
9	Patricia Highsmith	Eleven
10	William Diehl	Thai Horse

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Arimasa Osawa	Shinjuku-zame (新宿鮫) English translation: Shinjuku Shark
2	Kaoru Kitamura	Yoru no Semi (夜の蟬)
3	Yoichi Funado	Hono Nagareru Kanata (炎流れる彼方)
4	Koshu Tani	Harukanari Kamigami no ZA (遥かなり神々の座)
5	Ryo Hara	Tenshi-tachi no Tantei (天使たちの探偵)
6	Tatsuo Shimizu	Kaerinan Iza (帰りなん、いざ)
7	Yukito Ayatsuji	Kirigoetei Satsujin Jiken (霧越邸殺人事件)
8	Yoshinaga Fujita	Kaerazaru Sahara (還らざるサハラ)
9	Miyuki Miyabe	Majutsu wa Sasayaku (魔術はささやく) English translation: The Devil's Whisper
10	Soji Shimada	Kurayamizaka Hitokui no Ki (暗闇坂の人喰いの木)

1992[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1992 (JICC Shuppankyoku. January, 1992)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	P. D. James	Devices and Desires
2	Thomas H. Cook	Flesh and Blood
3	Shirley Conran	Savages
4	Patricia Highsmith	The Cry of the Owl
5	Keith Peterson	There Fell A Shadow
6	Michael Crichton	Jurassic Park
7	Bernard Cornwell	Sea Lord [US title:Killer's Wake]
7	Jim Thompson	The Killer Inside Me
9	Robert R. McCammon	Stinger
10	George C. Chesbro	Bone

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Tatsuo Shimizu	Yukizuri no Machi (行きずりの街)
2	Arimasa Osawa	Doku-zaru Shinjuku-zame II (毒猿新宿鮫II) English translation: The Poison Ape
3	Itsura Inami (ja)	Dakku Koru (ダック・コール)
4	Miyuki Miyabe	Ryu wa Nemuru (龍は眠る) English translation: The Sleeping Dragon
5	Soji Shimada	Suisho no Piramiddo (水晶のピラミッド)
6	Nanami Wakatake (ja)	Boku no Misuterina Nichijo (ぼくのミステリな日常)
7	Go Osaka	Shaei Harukana Kuni (斜影はるかな国)
8	Kaoru Takamura (ja)	Kami no Hi (神の火)
9	Kaoru Takamura	Ogon o Daite Tobe (黄金を抱いて翔べ)
10	Kenji Takemoto (ja)	Uroborosu no Gisho (ウロボロスの偽書)

1993[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1993 (JICC Shuppankyoku. January, 1993)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Reginald Hill	Bones and Silence
2	Lawrence Block	A Ticket to the Boneyard
3	Thomas H. Cook	Streets of Fire
4	Stephen King	It
5	Ross Thomas	Twilight at Mac's Place
6	Philip Kerr	March Violets
7	Nelson DeMille	The Gold Coast
8	David Martin	Lie to Me
9	John Grisham	The Firm
10	Robert Reeves	Peeping Thomas

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Yoichi Funado	Suna no Kuronikuru (砂のクロニクル)
2	Miyuki Miyabe	Kasha (火車) English translation: All She Was Worth
3	Kiyoshi Kasai (ja)	Tetsugakusha no Misshitsu (哲学者の密室)
4	Mangetsu Hanamura (ja)	Burusu (ブルース)
5	Kaoru Takamura	Riviera o Ute (リヴィエラを撃て)
6	Alice Arisugawa	Soto no Akuma (双頭の悪魔)
6	Yumehito Inoue (ja)	Dareka ga Naka ni Iru... (ダレカガナカニイル…)
8	Masaya Yamaguchi	Kiddo Pisutoruzu no Botoku (キッド・ピストルズの冒瀆)
9	Hosei Hahakigi (ja)	Mitabi no Kaikyo (三たびの海峡)
10	Kaoru Takamura	Waga Te ni Kenju o (わが手に拳銃を)

1994[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1994 (Takarajimasha. December, 1993)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Mitchell Smith	Stone City
2	Scott Turow	The Burden of Proof
3	Stephen Greenleaf	Book Case
4	Dean Koontz	Watchers
5	Colin Dexter	The Way Through the Woods
6	Lawrence Block	A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
7	Keith Peterson	Rough Justice
8	Michael Innes	Lament for a Maker
9	David Lorne	Sight Unseen
10	Peter Lovesey	The Last Detective

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Kaoru Takamura	Makusu no Yama (マークスの山)
2	Masaya Yamaguchi	Kiddo Pisutoruzu no Moso (キッド・ピストルズの妄想)
3	Itsura Inami	Sento Meri no Ribon (セント・メリーのリボン)
4	Arimasa Osawa	Bi Di Ti Okite no Machi (B・D・T 掟の街)
5	Ramo Nakajima	Gadara no Buta (ガダラの豚)
6	Tomoko Kano (ja)	Maho Hiko (魔法飛行)
6	Kaoru Kitamura	Fuyu no Opera (冬のオペラ)
8	Go Osaka	Maboroshi no Saiten (幻の祭典)
9	Ichi Orihara	Ijin-tachi no Yakata (異人たちの館)
10	Yuichi Shimpo (ja)	Shingen (震源)

1995[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1995 (Takarajimasha. December, 1994)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Scott Smith	A Simple Plan
2	Don Winslow	A Cool Breeze on the Underground
3	Donald E. Westlake	Dancing Aztecs
4	R. D. Wingfield	Frost at Christmas
5	Nelson DeMille	The General's Daughter
6	Andrew Vachss	Shella
7	Minette Walters	The Ice House
8	Stuart Woods	Grass Roots
9	Michael Connelly	The Black Ice
10	Akif Pirinçci	Felidae
10	Liza Cody	Bucket Nut

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Masaya Yamaguchi	Misuterizu (ミステリーズ)
2	Joh Sasaki	Sutokkuhorumu no Misshi (ストックホルムの密使)
3	Kaoru Takamura	Teri-gaki (照柿)
4	Mangetsu Hanamura	Warau Yamazaki (笑う山崎)
5	Itsura Inami	Ryoken Tantei (猟犬探偵)
5	Itsura Inami	Otoko wa Hata (男は旗)
7	Jiro Asada	Purizun Hoteru Aki (プリズンホテル秋)
7	Natsuhiko Kyogoku	Ubume no Natsu (姑獲鳥の夏) English translation: The Summer of the Ubume
9	Toru Shirakawa (ja)	Ryusei-tachi no Utage (流星たちの宴)
10	Rintaro Norizuki	Ni no Higeki (二の悲劇)

1996[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1996 (Takarajimasha. December, 1995)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Minette Walters	The Sculptress
2	Robert R. McCammon	Boy's Life
3	Lawrence Block	The Devil Knows You're Dead
4	Michael Connelly	The Concrete Blonde
5	Anthony Berkeley Cox	The Second Shot
6	Scott Turow	Pleading Guilty
7	John Gardner	Maestro
8	Dan Simmons	Carrion Comfort
9	Patrick Ruell	The Only Game
10	Jean Vautrin	Billy-Ze-Kick

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Yuichi Shimpo	Howaito Auto (ホワイトアウト) (Whiteout (2000 film))
2	Yoshinaga Fujita	Kotetsu no Kishi (鋼鉄の騎士)
3	Yoichi Funado	Ezochi Bekken (蝦夷地別件)
4	Natsuhiko Kyogoku	Mōryō no Hako (魍魎の匣)
5	Ryo Hara	Saraba Nagaki Nemuri (さらば長き眠り)
6	Iori Fujiwara (ja)	Terorisuto no Parasoru (テロリストのパラソル)
7	Kaoru Kitamura	Sukippu (スキップ)
8	Katsufumi Umehara (ja)	Soriton no Akuma (ソリトンの悪魔)
9	Natsuhiko Kyogoku	Kyokotsu no Yume (狂骨の夢)
10	Hideaki Sena	Parasaito Ivu (パラサイト・イヴ) English translation: Parasite Eve
10	Arimasa Osawa	Tenshi no Kiba (天使の牙)^[1]

1997[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1997 (Takarajimasha. December, 1996)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	John Dunning	Booked to Die
2	James Ellroy	White Jazz
3	Peter Lovesey	The Summons
4	Dick Francis	Come To Grief
5	James Crumley	The Mexican Tree Duck
6	Joe R. Lansdale	Two-Bear Mambo
7	Michael Connelly	The Last Coyote
8	P. D. James	Original Sin
9	Lorenzo Carcaterra	Sleepers
10	John le Carré	Our Game

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Seishu Hase	Fuyajo (不夜城)
2	Yuichi Shimpo	Dasshu (奪取)
3	Keigo Higashino	Meitantei no Okite (名探偵の掟)
4	Miyuki Miyabe	Gamotei Jiken (蒲生邸事件)
5	Toru Shirakawa	Umi wa Kawaiteita (海は涸いていた)
6	Jiro Asada	Sokyu no Subaru (蒼穹の昴)
7	Natsuhiko Kyogoku	Tesso no Ori (鉄鼠の檻)
8	Arata Tendo (ja)	Kazokugari (家族狩り)
9	Arimasa Osawa	Yukihotaru (雪蛍)
10	Yasuhiko Nishizawa (ja)	Jinkaku Ten'i no Satsujin (人格転移の殺人)

1998[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1998 (Takarajimasha. December, 1997)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	R. D. Wingfield	A Touch of Frost
2	Joel Townsley Rogers	The Red Right Hand
3	Stephen King	The Green Mile
4	Minette Walters	The Scold's Bridle
5	Jeffery Deaver	A Maiden's Grave
6	Robert Goddard	Into the Blue
6	Thomas Sigismund Stribling	Clues of the Caribbees
8	Stephen Hunter	Dirty White Boys
9	Donald E. Westlake	Good Behavior
10	John Dunning	The Bookman's Wake

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Natsuo Kirino	Auto (アウト) English translation: Out
2	Yusuke Kishi	Kuroi Ie (黒い家)^[2] (Black House (film))
3	Hiroko Minagawa	Shi no Izumi (死の泉)
4	Natsuhiko Kyogoku	Jorogumo no Kotowari (絡新婦の理)
5	Seishu Hase	Rekuiemu Fuyajo II (鎮魂歌不夜城II)
6	Baku Yumemakura	Kamigami no Itadaki (神々の山嶺)
7	Natsuhiko Kyogoku	Warau Iemon (嗤う伊右衛門)
8	Hosei Hahakigi	Tobo (逃亡)
9	Riku Onda (ja)	Sangatsu wa Fukaki Kurenai no Fuchi o (三月は深き紅の淵を)
10	Arimasa Osawa	Kori-mai Shinjuku-zame VI (氷舞新宿鮫VI)

1999[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1999 (Takarajimasha. December, 1998)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Theodore Roszak	Flicker
2	Thomas H. Cook	The Chatham School Affair
3	Stephen Hunter	Black Light
4	Elizabeth Ferrars	Don't Monkey with Murder
5	Charles Palliser	The Quincunx
6	Ian Rankin	Black and Blue
7	Helen McCloy	She Walks Alone
8	Douglas Kennedy	Big Picture
8	Robert Goddard	Painting the Darkness
10	Dennis Lehman	The Getbacks of Mother Superior
10	James Ellroy	American Tabloid

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Kaoru Takamura	Redi Joka (レディ・ジョーカー) (Lady Joker)
2	Go Osaka	Moeru Chi no Hate ni (燃える地の果てに)
3	Miyuki Miyabe	Riyu (理由)
4	Fuyumi Ono	Shiki
5	Yusuke Kishi	Tenshi no Saezuri (天使の囀り)
6	Ryoichi Kano (ja)	Maboroshi no Onna (幻の女)
7	Hikaru Okuizumi	Gurando Misuteri (グランド・ミステリー)
8	Toichiro Kujira (ja)	Yamataikoku wa dokodesuka? (邪馬台国はどこですか?)
9	Keigo Higashino	Himitsu (秘密) English translation: Naoko
9	Reito Nikaido (ja)	Jinro-jo no Kyofu IV (人狼城の恐怖 IV)

2000[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2000 (Takarajimasha. December, 1999)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Stephen Hunter	Point of Impact
2	Jeffery Deaver	The Bone Collector
3	Thomas H. Cook	Breakheart Hill
4	Leo Bruce	Case for Three Detectives
5	Richard Stark	Comeback
6	Carol O'Connell	Judas Child
7	Thomas H. Cook	Mortal Memory
8	John le Carré	The Tailor of Panama
9	Ian Rankin	Let it Bleed
9	Thomas Sigismund Stribling	Best Dr. Poggioli Detective Stories

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Arata Tendo	Eien no Ko (永遠の仔)^[3]
2	Keigo Higashino	Byakuyako (白夜行) English translation: Journey Under the Midnight Sun
3	Harutoshi Fukui (ja)	Bokoku no Ijisu (亡国のイージス)
4	Koushun Takami	Batoru Rowaiaru (バトル・ロワイアル) English translation: Battle Royale
5	Natsuo Kirino	Yawarakana Hoho (柔らかな頬)
6	Yuichi Shimpo	Boda Rain (ボーダーライン)
7	Hideo Okuda (ja)	Saiaku (最悪)
8	Kaoru Kitamura	Banjo no Teki (盤上の敵)
9	Masayuki Shuno (ja)	Hasami Otoko (ハサミ男)
10	Takayoshi Honda (ja)	Misshingu (MISSING)

2001[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2001 (Takarajimasha. December, 2000)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Jim Thompson	Pop. 1280
2	Seamus Smyth	Quinn
3	Thomas Harris	Hannibal
4	Scott Turow	Personal Injuries
5	Lawrence Norfolk	Lemprière's Dictionary
6	Michael Connelly	Blood Work
7	Thomas H. Cook	Instruments of Night
8	Dennis Lehane	Darkness, Take My Hand
9	Richard North Patterson	Eyes of a Child
10	Jeffery Deaver	The Coffin Dancer

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Tsumao Awasaka (ja)	Kijutsu Tantei SOGA Kajo Zenshu (奇術探偵曾我佳城全集)
2	Hideo Yokoyama	Motive (EQMM May 2008) and other stories
3	Go Osaka	Hagetaka no Yoru (禿鷹の夜)
4	Yumehito Inoue	Orufakutoguramu (オルファクトグラム)
5	Kazuichi Iijima (ja)	Sisocho-ki (始祖鳥記)
6	Riku Onda	Zo to Miminari (象と耳鳴り)
6	Yoichi Funado	Niji no Tani no Gogatsu (虹の谷の五月) English translation: May in the Valley of the Rainbow
8	Yasuhiko Nishizawa	Ison (依存)
9	Toshiyuki Tajima (ja)	Shorei Ei (症例A)
10	Harutoshi Fukui	Kawa no Fukasa wa (川の深さは)

2002[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2002 (Takarajimasha. December, 2001)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Boston Teran	God is a Bullet
2	R. D. Wingfield	Night Frost
2	James Ellroy	The Cold Six Thousand
4	Donald E. Westlake	The Ax
5	Thomas H. Cook	Places in the Dark
6	Anthony Berkeley Cox	Jumping Jenny [US title: Dead Mrs. Stratton]
7	Jill McGown	The Stalking Horse
8	Stephen King	The Stand
9	Dorothy L. Sayers	Gaudy Night
10	Dennis Lehane	Mystic River

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Miyuki Miyabe	Mohohan (模倣犯) English translation: Puppet Master
2	Hideo Okuda	Jama (邪魔)
3	Masaki Yamada	Misuteri Opera (ミステリ・オペラ)
4	Ryuichi Kasumi (ja)	Sutimutaiga no Shiso (スティームタイガーの死走)
5	Keigo Higashino	Cho Satsujin Jiken (超・殺人事件)
6	Arimasa Osawa	Yamisaki Annainin (闇先案内人)^[4]
7	Futaro Yamada	Tengumisaki Satsujin Jiken (天狗岬殺人事件)
8	Kazuaki Takano	Jusan Kaidan (13階段)
8	Otaro Maijo	Kemuri ka Tsuchi ka Kuimono (煙か土か食い物)
10	Go Osaka	Aibo ni Ki o Tsukero (相棒に気をつけろ)

2003[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2003 (Takarajimasha. December, 2002)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Jeremy Dronfield	The Locust Farm
2	T. Jefferson Parker	Silent Joe
3	Seamus Smyth	Red Dock
4	Paul Halter	The Fourth Door
5	Jim Thompson	A Hell of a Woman
6	Gerald Kersh	The Oxoxoco Bottle and other stories
7	Eric Garcia	Anonymous Rex
8	Anthony Berkeley Cox	The Layton Court Mystery
9	Jean Vautrin	Groom
10	Michael Slade	Ripper

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Hideo Yokoyama	Han'ochi (半落ち) (Half a Confession)
2	Otsuichi	Gosu Risutokatto Jiken (GOTH リストカット事件) English translation: Goth: A Novel of Horror
3	Masaya Yamaguchi	Kigu (奇偶)
4	Arimasa Osawa	Suna no Karyudo (砂の狩人)
5	Bunzo Uchiumi (ja)	Harubin Kafe (ハルビン・カフェ)
6	Yuri Mitsuhara (ja)	Eighteenth Summer (EQMM December 2004) and other stories
7	Mikihiko Renjo	Ningen Dobutsuen (人間動物園)
8	Hitoshi Karasawa	Rondo (ロンド)
9	Taku Ashibe	Guran Ginyoru Jo (グラン・ギニョール城)
10	Kiyoshi Kasai	Oidipusu Shokogun (オイディプス症候群)

2004[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2004 (Takarajimasha. December, 2003)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Sarah Waters	Affinity
2	Michael Gilbert	Death in Captivity [US title: The Danger Within]
3	Robert R. McCammon	Speaks the Nightbird
4	Richard North Patterson	Silent Witness
5	Donald E. Westlake	The Hook
6	Joe R. Lansdale	A Fine Dark Line
7	William Landay	Mission Flats
8	Helen McCloy	The Singing Diamonds and Other Stories
9	Theodore Sturgeon	The Man Who Lost the Sea and other stories
10	Percival Wilde	P. Moran, Operative

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Shogo Utano (ja)	Hazakura no Kisetsu ni Kimi o Omou to iu Koto (葉桜の季節に君を想うということ)^[5]
2	Harutoshi Fukui	Shusen no Rorerai (終戦のローレライ)
3	Kotaro Isaka	Juryoku Piero (重力ピエロ)
4	Hideo Yokoyama	Daisan no Jiko (第三の時効)
5	Natsuo Kirino	Gurotesuku (グロテスク) English translation: Grotesque
6	Kotaro Isaka	Yokina Gyangu ga Chikyu o Mawasu (陽気なギャングが地球を回す) (A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth)
7	Hideo Yokoyama	Kuraimazu Hai (クライマーズ・ハイ) (Climber's High)
8	Asami Ishimochi (ja)	Tsuki no Tobira (月の扉)
9	Mikihiko Renjo	Nagareboshi to Asonda koro (流れ星と遊んだころ)
10	Ryosuke Kakine (ja)	Wairudo Souru (ワイルド・ソウル)^[6]

2005[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2005 (Takarajimasha. December, 2004)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Sarah Waters	Fingersmith
2	Jeffery Deaver	The Vanished Man
3	Trevanian	Incident at Twenty-Mile
4	Dan Brown	The Da Vinci Code
4	James Crumley	The Final Country
6	A. H. Z. Carr	The Trial of John Nobody and other stories
7	Richard North Patterson	Dark Lady
8	Minette Walters	The Shape of Snakes
9	Connie Willis	To Say Nothing of the Dog
10	Christopher Priest	The Prestige

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Rintaro Norizuki	Namakubi ni Kiitemiro (生首に聞いてみろ)^[7]
2	Kotaro Isaka	Ahiru to Kamo no Koinrokka (アヒルと鴨のコインロッカー)^[8]
3	Hajime Amagi (ja)	AMAGI Hajime no Misshitsu Hanzaigaku Kyotei (天城一の密室犯罪学教程)
4	Toshihiko Yahagi (ja)	Rongu Guddobai (THE WRONG GOODBYE)
5	Jun Saito (ja)	Ginrin no Hasha (銀輪の覇者)
6	Yusuke Kishi	Garasu no Hamma (硝子のハンマー)^[9]
7	Yukito Ayatsuji	Ankokukan no Satsujin (暗黒館の殺人)
8	Shusuke Shizukui (ja)	Hannin ni Tsugu (犯人に告ぐ)
9	Hideo Yokoyama	Rinjo (臨場)^[10]
10	Taku Ashibe	Koromu no Satsujin (紅楼夢の殺人) English translation: Murder in the Red Chamber

2006[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2006 (Takarajimasha. December, 2005)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Jack Ritchie	The Crime Machine and other stories
2	Michael Connelly	Lost Light
3	James Carlos Blake	A World of Thieves
4	Theodore Sturgeon	Bright Segment and other stories
5	Jeffery Deaver	Garden of Beasts
6	Jack Kerley	The Hundredth Man
6	T. Jefferson Parker	California Girl
8	Michael Innes	Stop Press (aka. The Spider Strikes)
9	P. G. Wodehouse	(Jeeves series)
10	Stanley Ellin	The Last Bottle in the World and other stories

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Keigo Higashino	Yogisha X no Kenshin (容疑者Xの献身) English translation: The Devotion of Suspect X
2	Asami Ishimochi	Tobira wa Tozasareta mama (扉は閉ざされたまま)
3	Hideo Yokoyama	Shindo Zero (震度0)
4	Ryo hara	Orokamono Shisubeshi (愚か者死すべし)
5	Yutaka Maya (ja)	Kamisama Gemu (神様ゲーム)
6	Iori Fujiwara	Shiriusu no Michi (シリウスの道)
7	Hideo Furukawa (ja)	Beruka, Hoenai no ka? (ベルカ、吠えないのか?) English translation: Belka, Why Don't You Bark?
8	Honobu Yonezawa	Inu wa Dokoda (犬はどこだ)
8	Hajime Amagi	Shimazaki Keibu no Aribai Jikenbo (島崎警部のアリバイ事件簿)
10	Joh Sasaki	Warau Keikan (笑う警官)
10	Yuri Mitsuhara	Saigo no Negai (最後の願い)

2007[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2007 (Takarajimasha. December, 2006)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Laurie Lynn Drummond	Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against You
2	Jeffery Deaver	Twisted
2	James Carlos Blake	Under the Skin
4	Carlos Ruiz Zafón	The Shadow of the Wind
5	Adam Fawer	Improbable
6	Jeffery Deaver	The Twelfth Card
7	Richard Matheson	Now You See It...
7	Michael Connelly	The Narrows
9	David Alexander	Hangman's Dozen
10	Kazuo Ishiguro	Never Let Me Go

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Yumeaki Hirayama (ja)	Dokuhakusuru Yunibasaru Yoko Merukatoru (独白するユニバーサル横メルカトル)^[11]
2	Joh Sasaki	Seifuku Sosa (制服捜査)
3	Shusuke Michio (ja)	Shadou (シャドウ)
4	Arimasa Osawa	Okami-bana Shinjuku-zame IX (狼花新宿鮫IX)
5	Otsuichi	Ju to Chokoreto (銃とチョコレート)
6	Miyuki Miyabe	Na mo Naki Doku (名もなき毒)
7	Ryoichi Kano	Nie no Yakai (贄の夜会)
8	Rintaro Norizuki	Kairo Gurifin, Zettai Zetsumei (怪盗グリフィン、絶体絶命)
9	Keigo Higashino	Akai Yubi (赤い指)
10	Honobu Yonezawa	Kaki Gentei Toropikaru Pafe Jiken (夏期限定トロピカルパフェ事件)
10	Keisuke Tatekura	Deddo Rain (デッドライン)

2008[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2008 (Takarajimasha. December, 2007)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Jeffery Deaver	The Cold Moon
2	Carl Hiaasen	Skinny Dip
3	David Peace	Tokyo Year Zero
4	Robert Twohy	The Man Who Could Only Write Things and other stories
5	D. M. Devine	Devil at Your Elbow
6	Joe Gores	Cases
7	Paul Halter	La Chambre du Fou (The Madman's Room)
7	Jack Kerley	The Death Collectors
9	William Brittain	The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr and other stories
9	Henning Mankell	Sidetracked

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Joh Sasaki	Keikan no Chi (警官の血)^[12]
2	Kazuki Sakuraba	Akakuchibake no Densetsu (赤朽葉家の伝説) English translation: Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas
3	Alice Arisugawa	Jookoku no Shiro (女王国の城)
4	Bin Konno (ja)	Kadan Impei Sosa 2 (果断隠蔽捜査2)^[13]
5	Shinzo Mitsuda (ja)	Kubinashi no gotoki Tataru Mono (首無の如き祟るもの)
6	Haruo Yamazawa (ja)	Hanareta Ie (離れた家)
7	Fumie Kondo (ja)	Sakurifaisu (サクリファイス)^[14]
8	Miyuki Miyabe	Rakuen (楽園)
9	Ryuichi Kasumi	Yuhi wa Kaeru (夕陽はかえる)
10	Ko Kojo (ja)	Ekkusu-bashi Fukin (X橋付近)
10	Honobu Yonezawa	Inshitemiru (インシテミル) (The Incite Mill)^[15]

2009[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2009 (Takarajimasha. December, 2008)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Tom Rob Smith	Child 44
2	R. D. Wingfield	Hard Frost
3	Dennis Lehane	The Given Day
4	Joe Hill	20th Century Ghosts
5	Jeffery Deaver	The Sleeping Doll
6	Henning Mankell	The Return of the Dancing Master
7	S. J. Rozan	Winter and Night
8	Troy Cook	47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers
9	Steve Hockensmith	Holmes on the Range
10	D. M. Devine	This Is Your Death

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Kotaro Isaka	Goruden Suranba (ゴールデンスランバー) English translation: Remote Control
2	Koji Yanagi	Joker Game (ジョーカー・ゲーム, Joka Gemu)^[16]
3	Masaki Tsuji	Kanzen Ren'ai (完全恋愛)
4	Kanae Minato	Kokuhaku (告白) English translation: Confessions
5	Yusuke Kishi	Shinsekai yori (新世界より) (From the New World)
6	Shusuke Michio	Karasu no Oyayubi (カラスの親指)
7	Toshiyuki Tajima	Kuroyuri (黒百合)
8	Shinzo Mitsuda	Yamamma no gotoki Warau Mono (山魔の如き嗤うもの)
9	Otaro Maijo	Disuko Tantei Suiyobi (ディスコ探偵水曜日)
10	Shusuke Michio	Ratto Man (ラットマン)

2010[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2010 (Takarajimasha. December, 2009)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Don Winslow	The Power of the Dog
2	Stieg Larsson	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3	Michael Chabon	The Yiddish Policemen's Union
4	Matt Ruff	Bad Monkeys
5	Jeffery Deaver	The Broken Window
6	Tom Rob Smith	The Secret Speech
7	John Hart	Down River
8	Donald E. Westlake	Thieves' Dozen
9	Stieg Larsson	The Girl Who Played with Fire
10	Michael Connelly	The Lincoln Lawyer
10	Stieg Larsson	The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Keigo Higashino	Shinzanmono (新参者)
2	Koji Yanagi	Daburu Joka (ダブル・ジョーカー)
3	Yukito Ayatsuji	Anazā (アナザー) English translation: Another
4	Honobu Yonezawa	Tsuiso Godansho (追想五断章)
5	Toshihiko Yahagi Shiro Tsukasaki (ja)	Inu nara Futsu no Koto (犬なら普通のこと)
6	Ko Amemura (ja)	Nemmaku Tokage (粘膜蜥蜴)^[17]
7	Setsuko Shinoda (ja)	Kaso Girei (仮想儀礼)
8	Joh Sasaki	Bosetsuken (暴雪圏)
9	Shusuke Michio	Ryujin no Ame (龍神の雨)
10	Honobu Yonezawa	Shuki Gentei Kurikinton Jiken (秋期限定栗きんとん事件)

2011[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2011 (Takarajimasha. December, 2010)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Carol O'Connell	Bone by Bone
2	Boston Teran	The World Eve Left Us
3	David Benioff	City of Thieves
4	Don Winslow	The Winter of Frankie Machine
5	John Hart	The Last Child
6	Michael Connelly	Echo Park
7	Sarah Waters	The Little Stranger
8	Louis Bayard	The Pale Blue Eye
9	Jeffery Deaver	Roadside Crosses
10	Jo Walton	Farthing I

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Yusuke Kishi	Aku no Kyoten (悪の教典)^[18]
2	Soji Shimada	Sharaku : Tojita Kuni no Maboroshi (写楽閉じた国の幻)
3	Yu Shizaki (ja)	Sakebi to Inori (叫びと祈り)
4	Yutaka Maya	Sekigan no Shojo (隻眼の少女)^[19]
5	Hikaru Okuizumi	Shuman no Yubi (シューマンの指)
6	Kotaro Isaka	Maria Bitoru (マリアビートル)
7	Shinzo Mitsuda	Mizuchi no gotoki Shizumu Mono (水魑の如き沈むもの)
8	Miyuki Miyabe	Kogure Shashinkan (小暮写真館)
9	Kanan Nanakawa (ja)	Arubatorosu wa Habatakanai (アルバトロスは羽ばたかない)
10	Taku Ashibe	Kisokyu Satsujin Jiken (綺想宮殺人事件)

2012[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2012 (Takarajimasha. December, 2011)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	David Gordon	The Serialist
2	Ferdinand von Schirach	Crime
3	Tom Rob Smith	Agent 6
4	Henning Mankell	One Step Behind
5	James Ellroy	Blood's a Rover
6	Jack Kerley	Blood Brother
7	Don Winslow	Satori
8	Tom Franklin	Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
9	Kate Morton	The Forgotten Garden
10	Michael Cox	The Meaning of Night

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Kazuaki Takano	Jenosaido (ジェノサイド) English translation: Genocide of One
2	Honobu Yonezawa	Oreta Ryukotsu (折れた竜骨)
3	Hiroko Minagawa	Hirakaseteitadaki Koeidesu (開かせていただき光栄です)
4	Arimasa Osawa	Kizuna-kairo Shinjuku-zame X (絆回廊新宿鮫X)
5	Mahokaru Numata	Yuri-gokoro (ユリゴコロ) English translation: Nan-Core
6	Itsuki Nagasawa	Shoshitsu Guradeshon (消失グラデーション)
7	Yutaka Maya	Merukatoru Kaku Katariki (メルカトルかく語りき)
8	Joh Sasaki	Keikan no Joken (警官の条件)
9	Ryoichi Kano	Kokoro ni Hyo no Furishikiru (心に雹の降りしきる)
9	Ryoe Tsukimura (ja)	Kiryu Keisatsu : Jibaku Joko (機龍警察自爆条項)

2013[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2013 (Takarajimasha. December, 2012)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Steve Hamilton	The Lock Artist
2	David Peace	Occupied City
3	Scott Turow	Innocent
4	Arnaldur Indriðason	Jar City
5	Friedrich Dürrenmatt	Der Sturz (The Coup) / Das Sterben der Pythia
5	Henning Mankell	Firewall
7	China Miéville	The City & the City
8	Jeffery Deaver	The Burning Wire
9	Carlos Ruiz Zafón	The Angel's Game
10	Alan Glenn	Amerikan Eagle
10	Lawrence Block	A Drop of the Hard Stuff

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Hideo Yokoyama	Rokuyon (64) English translation: Six Four
2	Miyuki Miyabe	Soromon no Gisho (ソロモンの偽証)
3	Ryoe Tsukimura	Kiryu Keisatsu : Ankoku Shijo (機龍警察暗黒市場)^[20]
4	Shinzo Mitsuda	Yujo no gotoki Uramu Mono (幽女の如き怨むもの)
5	Ken Nishimura (ja)	Chi no Soko no Yama (地の底のヤマ)
6	Maha Harada (ja)	Rakuen no Kanvasu (楽園のカンヴァス)
7	Fumio Takano (ja)	Karamazofu no Imoto (カラマーゾフの妹)
8	Rintaro Norizuki	Kingu o Sagase (キングを探せ)
9	Yukito Ayatsuji	Kimenkan no Satsujin (奇面館の殺人)
10	Yusuke Miyauchi (ja)	Banjo no Yoru (盤上の夜)

2014[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2014 (Takarajimasha. December, 2013)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Stephen King	11/22/63
2	Minette Walters	Acid Row
3	R. D. Wingfield	Winter Frost
4	Patrick deWitt	The Sisters Brothers
5	Dennis Lehane	Live By Night
6	Jeffery Deaver	More Twisted
7	Jack Kerley	In the Blood
8	Julian Barnes	The Sense of an Ending
9	Gillian Flynn	Gone Girl
10	Arnaldur Indriðason	Silence of the Grave

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Rintaro Norizuki	Nokkusu Mashin [Knox's Machine] (ノックス・マシン)
2	Hiroki Nagaoka (ja)	Kyojo (教場)
3	Akira Higashiyama (ja)	Brakku Raida [Black Rider] (ブラックライダー)
4	Yasumi Kobayashi	Arisu-Goroshi (アリス殺し)
5	Kotaro Isaka	Shinigami no Furyoku (死神の浮力)
6	Yu Shizaki	Ribasaido Chirudoren [Riverside Children] (リバーサイド・チルドレン)
7	Honobu Yonezawa	Rikashiburu [Recursi-ble] (リカーシブル)
8	Shusuke Shizukui	Kensatsu-gawa no Zainin (検察側の罪人)
9	Soji Shimada	Seiro no Umi (星籠の海)
10	Aki Hamanaka (ja)	Rosuto Kea [Lost Care] (ロスト・ケア)^[21]
10	Keigo Higashino	Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki (祈りの幕が下りる時)

2015[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2015 (Takarajimasha. December, 2014)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Pierre Lemaitre	Alex
2	Kate Morton	The Secret Keeper
3	Roger Hobbs	Ghostman
4	Terry Hayes	I Am Pilgrim
5	Daniel Friedman	Don’t Ever Get Old
6	Joël Dicker	The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
7	Helen McCloy	The One That Got Away
8	Minette Walters	Chickenfeed and The Tinder Box
9	Mark Greaney	Dead Eye
10	Henning Mankell	The Man from Beijing

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Honobu Yonezawa	Mangan (満願)^[22]
2	Yutaka Maya	Sayonara Kamisama (さよなら神様)
3	Atsushi Shimomura (ja)	Yami ni Kaoru Uso (闇に香る嘘)
4	Mikihiko Renjo	Chiisana Ihojin (小さな異邦人)
5	Ryoe Tsukimura	Kiryu Keisatsu: Mibo Ryodan (機龍警察未亡旅団)
6	Ryoe Tsukimura	Dobaku no Hana (土漠の花)
7	Miyuki Miyabe	Petero no Soretsu (ペテロの葬列)^[23]
8	Hiroyuki Kurokawa (ja)	Hamon (破門)^[24]
9	Mikihiko Renjo	Joo (女王)
10	Taku Ashibe	Ijigen no Yakata no Satsujin (異次元の館の殺人)

2016[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2016 (Takarajimasha. December, 2015)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Jeffery Deaver	Skin Collector
2	Pierre Lemaitre	Irene
3	William Kent Krueger	Ordinary Grace
4	Nick Harkaway	Angelmaker
5	Arnaldur Indriðason	Voices
6	Daniel Friedman	Don't Ever Look Back
6	Minette Walters	The Devil's Feather
8	Steve Cavanagh	The Defence
9	Michel Bussi	Un avion sans elle
10	Jack Kerley	Buried Alive

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Honobu Yonezawa	O to Sakasu (王とサーカス)
2	Nowaki Fukamidori (ja)	Senjo no Kokku-tachi (戦場のコックたち)
3	Yuko Yuzuki (ja)	Koro no Chi (孤狼の血)
4	Nanami Wakatake	Sayonara no Teguchi (さよならの手口)
5	Akira Higashiyama	Ryu (流)
6	Reiichiro Fukami (ja)	Misuteri Arina (ミステリー・アリーナ)
7	Jun Kurachi (ja)	Katagiri Daizaburo to XYZ no Higeki (片桐大三郎とXYZの悲劇)
8	Alice Arisugawa	Kagi no Kakatta Otoko (鍵の掛かった男)
9	Yoshinaga Fujita	Chi no Choki (血の弔旗)
10	Takekuni Kitayama (ja)	Orugoriennu (オルゴーリェンヌ)

2017[edit]

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2017 (Takarajimasha. December, 2016)

International
Rank	Author	Title
1	Roslund/Hellström	Björndansen
2	Don Winslow	The Cartel
3	Stephen King	Mr. Mercedes
4	Charles Willeford	Pick-Up
5	Jack Vance	The Complete Magnus Ridolph
6	Pierre Lemaitre	Sacrifices English translation: Camille
7	Michael Connelly	The Drop
8	Mark Greaney	Back Blast
9	Dennis Lehane	World Gone By
10	Jeffery Deaver	Solitude Creek

Japanese
Rank	Author	Title
1	Takemoto Kenji	Ruikou Meikiyuu (涙香迷宮)
2	Nanami Wakatake	Shizuka Na Enten (静かな炎天)
3	Honobu Yonezawa	Shinjitsu No Jū-mētoru Temae (真実の10メートル手前)
4	Aoyama Bunpei	Han Seki (半席)
5	Ashizawa You	Yurusareyou Towa Omoimasen (許されようとは思いません)
6	Nagaura Kiyou	Riboruba Riri (リボルバー・リリー)
7	Shiota Takeshi	Tsumi No Koe (罪の声)
8	Shirai Tomoyuki	Oyasumi Jimmensou (おやすみ人面瘡)
9	Miyuki Miyabe	Majutsu wa Sasayaku (希望荘)
10	Ichikawa Yuto	Ichikawa Yuto Jieri Fisshu Ha Ranai (ジェリーフィッシュは凍らない)

References[edit]

^ J'Lit | Publications : The Angel's Fangs | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : The Black House | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : The Eternal Child | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Guide into Darkness | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : When the Cherry Blossoms Fall, I'll Think of You | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Wild Soul | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : The Gorgon's Look | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : The Glass Hammer | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Initial Response | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Confessions of a Universal Transverse Mercator Map | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : The Policeman's Lineage | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Decision: Cover-Up Investigation 2 | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Sacrifice | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : The Incite Mill | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Joker Game | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Slime Lizards | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Lesson of the Evil | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : The Girl with One Eye | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Police Dragoon: Dark Market | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Lost Care | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : A Vow Fulfilled | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : St. Peter’s Funeral Procession | Books from Japan (in English)
^ J'Lit | Publications : Expulsion | Books from Japan (in English)

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1988 (in Japanese). JICC Shuppankyoku. December 1988. ISBN 4-88063-496-4.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1989 (in Japanese). JICC Shuppankyoku. January 1990. ISBN 4-88063-765-3.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1991 (in Japanese). JICC Shuppankyoku. January 1991. ISBN 4-7966-0083-3.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1992 (in Japanese). JICC Shuppankyoku. January 1992. ISBN 4-7966-0234-8.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1993 (in Japanese). JICC Shuppankyoku. January 1993. ISBN 4-7966-0523-1.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1994 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 1993. ISBN 4-7966-0763-3.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1995 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 1994. ISBN 4-7966-0898-2.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1996 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 1995. ISBN 4-7966-1052-9.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1997 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 1996. ISBN 4-7966-1170-3.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1998 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 1997. ISBN 4-7966-1293-9.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1999 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 1998. ISBN 4-7966-1451-6.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2000 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 1999. ISBN 4-7966-1676-4.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2001 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2000. ISBN 4-7966-2043-5.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2002 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2001. ISBN 4-7966-2528-3.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2003 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2002. ISBN 4-7966-3025-2.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2004 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2003. ISBN 4-7966-3766-4.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2005 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2004. ISBN 4-7966-4406-7.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2006 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2005. ISBN 4-7966-5033-4.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2007 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2006. ISBN 4-7966-5577-8.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2008 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2007. ISBN 978-4-7966-6146-1.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2009 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2008. ISBN 978-4-7966-6716-6.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2010 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2009. ISBN 978-4-7966-7520-8.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2011 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2010. ISBN 978-4-7966-7959-6.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2012 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2011. ISBN 978-4-7966-8812-3.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2013 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2012. ISBN 978-4-8002-0527-8.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2014 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2013. ISBN 978-4-8002-2039-4.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2015 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2014. ISBN 978-4-8002-3490-2.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2016 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2015. ISBN 978-4-8002-4860-2.

External links[edit]

Takarajimasha(in Japanese)
J'Lit Books from Japan| Awards: Konomys No. 1 Ranking(in English)

[1] J'Lit | Publications : The Angel's Fangs | Books from Japan (in English)

[2] J'Lit | Publications : The Black House | Books from Japan (in English)

[3] J'Lit | Publications : The Eternal Child | Books from Japan (in English)

[4] J'Lit | Publications : Guide into Darkness | Books from Japan (in English)

[5] J'Lit | Publications : When the Cherry Blossoms Fall, I'll Think of You | Books from Japan (in English)

[6] J'Lit | Publications : Wild Soul | Books from Japan (in English)

[7] J'Lit | Publications : The Gorgon's Look | Books from Japan (in English)

[8] J'Lit | Publications : The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker | Books from Japan (in English)

[9] J'Lit | Publications : The Glass Hammer | Books from Japan (in English)

[10] J'Lit | Publications : Initial Response | Books from Japan (in English)

[11] J'Lit | Publications : Confessions of a Universal Transverse Mercator Map | Books from Japan (in English)

[12] J'Lit | Publications : The Policeman's Lineage | Books from Japan (in English)

[13] J'Lit | Publications : Decision: Cover-Up Investigation 2 | Books from Japan (in English)

[14] J'Lit | Publications : Sacrifice | Books from Japan (in English)

[15] J'Lit | Publications : The Incite Mill | Books from Japan (in English)

[16] J'Lit | Publications : Joker Game | Books from Japan (in English)

[17] J'Lit | Publications : Slime Lizards | Books from Japan (in English)

[18] J'Lit | Publications : Lesson of the Evil | Books from Japan (in English)

[19] J'Lit | Publications : The Girl with One Eye | Books from Japan (in English)

[20] J'Lit | Publications : Police Dragoon: Dark Market | Books from Japan (in English)

[21] J'Lit | Publications : Lost Care | Books from Japan (in English)

[22] J'Lit | Publications : A Vow Fulfilled | Books from Japan (in English)

[23] J'Lit | Publications : St. Peter’s Funeral Procession | Books from Japan (in English)

[24] J'Lit | Publications : Expulsion | Books from Japan (in English)

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