6 Top mystery books like The Ginza Ghost by Keikichi Ōsaka

Cover of The Ginza Ghost by Keikichi Ōsaka

The Ginza Ghost

By: Keikichi Ōsaka

3.68

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The Japanese form of Golden Age detective fiction was re-launched in the early 1980s as shin honkak…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Ginza Ghost by Keikichi Ōsaka , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy by Osamu Dazai, Ralph F. McCarthy

1. Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

By: Osamu Dazai , Ralph F. McCarthy

3.74

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Blue Bamboo is a collection of seven short stories by one of Japan's preeminent postwar writers and… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japan
  • japanese literature
"When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn."

-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

"Any connoisseur knows you've got to be drunk to really enjoy a good romance."

-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

"It seems that when people are in a state of euphoria, they don’t always notice the suffering of others."

-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

"It would seem that the more irresponsible and crafty one is, the more likely one is to have a talent for storytelling."

-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

Cover of A New Hamlet by Osamu Dazai, Owen Cooney

2. A New Hamlet

By: Osamu Dazai , Owen Cooney

3.69

Format: 118 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tragedy of Hamlet is the consummate tale of an introspective melancholic struggling to come to … read more

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  • classics
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"The true substance of love lies in the act of howling words of love with a desperation of a man jumping into the high seas."

-Osamu Dazai, A New Hamlet

Cover of Sherlock Holmes: Akıl Oyunlarının Gölgesinde (Sherlock Holmes, #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Cumhur Mısırlıoğlu

3. Sherlock Holmes: Akıl Oyunlarının Gölgesinde (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Cumhur Mısırlıoğlu

4.17

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

"İnsan beyninde çözülemeyecek kadar zor, tahmin edilemeyecek kadar karmaşık duygular ve arzular var… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: Akıl Oyunlarının Gölgesinde (Sherlock Holmes, #3) book and Keikichi Ōsaka's The Ginza Ghost

  • detective
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"I have taken to living by my wits."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: Akıl Oyunlarının Gölgesinde (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

"It's every man's business to see justice done."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: Akıl Oyunlarının Gölgesinde (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

"Come, Watson, come!" he cried. The game is afoot."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: Akıl Oyunlarının Gölgesinde (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

"It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: Akıl Oyunlarının Gölgesinde (Sherlock Holmes, #3)

Cover of En el bosque, bajo los cerezos en flor by Ango Sakaguchi, Susana Hayashi

4. En el bosque, bajo los cerezos en flor

By: Ango Sakaguchi , Susana Hayashi

3.64

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

«En el bosque, bajo los cerezos en flor», puede y debe considerarse, sin duda alguna, una obra maes… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japan
  • japanese literature
Cover of Bells of Nagasaki by Takashi Nagai

5. Bells of Nagasaki

By: Takashi Nagai

4.03

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Among the wounded on the day they dropped the bomb on Nagasaki was a young doctor who, though sick … read more

Similar categories in Takashi Nagai's Bells of Nagasaki book and Keikichi Ōsaka's The Ginza Ghost

  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of A Cat, a Man, and Two Women by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Paul McCarthy

6. A Cat, a Man, and Two Women

By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Paul McCarthy

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

O leitor tem nas suas maos um conjunto de pequenas obras-primas de um dos maiores escritores japone… read more

Similar categories in Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's A Cat, a Man, and Two Women book and Keikichi Ōsaka's The Ginza Ghost

  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japan
  • japanese literature
Cover of The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi, Deborah Boliver Boehm

7. The Tattoo Murder Case

By: Akimitsu Takagi , Deborah Boliver Boehm

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs discovered in a … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Wild Geese by Ōgai Mori, Sanford Goldstein, Kingo Ochiai

8. The Wild Geese

By: Ōgai Mori , Sanford Goldstein , Kingo Ochiai

4.25

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

In The Wild Geese, prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled lov… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • classics
  • fiction

9. Tales of Moonlight and Rain

By: Ueda Akinari , Anthony H. Chambers

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celeb… read more

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10. Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

By: Lafcadio Hearn

3.85

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

"Kwaidan" translates from the Japanese as weird tales, which perfectly describes these haunting sto… read more

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11. Night of the Milky Way Railway

By: Kenji Miyazawa , Bryn Barnard , None

3.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One night, alone on a hilltop, a young boy is swept aboard a magical train bound for the Milky Way.… read more

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12. The Three-Cornered World

By: Natsume Sōseki , None

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

"An artist abandons city life to wander into the mountains to meditate, but when he decides to stay… read more

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13. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

By: Matsuo Bashō , None

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his atte… read more

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Cover of Şeytanın Çırağı by Shirō Hamao

14. Şeytanın Çırağı

By: Shirō Hamao

3.81

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

“Sayın Savcı Tsuchida, bir katil zanlısı olarak burada tutuluyorum. Fakat belki de aslında katil be… read more

Similar categories in Shirō Hamao's Şeytanın Çırağı book and Keikichi Ōsaka's The Ginza Ghost

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of Aynalar Cehennemi ve Diğer Öyküler by Edogawa Rampo

15. Aynalar Cehennemi ve Diğer Öyküler

By: Edogawa Rampo

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

“Zekice hileler icat ettikçe, herhalde sanatçıların eser yaratırken hissettiği mutluluğu; hilemi ha… read more

Similar categories in Edogawa Rampo's Aynalar Cehennemi ve Diğer Öyküler book and Keikichi Ōsaka's The Ginza Ghost

  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • japan
Cover of Pandora's Box by Osamu Dazai

16. Pandora's Box

By: Osamu Dazai

3.63

Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition

The war is over. Japan is defeated. Together with his country, a young man must rebuild his life. H… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • japan
"This cry was old until yesterday. Today, however, this is the newest free thought. The reason of then years ago differs from the reason of today. That is not mysticism after all. It is the innate lov…"

-Osamu Dazai, Pandora's Box

Cover of Gorączka złotych rybek by Kanoko Okamoto

17. Gorączka złotych rybek

By: Kanoko Okamoto

3.47

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Opowieść o obsesji i poszukiwaniu idealnego piękna pióra jednej z niezwykle interesujących osobowoś… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japan
  • japanese literature
Cover of Büyücü ve Diğer Gotik Öyküler by Kyōka Izumi

18. Büyücü ve Diğer Gotik Öyküler

By: Kyōka Izumi

3.32

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Büyücü ve Diğer Gotik Öyküler’de Japon gotik edebiyatının en başarılı uzun öykülerinden biri olarak… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • classics
  • short stories
  • japan
Cover of The Ginza Ghost by Keikichi Ōsaka

19. The Ginza Ghost

By: Keikichi Ōsaka

3.68

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The Japanese form of Golden Age detective fiction was re-launched in the early 1980s as shin honkak… read more

Similar categories in Keikichi Ōsaka's The Ginza Ghost book and Keikichi Ōsaka's The Ginza Ghost

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5) by Seishi Yokomizo

20. The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.89

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan’s master of crime. Amid the rubb… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of Edogawa Ranpo tuyển tập by Edogawa Rampo

21. Edogawa Ranpo tuyển tập

By: Edogawa Rampo

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Chuyện tình kỳ lạ giữa một “chiếc ghế” với những người phụ nữ ngồi lên nó - kẻ đã từ bỏ phần người … read more

Similar categories in Edogawa Rampo's Edogawa Ranpo tuyển tập book and Keikichi Ōsaka's The Ginza Ghost

  • short stories
  • fiction

13 best-selling fiction books like The Ginza Ghost by Keikichi Ōsaka

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Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

Osamu Dazai , Ralph F. McCarthy

3.74

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Arthur Conan Doyle , Cumhur Mısırlıoğlu

4.17

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En el bosque, bajo los cerezos en flor

Ango Sakaguchi , Susana Hayashi

3.64

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3.33

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3.74

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4.02

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3.80

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