8 Best asia books like Agenzia A by Seichō Matsumoto

Cover of Agenzia A by Seichō Matsumoto

Agenzia A

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.77

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Teiko e Kenichi Uhara, manager in un'agenzia pubblicitaria, si sono appena sposati. Subito dopo la …

If you liked the asia plot in Agenzia A by Seichō Matsumoto , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada, Shika MacKenzie, Ross MacKenzie

1. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

By: Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a myste… read more

Similar categories in Sōji Shimada's The Tokyo Zodiac Murders book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"Art is not to copy the work of another; real art exists only in difference."

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

"I'm a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they're almost an addiction. If a week goes by without reading a mystery, I suffer withdrawal symptoms. Then I wander around like I'm sleepwalking and wake up in…"

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

2. The Master Key

By: Masako Togawa , None

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Fans of P.D. James, Robert Barnard and other literate writers in the genre will welcome US publicat… read more

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3. The Lady Killer

By: Masako Togawa

3.96

Format: 286 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ichiro Honda is a good-looking computer expert who works in Tokyo, lives in a respectable hotel, an… read more

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4. The Rainbow

By: Yasunari Kawabata

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters i… read more

Similar categories in Yasunari Kawabata's The Rainbow book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • japan
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
"La profondità dell'essere umano è proporzionale alle esperienze vissute e alla lontananza del tempo in cui il suo animo si immerge."

-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow

"Un ponte di pietra tra le anime? Meglio allora un arcobaleno." "Sì, è possible che il ponte che unisce due anime sia simile a un arcobaleno."

-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow

"Fra le tante cose che suscitano nell'uomo una sensazione di impotenza, l'architettura è più di ogni altra arte soggetta a condizionamenti. Luogo, materiale, destinazione, grandezza, costi, le bizzarr…"

-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow

Cover of The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2) by Seishi Yokomizo

5. The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers. In 1940s Japan, t… read more

Similar categories in Seishi Yokomizo's The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2) book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"Detective you have to arrest her. You have to arrest her and put her to death. Not just the regular death penalty - that's not good enough for her. I want her to hang by her heels, rip her to shreds,…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

Cover of This is Amiko, Do You Copy? by Natsuko Imamura

6. This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

By: Natsuko Imamura

3.63

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Other people don’t seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or … read more

Similar categories in Natsuko Imamura's This is Amiko, Do You Copy? book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • japan
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."

-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

Cover of Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4) by Seishi Yokomizo

7. Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the i… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"Poverty is the mother of crime. If people are poor, they lose all sense of shame, and behave appallingly."

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

"Mảnh trăng lưỡi liềm mùng mười còn treo trên sườn núi Suribachi, bầu trời lấp lánh muôn ánh sao. Sông Ngân kéo chiếc đuôi dài thượt ngang qua, có thể thấy thấp thoáng quầng sáng trắng sữa. Đảo Ngục M…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

Cover of Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino

8. Nails and Eyes

By: Kaori Fujino

3.43

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more

Similar categories in Kaori Fujino's Nails and Eyes book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

Cover of Butter by Asako Yuzuki

9. Butter

By: Asako Yuzuki

3.60

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more

Similar categories in Asako Yuzuki's Butter book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

Cover of Mongrel by Hanako Footman

10. Mongrel

By: Hanako Footman

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more

Similar categories in Hanako Footman's Mongrel book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."

-Hanako Footman, Mongrel

Cover of The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama

11. The North Light

By: Hideo Yokoyama

3.82

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a pri… read more

Similar categories in Hideo Yokoyama's The North Light book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Mantis by Kōtarō Isaka

12. The Mantis

By: Kōtarō Isaka

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, a propulsive new t… read more

Similar categories in Kōtarō Isaka's The Mantis book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) by Keigo Higashino

13. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more

Similar categories in Keigo Higashino's The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama

14. A Perfect Day to Be Alone

By: Nanae Aoyama

3.12

Format: 160 pages, ebook

It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more

Similar categories in Nanae Aoyama's A Perfect Day to Be Alone book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • japan
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

Cover of The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5) by Seishi Yokomizo

15. 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

Similar categories in Seishi Yokomizo's The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5) book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata

16. A Woman of Pleasure

By: Kiyoko Murata

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th… read more

Similar categories in Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • japan
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
Cover of Agenzia A by Seichō Matsumoto

17. Agenzia A

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.77

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Teiko e Kenichi Uhara, manager in un'agenzia pubblicitaria, si sono appena sposati. Subito dopo la … read more

Similar categories in Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

18. The Noh Mask Murder

By: Akimitsu Takagi

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in t… read more

Similar categories in Akimitsu Takagi's The Noh Mask Murder book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6) by Seishi Yokomizo

19. The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain vill… read more

Similar categories in Seishi Yokomizo's The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6) book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Meiji Guillotine Murders by Fūtarō Yamada

20. The Meiji Guillotine Murders

By: Fūtarō Yamada

3.34

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

A classic Japanese mystery – a pair of sleuths investigate a series of bloody murders in 19th centu… read more

Similar categories in Fūtarō Yamada's The Meiji Guillotine Murders book and Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A

  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

21. The Night of Baba Yaga

By: Akira Otani

3.40

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In this no-holds-barred queer thriller, a fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japan
  • mystery
  • thriller

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