18 Best japanese literature books like Lady Joker, Volume Two by Kaoru Takamura

Cover of Lady Joker, Volume Two by Kaoru Takamura

Lady Joker, Volume Two

By: Kaoru Takamura

4.10

Format: 600 pages, Hardcover

This second half of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, conclu…

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1. Inspector Imanishi Investigates

By: Seichō Matsumoto , Beth Cary

4.08

Format: 234 pages,

In a police procedural by Japan's foremost master of mystery, Inspector Imanishi Eitaro, a typicall… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
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2. 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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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
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3. Real World

By: Philip Gabriel , Natsuo Kirino

4.48

Format: None pages,

A stunning new work of the feminist noir that Natsuo Kirino defined and made her own in her novels … read more

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  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan

4. Masks

By: Juliet Winters Carpenter , Fumiko Enchi

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Masks takes its name from the Noh masks of Japanese dramas, and much is made of spirit possession. … read more

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5. A Midsummer's Equation

By: Keigo Higashino , Alexander O. Smith

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hari Cove, a once-popula… read more

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6. The Name of the Game is a Kidnapping

By: Keigo Higashino

3.91

Format: 385 pages,

Sakuma is a high-profile ad agent who was about to land one of the biggest gigs of his career. But … read more

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7. The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.66

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translate… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"What was Kenzo's reaction to all this criticism? His approach was to stay completely silent. He made no move whatsoever to respond to any of it. And, of course, water eventually wins over fire. One b…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

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8. 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

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • 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)

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9. Silent Parade (Detective Galileo, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

3.90

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Detective Galileo, Keigo Higashino’s best loved character from The Devotion of Suspect X, returns i… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
  • audiobook
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10. 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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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • 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)

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11. Three Assassins

By: Kōtarō Isaka

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

By the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train, the high-octane new thriller, set in Tok… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
  • audiobook
"All the knowledge and science that human beings have, it only helps humans. Get it? No living thing in the world besides humans is happy that humans exist."

-Kōtarō Isaka, Three Assassins

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12. A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

By: Keigo Higashino

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the latest from international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga is… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
  • audiobook
"Takes all sorts to make a world. It's hard to generalize what's odd and what's not."

-Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

"Murder cases are like cancer cells. Once they get their hooks into you, the pain and misery just keep on spreading. Whether the killer gets caught or the investigation is brought to a successful conc…"

-Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)

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13. 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

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • japan
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14. 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

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2) by Yukito Ayatsuji

15. The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

By: Yukito Ayatsuji

3.62

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote M… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
  • audiobook
"A cold death mask worn by a living man."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"It sounded like the beating heart of the house."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

Cover of The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) by Keigo Higashino

16. 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

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

17. 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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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
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18. 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

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • japan
  • audiobook
Cover of The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3) by Seishi Yokomizo

19. The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.83

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

The third title in Japan’s most popular murder mystery series — after The Honjin Murders and The In… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"The only person who had not touched the pickles was me! I never did like pickles..."

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)

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20. 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

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of Lady Joker, Volume Two by Kaoru Takamura

21. Lady Joker, Volume Two

By: Kaoru Takamura

4.10

Format: 600 pages, Hardcover

This second half of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, conclu… read more

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  • noir
  • japan
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook

18 must-read fiction books like Lady Joker, Volume Two by Kaoru Takamura

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Inspector Imanishi Investigates

Seichō Matsumoto , Beth Cary

4.08

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The Tattoo Murder Case

Akimitsu Takagi , Deborah Boliver Boehm

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Real World

Philip Gabriel , Natsuo Kirino

4.48

Transform Your Habits

The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

Seishi Yokomizo

3.66

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17 must-read fiction books like The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) by Seishi Yokomizo

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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

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The Decagon House Murders

Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong

2.50

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Inspector Imanishi Investigates

Seichō Matsumoto , Beth Cary

4.08

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Salvation of a Saint

Keigo Higashino , Alexander O. Smith

4.25

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