18 must-read mystery books like The Ronin Returns: A Matsuyama Kaze Mystery (Samurai Mysteries) by Dale Furutani

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The Ronin Returns: A Matsuyama Kaze Mystery (Samurai Mysteries)

By: Dale Furutani

4.24

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ronin Returns picks up the epic story of Matsuyama Kaze in 1603 Japan. This extension of Dale F…

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1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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2. Hard to Be a God

By: Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky

3.39

Format: 440 pages,

The novel follows Anton, an undercover operative from the future planet Earth, in his mission on an… read more

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3. Shinju (Sano Ichiro, #1)

By: Laura Joh Rowland

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju… read more

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4. The Emperor's Woman (Sugawara Akitada #10)

By: I.J. Parker

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

She was intended to be the emperor's concubine, but she died at the bottom of a cliff near Prince A… read more

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5. The Shrine Virgin (Sugawara Akitada, #14)

By: I.J. Parker

3.38

Format: None pages,

When an imperial princess disappears from the Ise shrine, Akitada, new governor of Mikawa Province,… read more

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  • mystery

6. Claws of the Cat (Shinobi Mystery, #1)

By: Susan Spann

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

When a samurai is brutally murdered in a Kyoto teahouse, master ninja Hiro Hattori has just three d… read more

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7. The Island of the Gods (Sugawara Akitada, #16)

By: I.J. Parker

4.21

Format: None pages,

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8. The Dragon Scroll (Sugawara Akitada, #1)

By: I.J. Parker

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The first book in a riveting mystery series that exquisitely captures the exotic culture of ancient… read more

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9. The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria (Sano Ichiro, #7)

By: Laura Joh Rowland

4.14

Format: None pages,

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10. The Assassin's Daughter (Sugawara Akitada, #15)

By: I.J. Parker

3.67

Format: 542 pages,

Fifteen years after the brutal murder of an imperial prince, the crime casts its shadow on Akitada'… read more

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11. Tokyo Express

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.68

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more

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12. Quando muori resta a me

By: Zerocalcare

4.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Un viaggio con suo padre verso il paesino tra le Dolomiti da cui proviene la famiglia paterna sareb… read more

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13. The Highgate Cemetery Murder (Tate and Bell Mystery, #1)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.35

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

His heart pounding, the man scribbles the words in his notebook as fast as he can: “Woman dead in H… read more

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14. Sur la Dalle (Commissaire Adamsberg, #12)

By: Fred Vargas

3.54

Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition

"— Le dolmen dont tu m’as parlé, Johan, il est bien sur la route du petit pont ? — À deux kilomètre… read more

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15. Angsa dan Kelelawar

By: Keigo Higashino

4.07

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Mereka berada tepat di perbatasan hitam dan putih, bagaikan cahaya dan bayangan, siang dan malam, a… read more

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"Menurutku, sudah semestinya kau mengutamakan kebahagiaan orang yang masih hidup."

-Keigo Higashino, Angsa dan Kelelawar

"Satu kesalahan di masa lalu, mungkin saja bisa terulang lagi walau intensitas niatnya berkurang"

-Keigo Higashino, Angsa dan Kelelawar

"Manusia adalah makhluk lemah. Secara naluriah, mereka akan berusaha mencari cara untuk menutupi kesalahannya."

-Keigo Higashino, Angsa dan Kelelawar

"Manusia cenderung sulit untuk jujur, mereka lebih memilih terus berbohong untuk terlihat baik atau menutupi sesuatu."

-Keigo Higashino, Angsa dan Kelelawar

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16. 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

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17. The Restaurant of Lost Recipes (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #2)

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

3.65

Format: None pages, ebook

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is the second book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Kamogawa Food … read more

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  • asian literature
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18. A Grave for a Thief (Company of Rogues #3)

By: Douglas Skelton

4.49

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Christopher Templeton is a lawyer whose conscience troubles him. He knows many of the secrets of Th… read more

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  • mystery
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19. The Nuns of Nara: An Akitada Novel

By: I.J. Parker

4.38

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

The nuns of one of the Nara temples have misplaced an imperial concubine. Concerned about her well-… read more

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20. The Kindness of Dragons (Sugawara Akitada, #18)

By: I.J. Parker

4.49

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

On a visit to a remote mountain region with his children, Akitada hopes to find some peace after th… read more

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21. Ikiryo: Vengeance and Justice (Sugawara Akitada, #17)

By: I.J. Parker

4.54

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Deeply distressed by his wife's adultery, Akitada returns to the capital to patch up his marriage a… read more

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22. The Ronin Returns: A Matsuyama Kaze Mystery (Samurai Mysteries)

By: Dale Furutani

4.24

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ronin Returns picks up the epic story of Matsuyama Kaze in 1603 Japan. This extension of Dale F… read more

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  • asian literature
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23. Spring Festival in Akaiwa: An Akitada Novel

By: I. J. Parker

4.30

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

A governor's life is not an easy one. It is spring when everything starts going wrong for Akitada. … read more

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24. Mists of Iga (Sons of Yokai #1)

By: Kyle Mortensen

4.30

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

1581, In the midst of Japan’s warring states, a group of four shinobi have just become some of the … read more

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25. Pride of the Samurai (The Kusunoki Chronicles Book 1)

By: Kenneth Jorgensen

4.23

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Akashi and Kanto are twin brothers, born to a role as samurai in the proud and ancient Kusunoki fam… read more

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26. Treachery of the Daimyo (The Kusunoki Chronicles Book 2)

By: Kenneth Jorgensen

4.32

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Kanto and Akashi are twin brothers, born into the proud and ancient samurai family, the Kusunoki. T… read more

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27. Glory of the Emperor (The Kusunoki Chronicles Book 4)

By: Kenneth Jorgensen

4.48

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

War has come. The Kumashatsu and their allies conquer wherever they fight. The Shogun is dead. The … read more

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28. Fires of Edo (Shinobi Mystery, #8)

By: Susan Spann

4.43

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Edo, February 1566: when a samurai's corpse is discovered in the ruins of a burned-out bookshop, ma… read more

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  • mystery
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29. The Lucky Gods of Otsu

By: I.J. Parker

4.39

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

If ever Akitada needed luck, it is now. Things are not going well for him. His new boss is out to g… read more

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30. The Temple of the Dead: An Akitada Novel

By: I.J. Parker

4.42

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Akitada discovers that his appointment as governor comes with baggage in the person of the prime mi… read more

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Cover of Massacre at Shirakawa (Akitada #20) by I.J. Parker

31. Massacre at Shirakawa (Akitada #20)

By: I.J. Parker

4.55

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

On the eve of the Tanabata Festival, a warrior rides into a family gathering to slaughter the membe… read more

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Martin Cruz Smith

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