16 Best thriller books like Villain by Philip Gabriel, Shūichi Yoshida

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Villain

By: Philip Gabriel , Shūichi Yoshida

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

A young insurance saleswoman is found strangled at Mitsuse Pass. Her family and friends are shocked…

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1. Naoko

By: Keigo Higashino , Kerim Yasar

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Naoko, a major bestseller and film in Japan, is a poignant and wily take on gender relations from a… read more

Similar categories in Keigo Higashino's Naoko book and Philip Gabriel's Villain

  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"Trước kia, khi biết anh và Fumiya không chung dòng máu, anh chỉ nghĩ xem mình có thể làm Bố được không. Anh không hề nghĩ đến việc phải chọn cho người mình yêu con đường hạnh phúc. Anh yêu thằng bé t…"

-Keigo Higashino, Naoko

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2. Now You're One of Us

By: Asa Nonami , Michael Volek , Mitsuko Volek

3.30

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Blood Is Thicker Than Tears In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and Ira Levin's Rose… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • japan
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3. In

By: Natsuo Kirino

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

R is the other woman. Labelled simply with one initial, her identity in the famous 1940s novel that… read more

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  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • asian literature
  • crime
  • japan
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4. 69

By: Ryū Murakami

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ryu Murakami, along with Haruki Murakami (no relation), is one of the best-selling writers in Japan… read more

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  • asian literature
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
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5. 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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6. Villain

By: Philip Gabriel , Shūichi Yoshida

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

A young insurance saleswoman is found strangled at Mitsuse Pass. Her family and friends are shocked… read more

Similar categories in Philip Gabriel's Villain book and Philip Gabriel's Villain

  • japan
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
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7. Journey Under the Midnight Sun

By: Keigo Higashino , Alexander O. Smith

4.51

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When a man is found murdered in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973, unflappable detective Sasag… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
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8. 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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9. 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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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan

10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
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14. Non è un lavoro per ragazze

By: Kazuki Sakuraba

3.23

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Fino a che punto può spingersi l'odio nei confronti degli adulti e un'amicizia suggellata dalla com… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
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15. La ragazza del Kyūshū

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In un mattino di primavera una giovane donna entra nello studio di un illustre penalista di Tokyo. … read more

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  • japan
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
"Por lo que veo —dijo Michiko, bajando la vista hacia su plato—, en Occidente tampoco sienten mucha simpatía por los zurdos."

-Seichō Matsumoto, La ragazza del Kyūshū

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16. 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

Similar categories in Kōtarō Isaka's Three Assassins book and Philip Gabriel's Villain

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

Similar categories in Keigo Higashino's A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3) book and Philip Gabriel's Villain

  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"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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18. Người Bóng Bay

By: Chan Ho-Kei

4.11

Format: 484 pages, Paperback

NGƯỜI BÓNG BAY - MỘT "DEATH NOTE" HÀI HƯỚC NHƯNG VẪN ĐẦY ĐẤU TRÍ “Chỉ cần chạm vào da đối tượng,… read more

Similar categories in Chan Ho-Kei's Người Bóng Bay book and Philip Gabriel's Villain

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"Loại người tự cho mình là hiện thân chính nghĩa, bênh vực kẻ yếu, nhưng thực chất chỉ là đồ hoang tưởng, chuyên đạo đức mồm, đòi diệt trừ tất cả những ai không hợp ý mình."

-Chan Ho-Kei, Người Bóng Bay

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

19. 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
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20. 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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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"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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21. 予知夢 [Yochimu] (ガリレオ, #2)

By: Keigo Higashino

3.58

Format: 270 pages, Mass Market Paperback

深夜、16歳の少女の部屋に男が侵入し、気がついた母親が猟銃を発砲した。とりおさえられた男は、17年前に少女と結ばれる夢を見たと主張。その証拠は、男が小学四年生の時に書いた作文。果たして偶然か、妄想か… read more

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

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3.88

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3.30

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4.10

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3.16

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3.47

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