10 Top thriller books like Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Yuji Oniki

Cover of Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Yuji Oniki

Battle Royale

By: Koushun Takami , Yuji Oniki

None

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of jun…

If you liked the thriller plot in Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Yuji Oniki , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Battle Royale, Vol. 08 (Battle Royale, #8) by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi, Koshun Takami

1. Battle Royale, Vol. 08 (Battle Royale, #8)

By: Koushun Takami , Masayuki Taguchi , Koshun Takami

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The sun is setting on the first day of The Program, and the students of Class B are in for one hell… read more

Similar categories in Koushun Takami's Battle Royale, Vol. 08 (Battle Royale, #8) book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
Cover of Uzumaki by Junji Ito, Yuji Oniki

2. Uzumaki

By: Junji Ito , Yuji Oniki

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the… read more

Similar categories in Junji Ito's Uzumaki book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • japan
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Ring (Ring, #1) by Kōji Suzuki, Glynne Walley, Robert B. Rohmer

3. Ring (Ring, #1)

By: Kōji Suzuki , Glynne Walley , Robert B. Rohmer

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act… read more

Similar categories in Kōji Suzuki's Ring (Ring, #1) book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror

4. In the Miso Soup

By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

It is just before New Year's. Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on… read more

Similar categories in Ryū Murakami's In the Miso Soup book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror

5. Confessions

By: Kanae Minato , Stephen Snyder

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

Her pupils killed her daughter. Now, she will have her revenge. After an engagement that ended in t… read more

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Cover of Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Yuji Oniki

6. Battle Royale

By: Koushun Takami , Yuji Oniki

None

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of jun… read more

Similar categories in Koushun Takami's Battle Royale book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • novels
  • japanese literature
  • fantasy
  • japan
Cover of The Long Walk by Stephen        King, Richard Bachman

7. The Long Walk

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

4.08

Format: 370 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual gr… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Long Walk book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • novels
  • fantasy
"Love is a fake!"

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"Another time, another place."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"Better to be dirty than dead."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"His eyes were as blank and bright as doorknobs."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

Cover of The Devil's Trinity by Michael              Parker

8. The Devil's Trinity

By: Michael Parker

4.26

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

A modern day thriller pitching the ultimate terror against the United States of America.CIA agent, … read more

Similar categories in Michael Parker's The Devil's Trinity book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • fiction
"Are you ready for nuclear Armageddon?"

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"Harry Marsham, who was known as Marsh to his friends, should have died that night."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"And in that vast emptiness, two heads bobbed above the surface without a sound, just one hundred feet from them."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"That’s the second time you’ve apologised in less than a minute, Remo. When you have to do that to an admiral it could be your career on the line."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

9. Revenge

By: Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder

4.26

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Sinister forces draw together a cast of desperate characters in this eerie and absorbing novel from… read more

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10. Piercing

By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A pulsating psycho-thriller from Ryu Murakami, author of In the Miso Soup A renaissance man for the… read more

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11. Audition

By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Documentary-maker Aoyama hasn't dated anyone in the seven years since the death of his beloved wife… read more

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12. The Crimson Labyrinth

By: Camellia Nieh , Yusuke Kishi , None

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

From a rising new star of horror comes a killer read that will make you lose track of time and real… read more

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Cover of Out by Natsuo Kirino, Stephen    Snyder

13. Out

By: Natsuo Kirino , Stephen Snyder

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Natsuo Kirino's novel tells a story of random violence in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mothe… read more

Similar categories in Natsuo Kirino's Out book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
"...I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

"And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

"I'm desperate for money'. She said. And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

"I'm desperate for money'. She said. 'And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you'. (Yoshie Azuma)"

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

Cover of Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

14. Tender Is the Flesh

By: Agustina Bazterrica

3.79

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no … read more

Similar categories in Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
"Carcass."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"She had the human look of a domesticated animal."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"un matadero debería ignorarse, fundirse con el paisaje y nunca llamarse por lo que realmente es."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"No entiendo por qué nos parece atractiva la sonrisa de una persona. Con la sonrisa uno está mostrando el esqueleto"."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

Cover of Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości by Agata Romaniuk

15. Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

By: Agata Romaniuk

4.31

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

O pierwszych miłościach powiedziano prawie wszystko – powstało już wiele filmów, piosenek i wierszy… read more

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"Póki ktoś na nas patrzy z czułością, póty istniejemy."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

"- Byliśmy we dwoje. Razem można wszystko przetrwać - mówi Luba, a Dmytro potwierdza, kiwając głową."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

"Problemy zaczęły się, kiedy Wiesława, pięćdziesięcioletnia księgowa z Iławy, wybrała ciało Zdzisława zamiast ciała Chrystusa."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

"Wtedy i ona się zdenerwowała. Żeby tak ją naciskać? Zapadło milczenie. Zacięli się oboje, jak potrafią tylko dzieci i uparci starsi ludzie. A na pewno, niezależnie od wieku - zakochani."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

Cover of Nocne godziny by Marta Bijan

16. Nocne godziny

By: Marta Bijan

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

To miał być najpiękniejszy horror na świecie... Salla, Lamia i Kail są rodzeństwem i zupełnie na… read more

Similar categories in Marta Bijan's Nocne godziny book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • fantasy
Cover of Gąsienica by Edogawa Rampo

17. Gąsienica

By: Edogawa Rampo

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Opowiadania Ranpo ewoluowały na przestrzeni lat – zaczynał od typowo detektywistycznych opowiadań w… read more

Similar categories in Edogawa Rampo's Gąsienica book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
Cover of Wszystko mam bardziej. Życie w spektrum autyzmu by Jacek Hołub

18. Wszystko mam bardziej. Życie w spektrum autyzmu

By: Jacek Hołub

4.10

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

O tym, dlaczego dorośli decydują się na diagnozę, dlaczego autyzm to nie zawsze supermoce, o codzie… read more

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Cover of Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung

19. Almond

By: Sohn Won-Pyung

4.16

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.  One of the monsters is me. … read more

Similar categories in Sohn Won-Pyung's Almond book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • novels
  • fiction
  • young adult
"We have to be tougher in this tough world."

-Sohn Won-Pyung, Almond

"Can the word "love" be thrown around so casually like that?"

-Sohn Won-Pyung, Almond

"I drifted off to sleep only at daybreak when the sky turned sapphire."

-Sohn Won-Pyung, Almond

"You're basically a blank canvas. Better to fill it up with good things rather than bad things."

-Sohn Won-Pyung, Almond

Cover of Muchomory w cukrze by Marta Bijan

20. Muchomory w cukrze

By: Marta Bijan

3.77

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Fio, Wenus, Hanna, Kostek i Robin nie mogą doczekać się pierwszych wspólnych wakacji w Domku z Drew… read more

Similar categories in Marta Bijan's Muchomory w cukrze book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Enquanto o universo não desmoronar by Adrielli Almeida

21. Enquanto o universo não desmoronar

By: Adrielli Almeida

4.61

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

Queria poder dizer que estávamos certos sobre o amanhã, mas a noite já acabou faz um bom tempo, e n… read more

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13 best-selling fiction books like Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Yuji Oniki

Transform Your Habits

Battle Royale, Vol. 08 (Battle Royale, #8)

Koushun Takami , Masayuki Taguchi , Koshun Takami

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Uzumaki

Junji Ito , Yuji Oniki

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Ring (Ring, #1)

Kōji Suzuki , Glynne Walley , Robert B. Rohmer

3.75

In the Miso Soup

Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

3.83

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15 best-selling fiction books like Muchomory w cukrze by Marta Bijan

Transform Your Habits

Necrovet. Usługi weterynaryjno-nekromantyczne (Necrovet, #1)

Joanna W. Gajzler

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Cmentarz osobliwości

Paulina Hendel

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Jestem głód

Petra Dvořáková

3.63

Transform Your Habits

For Sure Not You (Westwood Academy, #1)

Weronika Ancerowicz

4.08

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