8 Top classics books like Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto

Cover of Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto

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’…

If you liked the classics plot in Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Black Plumes by Margery Allingham

1. Black Plumes

By: Margery Allingham

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

The slashing of a valuable painting at the renowned Ivory Gallery in London, followed by the murder… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction

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. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

By: Peter Cameron

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

It's time for eighteen-year-old James Sveck to begin his freshman year at Brown. Instead, he's surf… read more

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4. La settimana bianca

By: Emmanuel Carrère , Maurizia Balmelli

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

<>ha raccontato una volta Emmanuel Carrere <>. All'inizio, infatti, il piccolo Nicolas ha tutta l'a… read more

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5. The Lady Vanishes

By: Ethel Lina White

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE WORLD-FAMOUS SUSPENSE NOVEL FROM WHICH ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREATED HIS MOVIE MASTERPIECE, REDISCOV… read more

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6. La camera azzurra

By: Georges Simenon , Marina di Leo

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . "Sei cosi bello" gli aveva dett… read more

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Cover of Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto

7. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra by Michael Bible

8. L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

By: Michael Bible

3.60

Format: 135 pages, ebook

Mentre tutti sono raccolti in preghiera, dall’ultima fila Iggy avanza verso il centro della chiesa.… read more

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  • fiction
"Quegli anni sono così malinconici e bizzarri. Per effetto del vento sembrava che le azalee levitassero a una spanna da terra. I cani dei vicini, Sale e Pepe, abbaiavano come due innamorati durante un…"

-Michael Bible, L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

Cover of L'età fragile by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

9. L'età fragile

By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Non esiste un'età senza paura. Siamo fragili sempre, da genitori e da figli, quando bisogna ricostr… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of I baffi by Emmanuel Carrère

10. I baffi

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.73

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

È quasi un capriccio, uno scherzo, quello di tagliarsi i baffi, da parte del protagonista di questo… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1) by Satoshi Yagisawa

11. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

By: Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. … read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
"It hurts to realize that it might be too late now for anything but regret."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"And here I am spending a sleepless night in a strange place. We might not be far from home, but I feel lonely."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"No es cuestión de ser expertos o novatos. Si lo plantea así, ni siquiera yo lo soy tanto. Lo importante es sentir emociones al toparse con un libro."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"In my dream, I was an android maid living in a city in the not-so- distant future. In that neighbourhood, all the buildings were made of used books."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

Cover of Parti e omicidi by Sayaka Murata

12. Parti e omicidi

By: Sayaka Murata

3.76

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Parti e omicidi è una raccolta di racconti ambientati in una Tokyo di un futuro non ben precisato, … read more

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  • japan
  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
Cover of The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) by Seishi Yokomizo

13. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • 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)

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

14. 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
  • detective
  • classics
  • 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 Butter by Asako Yuzuki

15. 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

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  • 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 The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2) by Yukito Ayatsuji

16. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"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 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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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of Beast in the Shadows (Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage) by Edogawa Rampo

19. Beast in the Shadows (Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage)

By: Edogawa Rampo

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Dail… read more

Similar categories in Edogawa Rampo's Beast in the Shadows (Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage) book and Seichō Matsumoto's Tokyo Express

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

20. 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

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

21. 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

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  • detective
  • classics
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • japan

16 best-selling fiction books like Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto

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Black Plumes

Margery Allingham

4.50

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Seichō Matsumoto

3.68

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L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

Michael Bible

3.60

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L'età fragile

Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

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More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

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The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

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Butter

Asako Yuzuki

3.60

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Hanako Footman

4.38

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