15 must-read fiction books like Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

Cover of Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

Bullet Train

By: Kōtarō Isaka

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of…

"My buddy Thomas helped me survive."

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

"My buddy Thomas helped me survive."

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

"Then Tangerine hangs up. Nanao leans against the window and gazes out, gripping his phone like he's waiting for a call from a lover."

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

"Then Tangerine hangs up. Nanao leans against the window and gazes out, gripping his phone like he's waiting for a call from a lover."

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

If you liked the fiction plot in Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, Sōji Shimada, Ho-Ling Wong

1. The Decagon House Murders

By: Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong

2.50

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly mu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi, Deborah Boliver Boehm

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

3. The Devotion of Suspect X

By: Keigo Higashino , Alexander O. Smith

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husb… read more

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4. La notte dimenticata dagli angeli

By: Natsuo Kirino , Gianluca Coci

4.34

Format: None pages, Paperback

Una giovane donna viene brutalmente violentata da tre uomini nel suo appartamento di Tokyo, sotto g… read more

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Cover of Scavenger Hunt by Chad Boudreaux

5. Scavenger Hunt

By: Chad Boudreaux

4.30

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

WHEN JUSTICE IS BLIND, SCAVENGERS DO THE HUNTING Blake Hudson just wants to serve his country we… read more

Similar categories in Chad Boudreaux's Scavenger Hunt book and Kōtarō Isaka's Bullet Train

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
"What other problems do American soldiers face when hunting down these fanat­ical killers?"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

"As Blake turned around to continue his walk back to Main Justice, he spotted one of the tourists taking his picture. “Don’t waste your film!"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

"Home was the one place he wanted to forget, the place from which he’d run away but never could escape. And, yes, home was the place he’d been instructed to leave—the place where the trouble began and…"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

"While waiting for her accomplice to gather his equipment, Hensley couldn’t help but think ahead to her next mission. She hadn’t told him. It wasn’t a mission for which she’d volunteered, nor a missio…"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

Cover of Black Fire by William Kely McClung

6. Black Fire

By: William Kely McClung

4.29

Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition

Major Tommy Black is at the crossroads of a brilliant, clandestine career. Lost... without purpose … read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
"Okay, sure, he’s a great fucking guy,"

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

"It was time to start thinking of darker things."

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

"Black once tried to tackle a Humvee head-on. This was worse"

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

"Legends were mostly bullshit, even his own, but they sometimes could be useful."

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

Cover of Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

7. Bullet Train

By: Kōtarō Isaka

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of… read more

Similar categories in Kōtarō Isaka's Bullet Train book and Kōtarō Isaka's Bullet Train

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • action
  • japanese literature
  • crime
  • japan
  • audiobook
"My buddy Thomas helped me survive."

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

"Then Tangerine hangs up. Nanao leans against the window and gazes out, gripping his phone like he's waiting for a call from a lover."

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

"Tangerine can't quite place how he felt about insects when he was younger. He has memories of killing them wholesale, but also remembers crying over dead ones and giving them miniature funerals"

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

"Then he (Lemon) leans in to Little Minegishi's corpse and takes hold of the back of the head, nodding it up and down like he's operating a puppet. "Lemon, you are a useful train," he says, doing his …"

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

Cover of The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) by Seishi Yokomizo

8. 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
  • 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 The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2) by Seishi Yokomizo

9. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • 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)

Cover of La lucertola nera by Edogawa Ranpo

10. La lucertola nera

By: Edogawa Ranpo

3.39

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Nel cuore di uno dei quartieri più brulicanti di vita di Tokyo, al termine di una festa sfrenata, u… read more

Similar categories in Edogawa Ranpo's La lucertola nera book and Kōtarō Isaka's Bullet Train

  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3) by Keigo Higashino

11. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • 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)

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

12. 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
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • 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 Angsa dan Kelelawar by Keigo Higashino

13. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • 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

Cover of Agenzia A by Seichō Matsumoto

14. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

15. 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 The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6) by Seishi Yokomizo

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

17. 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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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of 理由 [Riyū] by Miyuki Miyabe

18. 理由 [Riyū]

By: Miyuki Miyabe

3.78

Format: 630 pages, Paperback

事件はなぜ起こったか。殺されたのは「誰」で、いったい「誰」が殺人者であったのか――。東京荒川区の超高層マンションで凄惨な殺人事件が起きた。室内には中年男女と老女の惨殺体。そして、ベランダから転落した… read more

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  • mystery
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
Cover of Descalza voy contigo by Antimio Cruz Bustamante

19. Descalza voy contigo

By: Antimio Cruz Bustamante

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

El vínculo entre estas dos increíbles historias se desvela en una entrañable novela que muestra cóm… read more

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Cover of Клинок молчания (Tok. Иямису-триллер о профайлерах и маньяках) (Russian Edition) by Лэй Ми

20. Клинок молчания (Tok. Иямису-триллер о профайлерах и маньяках) (Russian Edition)

By: Лэй Ми

4.08

Format: 575 pages, Kindle Edition

Один из лучших образцов китайского Иямису — популярного в Азии триллера, исследующего темную сторон… read more

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Cover of The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim

21. The Black Orb

By: Ewhan Kim

3.41

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

One evening in downtown Seoul, Jeong-su is smoking a cigarette outside when he sees something a hu… read more

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Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong

2.50

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Akimitsu Takagi , Deborah Boliver Boehm

3.96

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Chad Boudreaux

4.30

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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

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Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong

2.50

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Seichō Matsumoto , Beth Cary

4.08

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4.25

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