| Honkaku Mystery Best 10 | |
| Editor: | Tantei Shosetsu Kenkyu Kai |
| Frequency: | Annually |
| Category: | mystery fiction |
| Publisher: | Hara Shobo |
| Firstdate: | March 20, 1998 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
is an annual mystery fiction guide book published by Hara Shobo. The guide book publishes a list of the top ten honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery books published in Japan in the previous year.
2001 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2000)
| 1 | H. Bustos Domecq | Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Edward D. Hoch | (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) |
| 3 | Cyril Hare | Suicide Excepted |
| 4 | Thomas H. Cook | Instruments of Night |
| 5 | Leo Bruce | Case Without a Corpse |
| 6 | Edmund Crispin | Swan Song |
| 7 | Elizabeth Ferrars | The Wandering Widows |
| 8 | Charles Daly King | The Curious Mr. Tarrant |
| Stanley Hyland | Who goes hang? | |
| 10 | Reginald Hill | On Beulah Height |
| Ellis Peters | A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs | |
| Hillary Waugh | End of a Party |
| 1 | Tsumao Awasaka (ja) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kaju Koizumi (ja) | ||
| 3 | Jun Kurachi (ja) | ||
| 4 | Yutaka Maya (ja) | ||
| 5 | Masayuki Shuno (ja) | ||
| 6 | Seiji Kodokoro (ja) | ||
| 7 | Yasuhiko Nishizawa (ja) | ||
| 8 | Alice Arisugawa (ja) | ||
| 9 | Ichi Orihara (ja) | ||
| 10 | Taku Ashibe |
2002 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2001)
| 1 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | Jumping Jenny [US title: ''Dead Mrs. Stratton''] |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jill McGown | The Stalking Horse |
| 3 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | Top Storey Murder |
| Dorothy L. Sayers | Gaudy Night | |
| 5 | (Anthology of Locked room mystery) | |
| 6 | G. K. Chesterton | Four Faultless Felons |
| 7 | Carter Dickson | The Third Bullet |
| 8 | Nicholas Blake | Thou Shell of Death |
| 9 | Sarah Caldwell | The Sibyl in Her Grave |
| 10 | Richard Hull | Keep It Quiet |
| Hake Talbot | Rim of the Pit |
| 1 | Masaki Yamada | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Taku Ashibe | |
| 3 | Fuyumi Ono | |
| 4 | Seiji Kodokoro | |
| 5 | Kenji Kuroda (ja) | |
| 6 | Takahiro Okura (ja) | |
| 7 | Soji Shimada | |
| 8 | Alice Arisugawa | |
| 9 | Miyuki Miyabe | English translation: Puppet Master |
| Akira Aikawa (ja) |
2003 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2002)
| 1 | Paul Halter | The Fourth Door | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | The Layton Court Mystery | |
| 3 | Helen McCloy | Cue for Murder | |
| 4 | Jill McGown | Death of a Dancer (aka Gone to Her Death) | |
| 5 | Edward D. Hoch | (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) | |
| 6 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | The Wychford Poisoning Case | |
| 7 | Robert J. Sawyer | Illegal Alien | |
| 8 | Fred Vargas | The Three Evangelists | |
| 9 | Michael Slade | Ripper | |
| 10 | Minette Walters | The Echo |
| 1 | Kiyoshi Kasai (ja) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Rintaro Norizuki | An Urban Legend Puzzle (EQMM January 2004) and other stories | |
| 3 | Alice Arisugawa | ||
| 4 | Masayuki Shuno | ||
| 5 | Otsuichi | English translation: Goth: A Novel of Horror | |
| 6 | Masaki Yamada | ||
| 7 | Taku Ashibe | ||
| 8 | Masaya Yamaguchi (ja) | ||
| 9 | Yasuhiko Nishizawa | ||
| 10 | Soji Shimada |
2004 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2003)
| 1 | Paul Halter | La Mort Vous Invite (Death Invites You) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Michael Gilbert | Death in Captivity | |
| 3 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery [US title: ''The Mystery at Lovers' Cave''] | |
| 4 | Helen McCloy | The Singing Diamonds and Other Stories | |
| 5 | Max Afford | Death's Mannikins | |
| 6 | Percival Wilde | P. Moran, Operative | |
| 7 | Harrington Hext | The Thing at Their Heels | |
| 8 | Michael Slade | Zombie (aka. Evil Eye) | |
| 9 | Thomas H. Cook | Interrogation | |
| 10 | Sarah Waters | Affinity |
| 1 | Shogo Utano (ja) | [1] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Alice Arisugawa | ||
| 3 | Asami Ishimochi (ja) | ||
| 4 | Takahiro Okura | ||
| 5 | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | ||
| 6 | Yasuhiko Nishizawa | ||
| 7 | Fuyumi Ono | ||
| 8 | Kenji Kodama (ja) | ||
| Hajime Tsukato (ja) | |||
| 10 | Soji Shimada |
2005 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2004)
| 1 | Paul Halter | The Crimson Fog |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Edward D. Hoch | (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) |
| 3 | Minette Walters | The Shape of Snakes |
| 4 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | The Silk Stocking Murders |
| 5 | Edmund Crispin | Holy Disorders |
| 6 | Ronald Knox | The Footsteps at the Lock |
| 7 | José Carlos Somoza | The Athenian Murders |
| 8 | John Franklin Bardin | The Last of Philip Banter |
| Sarah Waters | Fingersmith | |
| 10 | Charles Daly King | Obelists at Sea |
| A. H. Z. Carr | The Trial of John Nobody and other stories |
| 1 | Rintaro Norizuki | [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yukito Ayatsuji | ||
| 3 | Yutaka Maya | ||
| 4 | Taku Ashibe | English translation: Murder in the Red Chamber | |
| 5 | Yusuke Kishi | [3] | |
| 6 | Kurumi Inui | ||
| 7 | Asami Ishimochi | ||
| 8 | Seiichiro Oyama (ja) | ||
| 9 | Hajime Amagi (ja) | ||
| 10 | Masayuki Shuno |
2006 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2005)
| 1 | Leo Bruce | A Bone and a Hank of Hair | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Patrick Quentin | Puzzle for Wantons | |
| 3 | Paul Halter | La mort derrière les rideaux (Death Behind the Curtains) | |
| 4 | Michael Innes | Stop Press (aka. The Spider Strikes) | |
| 5 | Hillary Waugh | A Rag and a Bone | |
| 6 | Michael Slade | Shrink (aka. Primal Scream) | |
| 7 | Jack Ritchie | The Crime Machine and other stories | |
| 8 | Aaron Elkins | Good Blood | |
| 9 | Leo Perutz | Master of the Day of Judgment | |
| 10 | Robert van Gulik | The Willow Pattern |
| 1 | Keigo Higashino | English translation: The Devotion of Suspect X | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Asami Ishimochi | ||
| 3 | Takemaru Abiko (ja) | ||
| 4 | Kaoru Kitamura | ||
| 5 | Yutaka Maya | ||
| 6 | Soji Shimada | ||
| Tokuya Higashigawa (ja) | |||
| 8 | Taku Ashibe | ||
| 9 | Hajime Tsukato | ||
| 10 | Shunsuke Sasaki (ja) |
2007 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2006)
| 1 | Norman Berrow | The Footprints of Satan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ellery Queen | The Tragedy of Errors | |
| 3 | Paul Halter | La Malédiction de Barberousse (The Curse of Barbarossa) | |
| 4 | Guillermo Martínez | The Oxford Murders | |
| 5 | John Dickson Carr | Papa La-Bas | |
| 6 | Elizabeth Ferrars | Your Neck in a Noose [US title: ''Neck in a Noose''] | |
| 7 | Richard Matheson | Now You See It... | |
| 8 | R. Austin Freeman | As A Thief in the Night | |
| 9 | Roger Scarlett | In the First Degree | |
| 10 | Paul C. Doherty | The Nightingale Gallery |
| 1 | Alice Arisugawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Asami Ishimochi | ||
| 3 | Shinzo Mitsuda (ja) | ||
| 4 | Honobu Yonezawa | ||
| 5 | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | ||
| 6 | Shusuke Michio (ja) | ||
| 7 | Shusuke Michio | ||
| 8 | Takahiro Okura | ||
| 9 | Shusuke Michio | ||
| 10 | Seiichiro Oyama |
2008 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2007)
| 1 | Paul Halter | La Chambre du Fou (The Madman's Room) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | D. M. Devine | Devil at Your Elbow |
| 3 | Theodore Roscoe | Murder on the Way! |
| 4 | James Anderson | The Affair of the Mutilated Mink |
| 5 | William Brittain | The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr and other stories |
| 6 | Ann Cleeves | Raven Black |
| 7 | Clayton Rawson | Death Out of Thin Air |
| 8 | Boris Akunin | Murder on the Leviathan |
| 9 | Edward D. Hoch | (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) |
| Henry Wade | The Dying Alderman |
| 1 | Alice Arisugawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shinzo Mitsuda | ||
| 3 | Hajime Tsukato | ||
| 4 | Honobu Yonezawa | [4] | |
| 5 | Haruo Yamazawa (ja) | ||
| 6 | Shogo Utano | ||
| 7 | Yasuhiko Nishizawa | ||
| 8 | Ryuichi Kasumi (ja) | ||
| 9 | Soji Shimada | ||
| 10 | Asami Ishimochi |
2009 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2008)
| 1 | D. M. Devine | This Is Your Death | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Michael Innes | There Came Both Mist and Snow | |
| 3 | Paul Halter | The Seventh Hypothesis | |
| 4 | Ellery Queen | The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries 1 | |
| 5 | Gilbert Adair | The Act of Roger Murgatroyd | |
| 6 | Glyn Daniel | The Cambridge Murders | |
| 7 | R. Austin Freeman | Mr. Pottermack's Oversight | |
| 8 | James Powell | A Dirge for Clowntown and other stories | |
| 9 | Percival Wilde | Inquest | |
| 10 | Hake Talbot | The Hangman's Handyman |
| 1 | Shinzo Mitsuda | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shusuke Michio | |
| 3 | Masaki Tsuji | |
| 4 | Keigo Higashino | English translation: Salvation of a Saint |
| 5 | Kiyoshi Kasai | |
| 6 | Taku Ashibe | |
| 7 | Alice Arisugawa | |
| 8 | Hajime Tsukato | |
| 9 | Reiichiro Fukami (ja) | |
| 10 | Yusuke Kishi | |
| Hiu Torikai (ja) |
2010 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2009)
| 1 | D. M. Devine | Dead Trouble | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Percival Wilde | Tinsley's Bones | |
| 3 | Paul Halter | The Tiger's Head | |
| 4 | Jim Kelly | The Water Clock | |
| 5 | Edward D. Hoch | (Simon Ark series) | |
| 6 | Ellery Queen | The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries 2 | |
| 7 | Marcel F. Lanteaume | Trompe-l'oeil | |
| 8 | Anthony Lejeune | Mr. Diabolo | |
| 9 | Helen McCloy | Two-Thirds of a Ghost | |
| 10 | T. S. Stribling | Best Dr. Poggioli Detective Stories |
| 1 | Shogo Utano | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yasuhiko Nishizawa | |
| 3 | Yukito Ayatsuji | English translation: Another |
| 4 | Honobu Yonezawa | |
| 5 | Keigo Higashino | |
| 6 | Kaoru Kitamura | |
| 7 | Koji Yanagi | |
| 8 | Tokuya Higashigawa | |
| 9 | Koji Kitakuni (ja) | |
| Tokuro Nukui (ja) |
2011 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2010)
| 1 | Peter Antony | How Doth the Little Crocodile? |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Louis Bayard | The Pale Blue Eye |
| 3 | William Brittain | Mr.Strang Gives a Lecture and other stories |
| 4 | Rupert Penny | Policeman's Evidence |
| 5 | Anthony Berkeley | Panic Party |
| 6 | Paul Halter | La Lettre Qui Tue (The Deadly Letter) |
| Patrick Quentin | Puzzle for Fiends | |
| 8 | Carol O'Connell | Bone by Bone |
| 9 | Jeffery Deaver | Roadside Crosses |
| 10 | Freeman Wills Crofts | Antidote to Venom |
| Peter Tremayne | Hemlock at Vespers and other stories |
| 1 | Yutaka Maya | [5] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yu Shizaki (ja) | ||
| 3 | Shinzo Mitsuda | ||
| 4 | Taku Ashibe | ||
| 5 | NANAKAWA Kanan (ja) | ||
| 6 | Yutaka Maya | ||
| 7 | Soji Shimada | ||
| 8 | Ban Madoi (ja) | ||
| 9 | Tokuya Higashigawa | [6] | |
| 10 | Jun Kurachi |
2012 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2011)
| 1 | D. M. Devine | Three Green Bottles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jack Kerley | Blood Brother | |
| 3 | Thomas W. Hanshew | Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces | |
| 4 | Ann Cleeves | Red Bones | |
| 5 | Hal White | The Mysteries of Reverend Dean | |
| 6 | Edward D. Hoch | (Simon Ark series) | |
| 7 | Georgette Heyer | Death in the Stocks | |
| 8 | David Gordon | The Serialist | |
| 9 | Michael Connelly | The Overlook | |
| 10 | Helen McCloy | Through a Glass, Darkly |
| 1 | Honobu Yonezawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yutaka Maya | ||
| 3 | Hiroko Minagawa | ||
| 4 | Kyo Shirodaira (ja) | ||
| 5 | Yusuke Kishi | ||
| 6 | Itsuki Nagasawa | ||
| 7 | Kiyoshi Kasai | ||
| 8 | Shogo Utano | ||
| 9 | Tokuya Higashigawa | ||
| 10 | Yasuhiko Nishizawa |
2013 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2012)
| 1 | Patrick Quentin | Puzzle for Pilgrims (aka. The Fate of the Immodest Blonde) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Leo Bruce | At Death's Door | |
| 3 | Jim Kelly | The Fire Baby | |
| 4 | Patrick Quentin | A Puzzle for Fools | |
| 5 | Jeffery Deaver | The Burning Wire | |
| 6 | Patrick Quentin | Puzzle for Players | |
| 7 | Georgette Heyer | Behold, Here's Poison | |
| 8 | Edward D. Hoch | (Simon Ark series) | |
| Roy Vickers | The Exploits of Fidelity Dove | ||
| 10 | Fred Vargas | Sans feu ni lieu |
| 1 | Rintaro Norizuki | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Seiichiro Oyama | ||
| 3 | Yukito Ayatsuji | ||
| 4 | Shinzo Mitsuda | ||
| 5 | Yugo Aosaki (ja) | ||
| 6 | Alice Arisugawa | ||
| 7 | Ryo Amane (ja) | ||
| 8 | Soji Shimada | [7] | |
| 9 | Taku Ashibe | ||
| 10 | Sei Hatsuno |
2014 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2013)
| 1 | Edmund Crispin | Beware of the Trains | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Max Afford | Blood on His Hands! | |
| 3 | Jack Kerley | In the Blood | |
| 4 | D. M. Devine | Sunk Without Trace | |
| 5 | Jeffery Deaver | More Twisted | |
| 6 | Helen McCloy | The Goblin Market | |
| 7 | Patrick Quentin | Puzzle for Puppets | |
| 8 | Eric Keith | Nine Man's Murder | |
| 9 | Edward D. Hoch | (Simon Ark series) | |
| 10 | Rupert Penny | Policeman in Armour |
| 1 | Yutaka Maya | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yugo Aosaki | ||
| 3 | Yu Shizaki | ||
| 4 | Rintaro Norizuki | ||
| 5 | Rintaro Norizuki | ||
| 6 | Yasumi Kobayashi | ||
| Masaki Tsuji | |||
| 8 | Shogo Utano | ||
| 9 | Soji Shimada | ||
| 10 | Honobu Yonezawa |
2015 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2014)
| 1 | Helen McCloy | The One That Got Away | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | Not to Be Taken (aka. A Puzzle in Poison) | |
| 3 | Leo Bruce | Dead for a Ducat | |
| 4 | Patrick Quentin | Black Widow | |
| 5 | Jim Kelly | The Moon Tunnel | |
| 6 | Minette Walters | Chickenfeed and The Tinder Box | |
| Margery Allingham | The Case of the Old Man in the Window and other stories | ||
| 8 | Kate Morton | The Secret Keeper | |
| 9 | Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice | People vs. Withers and Malone | |
| 10 | Pierre Lemaitre | Alex |
| 1 | Yutaka Maya | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Honobu Yonezawa | [8] | |
| 3 | Mikihiko Renjo | ||
| 4 | Taku Ashibe | ||
| 5 | Hidefumi Okada (ja) | ||
| 6 | Yabusaka Hayasaka (ja) | ||
| 7 | Hajime Tsukato | ||
| 8 | Yugo Aosaki | ||
| 9 | Akiko Miki (ja) | ||
| 10 | Takaki Hiraishi (ja) |