| Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | |
| Editor: | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Editorial Team |
| Frequency: | Annually |
| Category: | Mystery fiction |
| Publisher: | Takarajimasha |
| Firstdate: | December 20, 1988 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
is an annual mystery fiction guide book published by Takarajimasha. The guide book publishes a list of the top ten mystery books published in Japan in the previous year.
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1988 (JICC Shuppankyoku. December, 1988)
| 1 | Trevanian | The Main | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Scott Turow | Presumed Innocent | |
| 3 | P. D. James | A Taste for Death | |
| Bob Langley | Traverse of the Gods | ||
| 5 | Andrew Vachss | Strega | |
| 6 | Robert Littell | The Sisters | |
| 7 | Michael Z. Lewin | Late Payments | |
| 8 | William Diehl | Hooligans | |
| 9 | Barbara Vine | A Dark-Adapted Eye | |
| 10 | H. F. Saint | Memoirs of an Invisible Man |
| 1 | Yoichi Funado | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ryo Hara (ja) | |
| 3 | Mikihiko Renjo | |
| 4 | Joh Sasaki | English translation: Zero Over Berlin |
| 5 | Soji Shimada | |
| 6 | Futari Okajima (ja) | |
| 7 | Yukito Ayatsuji | |
| 8 | Rintaro Norizuki | |
| 9 | Go Osaka | |
| Yoshinaga Fujita |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1989 (JICC Shuppankyoku. January, 1990)
| 1 | Thomas Harris | The Silence of the Lambs |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Stephen Hunter | The Day Before Midnight |
| 3 | Aaron Elkins | Old Bones |
| 4 | Elmore Leonard | Freaky Deaky |
| Michael Z. Lewin | Out of Season [UK title: ''Out of Time''] | |
| 6 | Nelson DeMille | Word of Honor |
| 7 | Craig Thomas | The Bear's Tears |
| 8 | Brian Freemantle | Charlie Muffin San [US title: ''See Charlie Run''] |
| 9 | Leonard Wise | Doc's Legacy |
| 10 | Reginald Hill | Child's Play |
| Rick Boyer | The Daisy Ducks |
| 1 | Ryo Hara | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kaoru Kitamura | ||
| 3 | Soji Shimada | ||
| 4 | Joh Sasaki | ||
| 5 | Futari Okajima | ||
| 6 | Ikki Kazama (ja) | ||
| Tatsuo Shimizu (ja) | |||
| 8 | Masaya Yamaguchi (ja) | ||
| 9 | Keiichiro Ryu | ||
| 10 | Ichi Orihara (ja) |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1991 (JICC Shuppankyoku. January, 1991)
| 1 | Umberto Eco | The Name of the Rose | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Andrew Vachss | Blue Belle | |
| 3 | James Ellroy | The Black Dahlia | |
| 4 | Stephen King | Misery | |
| 5 | Christianna Brand | Buffet for Unwelcome Guests | |
| 6 | Ken Grimwood | Replay | |
| 7 | Wilbur Smith | The Eye of the Tiger | |
| 8 | Michael Z. Lewin | And Baby Will Fall | |
| 9 | Patricia Highsmith | Eleven | |
| 10 | William Diehl | Thai Horse |
| 1 | Arimasa Osawa | English translation: Shinjuku Shark | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kaoru Kitamura | ||
| 3 | Yoichi Funado | ||
| 4 | Koshu Tani | ||
| 5 | Ryo Hara | ||
| 6 | Tatsuo Shimizu | ||
| 7 | Yukito Ayatsuji | ||
| 8 | Yoshinaga Fujita | ||
| 9 | Miyuki Miyabe | English translation: The Devil's Whisper | |
| 10 | Soji Shimada |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1992 (JICC Shuppankyoku. January, 1992)
| 1 | P. D. James | Devices and Desires | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Thomas H. Cook | Flesh and Blood | |
| 3 | Shirley Conran | Savages | |
| 4 | Patricia Highsmith | The Cry of the Owl | |
| 5 | Keith Peterson | There Fell A Shadow | |
| 6 | Michael Crichton | Jurassic Park | |
| 7 | Bernard Cornwell | Sea Lord [US title:''Killer's Wake''] | |
| Jim Thompson | The Killer Inside Me | ||
| 9 | Robert R. McCammon | Stinger | |
| 10 | George C. Chesbro | Bone |
| 1 | Tatsuo Shimizu | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Arimasa Osawa | English translation: The Poison Ape | |
| 3 | Itsura Inami (ja) | ||
| 4 | Miyuki Miyabe | English translation: The Sleeping Dragon | |
| 5 | Soji Shimada | ||
| 6 | Nanami Wakatake (ja) | ||
| 7 | Go Osaka | ||
| 8 | Kaoru Takamura (ja) | ||
| 9 | Kaoru Takamura | ||
| 10 | Kenji Takemoto (ja) |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1993 (JICC Shuppankyoku. January, 1993)
| 1 | Reginald Hill | Bones and Silence | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lawrence Block | A Ticket to the Boneyard | |
| 3 | Thomas H. Cook | Streets of Fire | |
| 4 | Stephen King | It | |
| 5 | Ross Thomas | Twilight at Mac's Place | |
| 6 | Philip Kerr | March Violets | |
| 7 | Nelson DeMille | The Gold Coast | |
| 8 | David Martin | Lie to Me | |
| 9 | John Grisham | The Firm | |
| 10 | Robert Reeves | Peeping Thomas |
| 1 | Yoichi Funado | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Miyuki Miyabe | English translation: All She Was Worth | |
| 3 | Kiyoshi Kasai (ja) | ||
| 4 | Mangetsu Hanamura (ja) | ||
| 5 | Kaoru Takamura | ||
| 6 | Alice Arisugawa | ||
| Yumehito Inoue (ja) | |||
| 8 | Masaya Yamaguchi | ||
| 9 | Hosei Hahakigi (ja) | ||
| 10 | Kaoru Takamura |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1994 (Takarajimasha. December, 1993)
| 1 | Mitchell Smith | Stone City | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Scott Turow | The Burden of Proof | |
| 3 | Stephen Greenleaf | Book Case | |
| 4 | Dean Koontz | Watchers | |
| 5 | Colin Dexter | The Way Through the Woods | |
| 6 | Lawrence Block | A Dance at the Slaughterhouse | |
| 7 | Keith Peterson | Rough Justice | |
| 8 | Michael Innes | Lament for a Maker | |
| 9 | David Lorne | Sight Unseen | |
| 10 | Peter Lovesey | The Last Detective |
| 1 | Kaoru Takamura | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Masaya Yamaguchi | ||
| 3 | Itsura Inami | ||
| 4 | Arimasa Osawa | ||
| 5 | Ramo Nakajima | ||
| 6 | Tomoko Kano (ja) | ||
| Kaoru Kitamura | |||
| 8 | Go Osaka | ||
| 9 | Ichi Orihara | ||
| 10 | Yuichi Shimpo (ja) |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1995 (Takarajimasha. December, 1994)
| 1 | Scott Smith | A Simple Plan |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Don Winslow | A Cool Breeze on the Underground |
| 3 | Donald E. Westlake | Dancing Aztecs |
| 4 | R. D. Wingfield | Frost at Christmas |
| 5 | Nelson DeMille | The General's Daughter |
| 6 | Andrew Vachss | Shella |
| 7 | Minette Walters | The Ice House |
| 8 | Stuart Woods | Grass Roots |
| 9 | Michael Connelly | The Black Ice |
| 10 | Akif Pirinçci | Felidae |
| Liza Cody | Bucket Nut |
| 1 | Masaya Yamaguchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Joh Sasaki | ||
| 3 | Kaoru Takamura | ||
| 4 | Mangetsu Hanamura | ||
| 5 | Itsura Inami | ||
| Itsura Inami | |||
| 7 | Jiro Asada | ||
| Natsuhiko Kyogoku | English translation: The Summer of the Ubume | ||
| 9 | Toru Shirakawa (ja) | ||
| 10 | Rintaro Norizuki |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1996 (Takarajimasha. December, 1995)
| 1 | Minette Walters | The Sculptress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Robert R. McCammon | Boy's Life | |
| 3 | Lawrence Block | The Devil Knows You're Dead | |
| 4 | Michael Connelly | The Concrete Blonde | |
| 5 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | The Second Shot | |
| 6 | Scott Turow | Pleading Guilty | |
| 7 | John Gardner | Maestro | |
| 8 | Dan Simmons | Carrion Comfort | |
| 9 | Patrick Ruell | The Only Game | |
| 10 | Jean Vautrin | Billy-Ze-Kick |
| 1 | Yuichi Shimpo | (Whiteout (2000 film)) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yoshinaga Fujita | |
| 3 | Yoichi Funado | |
| 4 | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | |
| 5 | Ryo Hara | |
| 6 | Iori Fujiwara (ja) | |
| 7 | Kaoru Kitamura | |
| 8 | Katsufumi Umehara (ja) | |
| 9 | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | |
| 10 | Hideaki Sena | English translation: Parasite Eve |
| Arimasa Osawa | [1] |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1997 (Takarajimasha. December, 1996)
| 1 | John Dunning | Booked to Die | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | James Ellroy | White Jazz | |
| 3 | Peter Lovesey | The Summons | |
| 4 | Dick Francis | Come To Grief | |
| 5 | James Crumley | The Mexican Tree Duck | |
| 6 | Joe R. Lansdale | Two-Bear Mambo | |
| 7 | Michael Connelly | The Last Coyote | |
| 8 | P. D. James | Original Sin | |
| 9 | Lorenzo Carcaterra | Sleepers | |
| 10 | John le Carré | Our Game |
| 1 | Seishu Hase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yuichi Shimpo | ||
| 3 | Keigo Higashino | ||
| 4 | Miyuki Miyabe | ||
| 5 | Toru Shirakawa | ||
| 6 | Jiro Asada | ||
| 7 | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | ||
| 8 | Arata Tendo (ja) | ||
| 9 | Arimasa Osawa | ||
| 10 | Yasuhiko Nishizawa (ja) |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1998 (Takarajimasha. December, 1997)
| 1 | R. D. Wingfield | A Touch of Frost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Joel Townsley Rogers | The Red Right Hand | |
| 3 | Stephen King | The Green Mile | |
| 4 | Minette Walters | The Scold's Bridle | |
| 5 | Jeffery Deaver | A Maiden's Grave | |
| 6 | Robert Goddard | Into the Blue | |
| Thomas Sigismund Stribling | Clues of the Caribbees | ||
| 8 | Stephen Hunter | Dirty White Boys | |
| 9 | Donald E. Westlake | Good Behavior | |
| 10 | John Dunning | The Bookman's Wake |
| 1 | Natsuo Kirino | English translation: Out | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yusuke Kishi | [2] (Black House (film)) | |
| 3 | Hiroko Minagawa | ||
| 4 | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | ||
| 5 | Seishu Hase | ||
| 6 | Baku Yumemakura | ||
| 7 | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | ||
| 8 | Hosei Hahakigi | ||
| 9 | Riku Onda (ja) | ||
| 10 | Arimasa Osawa |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1999 (Takarajimasha. December, 1998)
| 1 | Theodore Roszak | Flicker |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Thomas H. Cook | The Chatham School Affair |
| 3 | Stephen Hunter | Black Light |
| 4 | Elizabeth Ferrars | Don't Monkey with Murder |
| 5 | Charles Palliser | The Quincunx |
| 6 | Ian Rankin | Black and Blue |
| 7 | Helen McCloy | She Walks Alone |
| 8 | Douglas Kennedy | Big Picture |
| Robert Goddard | Painting the Darkness | |
| 10 | Dennis Lehman | The Getbacks of Mother Superior |
| James Ellroy | American Tabloid |
| 1 | Kaoru Takamura | (Lady Joker) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Go Osaka | |
| 3 | Miyuki Miyabe | |
| 4 | Fuyumi Ono | Shiki |
| 5 | Yusuke Kishi | |
| 6 | Ryoichi Kano (ja) | |
| 7 | Hikaru Okuizumi | |
| 8 | Toichiro Kujira (ja) | |
| 9 | Keigo Higashino | English translation: Naoko |
| Reito Nikaido (ja) |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2000 (Takarajimasha. December, 1999)
| 1 | Stephen Hunter | Point of Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jeffery Deaver | The Bone Collector |
| 3 | Thomas H. Cook | Breakheart Hill |
| 4 | Leo Bruce | Case for Three Detectives |
| 5 | Richard Stark | Comeback |
| 6 | Carol O'Connell | Judas Child |
| 7 | Thomas H. Cook | Mortal Memory |
| 8 | John le Carré | The Tailor of Panama |
| 9 | Ian Rankin | Let it Bleed |
| Thomas Sigismund Stribling | Best Dr. Poggioli Detective Stories |
| 1 | Arata Tendo | [3] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Keigo Higashino | English translation: Journey Under the Midnight Sun | |
| 3 | Harutoshi Fukui (ja) | ||
| 4 | Koushun Takami | English translation: Battle Royale | |
| 5 | Natsuo Kirino | ||
| 6 | Yuichi Shimpo | ||
| 7 | Hideo Okuda (ja) | ||
| 8 | Kaoru Kitamura | ||
| 9 | Masayuki Shuno (ja) | ||
| 10 | Takayoshi Honda (ja) |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2001 (Takarajimasha. December, 2000)
| 1 | Jim Thompson | Pop. 1280 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Seamus Smyth | Quinn | |
| 3 | Thomas Harris | Hannibal | |
| 4 | Scott Turow | Personal Injuries | |
| 5 | Lawrence Norfolk | Lemprière's Dictionary | |
| 6 | Michael Connelly | Blood Work | |
| 7 | Thomas H. Cook | Instruments of Night | |
| 8 | Dennis Lehane | Darkness, Take My Hand | |
| 9 | Richard North Patterson | Eyes of a Child | |
| 10 | Jeffery Deaver | The Coffin Dancer |
| 1 | Tsumao Awasaka (ja) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Hideo Yokoyama | Motive (EQMM May 2008) and other stories | |
| 3 | Go Osaka | ||
| 4 | Yumehito Inoue | ||
| 5 | Kazuichi Iijima (ja) | ||
| 6 | Riku Onda | ||
| Yoichi Funado | English translation: May in the Valley of the Rainbow | ||
| 8 | Yasuhiko Nishizawa | ||
| 9 | Toshiyuki Tajima (ja) | ||
| 10 | Harutoshi Fukui |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2002 (Takarajimasha. December, 2001)
| 1 | Boston Teran | God is a Bullet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | R. D. Wingfield | Night Frost | |
| James Ellroy | The Cold Six Thousand | ||
| 4 | Donald E. Westlake | The Ax | |
| 5 | Thomas H. Cook | Places in the Dark | |
| 6 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | Jumping Jenny [US title: ''Dead Mrs. Stratton''] | |
| 7 | Jill McGown | The Stalking Horse | |
| 8 | Stephen King | The Stand | |
| 9 | Dorothy L. Sayers | Gaudy Night | |
| 10 | Dennis Lehane | Mystic River |
| 1 | Miyuki Miyabe | English translation: Puppet Master | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Hideo Okuda | ||
| 3 | Masaki Yamada | ||
| 4 | Ryuichi Kasumi (ja) | ||
| 5 | Keigo Higashino | ||
| 6 | Arimasa Osawa | [4] | |
| 7 | Futaro Yamada | ||
| 8 | Kazuaki Takano | ||
| Otaro Maijo | |||
| 10 | Go Osaka |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2003 (Takarajimasha. December, 2002)
| 1 | Jeremy Dronfield | The Locust Farm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | T. Jefferson Parker | Silent Joe | |
| 3 | Seamus Smyth | Red Dock | |
| 4 | Paul Halter | The Fourth Door | |
| 5 | Jim Thompson | A Hell of a Woman | |
| 6 | Gerald Kersh | The Oxoxoco Bottle and other stories | |
| 7 | Eric Garcia | Anonymous Rex | |
| 8 | Anthony Berkeley Cox | The Layton Court Mystery | |
| 9 | Jean Vautrin | Groom | |
| 10 | Michael Slade | Ripper |
| 1 | Hideo Yokoyama | (Half a Confession) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Otsuichi | English translation: Goth: A Novel of Horror | |
| 3 | Masaya Yamaguchi | ||
| 4 | Arimasa Osawa | ||
| 5 | Bunzo Uchiumi (ja) | ||
| 6 | Yuri Mitsuhara (ja) | Eighteenth Summer (EQMM December 2004) and other stories | |
| 7 | Mikihiko Renjo | ||
| 8 | Hitoshi Karasawa | ||
| 9 | Taku Ashibe | ||
| 10 | Kiyoshi Kasai |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2004 (Takarajimasha. December, 2003)
| 1 | Sarah Waters | Affinity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Michael Gilbert | Death in Captivity [US title: The Danger Within] | |
| 3 | Robert R. McCammon | Speaks the Nightbird | |
| 4 | Richard North Patterson | Silent Witness | |
| 5 | Donald E. Westlake | The Hook | |
| 6 | Joe R. Lansdale | A Fine Dark Line | |
| 7 | William Landay | Mission Flats | |
| 8 | Helen McCloy | The Singing Diamonds and Other Stories | |
| 9 | Theodore Sturgeon | The Man Who Lost the Sea and other stories | |
| 10 | Percival Wilde | P. Moran, Operative |
| 1 | Shogo Utano (ja) | [5] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Harutoshi Fukui | ||
| 3 | Kotaro Isaka | ||
| 4 | Hideo Yokoyama | ||
| 5 | Natsuo Kirino | English translation: Grotesque | |
| 6 | Kotaro Isaka | (A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth) | |
| 7 | Hideo Yokoyama | English translation: Seventeen | |
| 8 | |||
| 9 | Mikihiko Renjo | ||
| 10 | [6] |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2005 (Takarajimasha. December, 2004)
| 1 | Sarah Waters | Fingersmith | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jeffery Deaver | The Vanished Man | |
| 3 | Trevanian | Incident at Twenty-Mile | |
| 4 | Dan Brown | The Da Vinci Code | |
| James Crumley | The Final Country | ||
| 6 | A. H. Z. Carr | The Trial of John Nobody and other stories | |
| 7 | Richard North Patterson | Dark Lady | |
| 8 | Minette Walters | The Shape of Snakes | |
| 9 | Connie Willis | To Say Nothing of the Dog | |
| 10 | Christopher Priest | The Prestige |
| 1 | Rintaro Norizuki | [7] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kotaro Isaka | [8] | |
| 3 | Hajime Amagi (ja) | ||
| 4 | Toshihiko Yahagi (ja) | ||
| 5 | Jun Saito (ja) | ||
| 6 | Yusuke Kishi | [9] | |
| 7 | Yukito Ayatsuji | ||
| 8 | Shusuke Shizukui (ja) | ||
| 9 | Hideo Yokoyama | [10] | |
| 10 | Taku Ashibe | English translation: Murder in the Red Chamber |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2006 (Takarajimasha. December, 2005)
| 1 | Jack Ritchie | The Crime Machine and other stories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Michael Connelly | Lost Light | |
| 3 | James Carlos Blake | A World of Thieves | |
| 4 | Theodore Sturgeon | Bright Segment and other stories | |
| 5 | Jeffery Deaver | Garden of Beasts | |
| 6 | Jack Kerley | The Hundredth Man | |
| T. Jefferson Parker | California Girl | ||
| 8 | Michael Innes | Stop Press (aka. The Spider Strikes) | |
| 9 | P. G. Wodehouse | (Jeeves series) | |
| 10 | Stanley Ellin | The Last Bottle in the World and other stories |
| 1 | Keigo Higashino | English translation: The Devotion of Suspect X |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Asami Ishimochi | |
| 3 | Hideo Yokoyama | |
| 4 | Ryo hara | |
| 5 | Yutaka Maya (ja) | |
| 6 | Iori Fujiwara | |
| 7 | Hideo Furukawa (ja) | English translation: Belka, Why Don't You Bark? |
| 8 | Honobu Yonezawa | |
| Hajime Amagi | ||
| 10 | Joh Sasaki | |
| Yuri Mitsuhara |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2007 (Takarajimasha. December, 2006)
| 1 | Laurie Lynn Drummond | Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against You | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jeffery Deaver | Twisted | |
| James Carlos Blake | Under the Skin | ||
| 4 | Carlos Ruiz Zafón | The Shadow of the Wind | |
| 5 | Adam Fawer | Improbable | |
| 6 | Jeffery Deaver | The Twelfth Card | |
| 7 | Richard Matheson | Now You See It... | |
| Michael Connelly | The Narrows | ||
| 9 | David Alexander | Hangman's Dozen | |
| 10 | Kazuo Ishiguro | Never Let Me Go |
| 1 | Yumeaki Hirayama (ja) | [11] |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Joh Sasaki | |
| 3 | Shusuke Michio (ja) | |
| 4 | Arimasa Osawa | |
| 5 | Otsuichi | |
| 6 | Miyuki Miyabe | |
| 7 | Ryoichi Kano | |
| 8 | Rintaro Norizuki | |
| 9 | Keigo Higashino | |
| 10 | Honobu Yonezawa | |
| Keisuke Tatekura |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2008 (Takarajimasha. December, 2007)
| 1 | Jeffery Deaver | The Cold Moon |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Carl Hiaasen | Skinny Dip |
| 3 | David Peace | Tokyo Year Zero |
| 4 | Robert Twohy | The Man Who Could Only Write Things and other stories |
| 5 | D. M. Devine | Devil at Your Elbow |
| 6 | Joe Gores | Cases |
| 7 | Paul Halter | La Chambre du Fou (The Madman's Room) |
| Jack Kerley | The Death Collectors | |
| 9 | William Brittain | The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr and other stories |
| Henning Mankell | Sidetracked |
| 1 | Joh Sasaki | [12] |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kazuki Sakuraba | English translation: |
| 3 | Alice Arisugawa | |
| 4 | Bin Konno (ja) | [13] |
| 5 | Shinzo Mitsuda (ja) | |
| 6 | Haruo Yamazawa (ja) | |
| 7 | Fumie Kondo (ja) | [14] |
| 8 | Miyuki Miyabe | |
| 9 | Ryuichi Kasumi | |
| 10 | Ko Kojo (ja) | |
| Honobu Yonezawa | (The Incite Mill)[15] |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2009 (Takarajimasha. December, 2008)
| 1 | Tom Rob Smith | Child 44 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | R. D. Wingfield | Hard Frost | |
| 3 | Dennis Lehane | The Given Day | |
| 4 | Joe Hill | 20th Century Ghosts | |
| 5 | Jeffery Deaver | The Sleeping Doll | |
| 6 | Henning Mankell | The Return of the Dancing Master | |
| 7 | S. J. Rozan | Winter and Night | |
| 8 | Troy Cook | 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers | |
| 9 | Steve Hockensmith | Holmes on the Range | |
| 10 | D. M. Devine | This Is Your Death |
| 1 | Kotaro Isaka | English translation: Remote Control | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Koji Yanagi | [16] | |
| 3 | Masaki Tsuji | ||
| 4 | Kanae Minato | English translation: Confessions | |
| 5 | Yusuke Kishi | (From the New World) | |
| 6 | Shusuke Michio | ||
| 7 | Toshiyuki Tajima | ||
| 8 | Shinzo Mitsuda | ||
| 9 | Otaro Maijo | ||
| 10 | Shusuke Michio |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2010 (Takarajimasha. December, 2009)
| 1 | Don Winslow | The Power of the Dog |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Stieg Larsson | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| 3 | Michael Chabon | The Yiddish Policemen's Union |
| 4 | Matt Ruff | Bad Monkeys |
| 5 | Jeffery Deaver | The Broken Window |
| 6 | Tom Rob Smith | The Secret Speech |
| 7 | John Hart | Down River |
| 8 | Donald E. Westlake | Thieves' Dozen |
| 9 | Stieg Larsson | The Girl Who Played with Fire |
| 10 | Michael Connelly | The Lincoln Lawyer |
| Stieg Larsson | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest |
| 1 | Keigo Higashino | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Koji Yanagi | ||
| 3 | Yukito Ayatsuji | English translation: Another | |
| 4 | Honobu Yonezawa | ||
| 5 | Toshihiko Yahagi Shiro Tsukasaki (ja) | ||
| 6 | Ko Amemura (ja) | [17] | |
| 7 | Setsuko Shinoda (ja) | ||
| 8 | Joh Sasaki | ||
| 9 | Shusuke Michio | ||
| 10 | Honobu Yonezawa |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2011 (Takarajimasha. December, 2010)
| 1 | Carol O'Connell | Bone by Bone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Boston Teran | The World Eve Left Us | |
| 3 | David Benioff | City of Thieves | |
| 4 | Don Winslow | The Winter of Frankie Machine | |
| 5 | John Hart | The Last Child | |
| 6 | Michael Connelly | Echo Park | |
| 7 | Sarah Waters | The Little Stranger | |
| 8 | Louis Bayard | The Pale Blue Eye | |
| 9 | Jeffery Deaver | Roadside Crosses | |
| 10 | Jo Walton | Farthing I |
| 1 | Yusuke Kishi | [18] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Soji Shimada | ||
| 3 | Yu Shizaki (ja) | ||
| 4 | Yutaka Maya | [19] | |
| 5 | Hikaru Okuizumi | ||
| 6 | Kotaro Isaka | ||
| 7 | Shinzo Mitsuda | ||
| 8 | Miyuki Miyabe | ||
| 9 | Kanan Nanakawa (ja) | ||
| 10 | Taku Ashibe |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2012 (Takarajimasha. December, 2011)
| 1 | David Gordon | The Serialist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ferdinand von Schirach | Crime | |
| 3 | Tom Rob Smith | Agent 6 | |
| 4 | Henning Mankell | One Step Behind | |
| 5 | James Ellroy | Blood's a Rover | |
| 6 | Jack Kerley | Blood Brother | |
| 7 | Don Winslow | Satori | |
| 8 | Tom Franklin | Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter | |
| 9 | Kate Morton | The Forgotten Garden | |
| 10 | Michael Cox | The Meaning of Night |
| 1 | Kazuaki Takano | English translation: Genocide of One |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Honobu Yonezawa | |
| 3 | Hiroko Minagawa | |
| 4 | Arimasa Osawa | |
| 5 | Mahokaru Numata | English translation: Nan-Core |
| 6 | Itsuki Nagasawa | |
| 7 | Yutaka Maya | |
| 8 | Joh Sasaki | |
| 9 | Ryoichi Kano | |
| Ryoe Tsukimura (ja) |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2013 (Takarajimasha. December, 2012)
| 1 | Steve Hamilton | The Lock Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | David Peace | Occupied City |
| 3 | Scott Turow | Innocent |
| 4 | Arnaldur Indriðason | Jar City |
| 5 | Friedrich Dürrenmatt | Der Sturz (The Coup) / Das Sterben der Pythia |
| Henning Mankell | Firewall | |
| 7 | China Miéville | The City & the City |
| 8 | Jeffery Deaver | The Burning Wire |
| 9 | Carlos Ruiz Zafón | The Angel's Game |
| 10 | Alan Glenn | Amerikan Eagle |
| Lawrence Block | A Drop of the Hard Stuff |
| 1 | Hideo Yokoyama | English translation: Six Four | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Miyuki Miyabe | ||
| 3 | Ryoe Tsukimura | [20] | |
| 4 | Shinzo Mitsuda | ||
| 5 | Ken Nishimura (ja) | ||
| 6 | Maha Harada (ja) | ||
| 7 | Fumio Takano (ja) | ||
| 8 | Rintaro Norizuki | ||
| 9 | Yukito Ayatsuji | ||
| 10 | Yusuke Miyauchi (ja) |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2014 (Takarajimasha. December, 2013)
| 1 | Stephen King | 11/22/63 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minette Walters | Acid Row | |
| 3 | R. D. Wingfield | Winter Frost | |
| 4 | Patrick deWitt | The Sisters Brothers | |
| 5 | Dennis Lehane | Live By Night | |
| 6 | Jeffery Deaver | More Twisted | |
| 7 | Jack Kerley | In the Blood | |
| 8 | Julian Barnes | The Sense of an Ending | |
| 9 | Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl | |
| 10 | Arnaldur Indriðason | Silence of the Grave |
| 1 | Rintaro Norizuki | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Hiroki Nagaoka (ja) | |
| 3 | Akira Higashiyama (ja) | |
| 4 | Yasumi Kobayashi | |
| 5 | Kotaro Isaka | |
| 6 | Yu Shizaki | |
| 7 | Honobu Yonezawa | |
| 8 | Shusuke Shizukui | |
| 9 | Soji Shimada | |
| 10 | Aki Hamanaka (ja) | [21] |
| Keigo Higashino |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2015 (Takarajimasha. December, 2014)
| 1 | Pierre Lemaitre | Alex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kate Morton | The Secret Keeper | |
| 3 | Roger Hobbs | Ghostman | |
| 4 | Terry Hayes | I Am Pilgrim | |
| 5 | Daniel Friedman | Don’t Ever Get Old | |
| 6 | Joël Dicker | The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair | |
| 7 | Helen McCloy | The One That Got Away | |
| 8 | Minette Walters | Chickenfeed and The Tinder Box | |
| 9 | Mark Greaney | Dead Eye | |
| 10 | Henning Mankell | The Man from Beijing |
| 1 | Honobu Yonezawa | [22] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yutaka Maya | ||
| 3 | Atsushi Shimomura (ja) | ||
| 4 | Mikihiko Renjo | ||
| 5 | Ryoe Tsukimura | ||
| 6 | Ryoe Tsukimura | ||
| 7 | Miyuki Miyabe | [23] | |
| 8 | Hiroyuki Kurokawa (ja) | [24] | |
| 9 | Mikihiko Renjo | ||
| 10 | Taku Ashibe |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2016 (Takarajimasha. December, 2015)
| 1 | Jeffery Deaver | Skin Collector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pierre Lemaitre | Irene | |
| 3 | William Kent Krueger | Ordinary Grace | |
| 4 | Nick Harkaway | Angelmaker | |
| 5 | Arnaldur Indriðason | Voices | |
| 6 | Daniel Friedman | Don't Ever Look Back | |
| Minette Walters | The Devil's Feather | ||
| 8 | Steve Cavanagh | The Defence | |
| 9 | Michel Bussi | Un avion sans elle | |
| 10 | Jack Kerley | Buried Alive |
| 1 | Honobu Yonezawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Nowaki Fukamidori (ja) | ||
| 3 | Yuko Yuzuki (ja) | ||
| 4 | Nanami Wakatake | ||
| 5 | Akira Higashiyama | ||
| 6 | Reiichiro Fukami (ja) | ||
| 7 | Jun Kurachi (ja) | ||
| 8 | Alice Arisugawa | ||
| 9 | Yoshinaga Fujita | ||
| 10 | Takekuni Kitayama (ja) |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2017 (Takarajimasha. December, 2016)
| 1 | Roslund/Hellström | Björndansen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Don Winslow | The Cartel | |
| 3 | Stephen King | Mr. Mercedes | |
| 4 | Charles Willeford | Pick-Up | |
| 5 | Jack Vance | The Complete Magnus Ridolph | |
| 6 | Pierre Lemaitre | Sacrifices English translation: Camille | |
| 7 | Michael Connelly | The Drop | |
| 8 | Mark Greaney | Back Blast | |
| 9 | Dennis Lehane | World Gone By | |
| 10 | Jeffery Deaver | Solitude Creek |
| 1 | Takemoto Kenji | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Nanami Wakatake | ||
| 3 | Honobu Yonezawa | ||
| 4 | Aoyama Bunpei | ||
| 5 | Ashizawa You | ||
| 6 | Nagaura Kiyou | ||
| 7 | Shiota Takeshi | ||
| 8 | Shirai Tomoyuki | ||
| 9 | Miyuki Miyabe | ||
| 10 | Ichikawa Yuto |