The best Keigo Higashino novels
The top 3 according to 16 votes from people: Letters · Journey Under the Midnight Sun · Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki. (Updated Jul 6, 2025.)
Keigo Higashino's key works that rank high in bookstore and review rankings, from the Galileo and Kaga series to standalone classics.
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 18
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Letters
2003. A young man burdened by letters from his jailed brother.
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Journey Under the Midnight Sun
1999. A dark saga following a man and a woman over 19 years.
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Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki
2013. The culmination of the Kaga series.
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The Devotion of Suspect X
2005. A Galileo novel and Naoki Prize winner.
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Ryūsei no Kizuna
2008. Three siblings plot revenge for their murdered parents.
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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2012. A strange shop where letters cross through time.
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Newcomer
2009. Kaga solves a case walking the streets of Nihonbashi.
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A Midsummer's Equation
2011. Yukawa stumbles onto a case in a seaside town.
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Naoko
1998. After an accident, a wife's mind ends up in her daughter's body.
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10
Samayou Yaiba
2004. A father avenges his daughter on teenage killers.
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Masquerade Hotel
2011. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff.
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12
Shukumei
1990. Childhood rivals meet again as detective and suspect.
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13
Mugenbana
2013. A mystery around a legendary yellow morning glory.
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14
Tokio
2002. A dying son travels back to meet his young father.
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Hakuchō to Kōmori
2021. The children of a killer and a victim seek the truth.
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16
Hōkago
1985. His debut, winner of the Edogawa Rampo Prize.
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Gen'ya
2004. A novel seen as the companion to Journey Under the Midnight Sun.
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Malice
1996. Detective Kaga digs into a killer's motive.
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