The best Japanese mystery novels of all time: Shūkan Bunshun's Tōzai Mystery Best 100 (2012), top 30
The top 3 according to 42 votes from people: Gokumon Island – Seishi Yokomizo · All She Was Worth (Kasha) – Miyuki Miyabe · Offerings to Nothingness (Kyomu e no Kumotsu) – Hideo Nakai. (Updated Feb 25, 2021.)
In 2012 the magazine Shūkan Bunshun repeated, 27 years later, its all-time mystery poll, answered by crime writers, university mystery clubs and fans. This is the top 30 of the Japanese section; Seishi Yokomizo's Gokumon Island came first again, as in 1985.
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 30
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1
Gokumon Island – Seishi Yokomizo
1947. No. 1 in 1985.
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2
All She Was Worth (Kasha) – Miyuki Miyabe
1992. Not in the 1985 list.
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3
Offerings to Nothingness (Kyomu e no Kumotsu) – Hideo Nakai
1964. No. 2 in 1985.
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4
The Great Kidnapping (Dai Yūkai) – Shin Tendō
1978. No. 12 in 1985.
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5
Dogra Magra – Kyūsaku Yumeno
1935. No. 6 in 1985.
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6
Modorigawa Shinjū – Mikihiko Renjō
1980. No. 9 in 1985.
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7
The Devotion of Suspect X – Keigo Higashino
2005. Not in the 1985 list.
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8
A Ichirō no Rōbai – Tsumao Awasaka
1978. No. 17 in 1985.
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9
Murder in the Crooked House – Soji Shimada
1982. No. 42 in 1985.
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10
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders – Soji Shimada
1981. No. 21 in 1985.
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11
The Box of Goblins (Mōryō no Hako) – Natsuhiko Kyōgoku
1995. Not in the 1985 list.
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12
Death of the Living Dead (Ikeru Shikabane no Shi) – Masaya Yamaguchi
1989. Not in the 1985 list.
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13
Journey Under the Midnight Sun – Keigo Higashino
1999. Not in the 1985 list.
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14
The Clock House Murders (Tokeikan no Satsujin) – Yukito Ayatsuji
1991. Not in the 1985 list.
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15
The Double-Headed Devil (Sōtō no Akuma) – Alice Arisugawa
1992. Not in the 1985 list.
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16
The Summer of the Ubume – Natsuhiko Kyōgoku
1994. Not in the 1985 list.
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17
The Two-Sen Copper Coin – Edogawa Ranpo
1923. No. 13 in 1985.
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18
Demon of the Lonely Isle – Edogawa Ranpo
1929. No. 37 in 1985.
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19
Lady Joker – Kaoru Takamura
1997. Not in the 1985 list.
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20
The Decagon House Murders – Yukito Ayatsuji
1987. Not in the 1985 list.
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21
Inspector Imanishi Investigates (Suna no Utsuwa) – Seichō Matsumoto
1960. No. 53 in 1985.
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22
Watashi ga Koroshita Shōjo (The Girl I Killed) – Ryō Hara
1989. Not in the 1985 list.
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23
Points and Lines – Seichō Matsumoto
1957. No. 3 in 1985.
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24
The Honjin Murders – Seishi Yokomizo
1946. No. 7 in 1985.
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25
The Black Trunk (Kuroi Toranku) – Tetsuya Ayukawa
1956. No. 8 in 1985.
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26
The Black Death Mansion Murders (Kokushikan Satsujin Jiken) – Mushitarō Oguri
1934. No. 5 in 1985.
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27
The Flying Horse (Soratobu Uma) – Kaoru Kitamura
1989. Not in the 1985 list.
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28
The Discontinuous Murders (Furenzoku Satsujin Jiken) – Ango Sakaguchi
1947. No. 4 in 1985.
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29
Why Are the Dolls Killed? (Ningyō wa Naze Korosareru) – Akimitsu Takagi
1955. No. 32 in 1985.
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30
Yōi Kinpeibai – Fūtarō Yamada
1954. Not in the 1985 list.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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