# The best foreign mystery novels according to Japan: Shūkan Bunshun's Tōzai Mystery Best 100 (2012), top 30

The overseas section of Shūkan Bunshun's 2012 all-time mystery poll, answered by Japanese crime writers, university mystery clubs and fans. Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None came first, pushing 1985's winner, The Tragedy of Y, into second place. The top 30.

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- May 22, 2023 · chihiro_drama
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## Top 30

1. **And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1939. No. 4 in 1985.
2. **The Burning Court – John Dickson Carr** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1937. No. 14 in 1985.
3. **The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1892. No. 10 in 1985.
4. **Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1934. No. 34 in 1985.
5. **The Hollow Man (The Three Coffins) – John Dickson Carr** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1935. No. 26 in 1985.
6. **The Tragedy of Y – Ellery Queen** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1933. No. 1 in 1985.
7. **The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1926. No. 8 in 1985.
8. **The Tragedy of X – Ellery Queen** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1932. No. 27 in 1985.
9. **The Bishop Murder Case – S. S. Van Dine** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1929. No. 9 in 1985.
10. **The Greek Coffin Mystery – Ellery Queen** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1932. No. 54 in 1985.
11. **The Laughing Policeman – Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1968. No. 30 in 1985.
12. **Phantom Lady – William Irish** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1942. No. 2 in 1985.
13. **The Innocence of Father Brown – G. K. Chesterton** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1910. No. 24 in 1985.
14. **The Millennium trilogy – Stieg Larsson** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2005–2007. Not in the 1985 list.
15. **The Bone Collector – Jeffery Deaver** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1998. Not in the 1985 list.
16. **Death of Jezebel – Christianna Brand** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1949. No. 90 in 1985.
17. **The Eagle Has Landed – Jack Higgins** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1975. No. 5 in 1985.
18. **The Long Goodbye – Raymond Chandler** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1954. No. 3 in 1985.
19. **A Kiss Before Dying – Ira Levin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1953. No. 17 in 1985.
20. **The Chill – Ross Macdonald** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1964. No. 24 in 1985.
21. **The Day of the Jackal – Frederick Forsyth** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1971. No. 12 in 1985.
22. **The Poisoned Chocolates Case – Anthony Berkeley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1929. No. 46 in 1985.
23. **Inherit the Stars – James P. Hogan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1977. Not in the 1985 list.
24. **White Jazz – James Ellroy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1992. Not in the 1985 list.
25. **The Mystery of the Yellow Room – Gaston Leroux** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1907. No. 16 in 1985.
26. **Presumed Innocent – Scott Turow** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1987. Not in the 1985 list.
27. **The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1980. Not in the 1985 list.
28. **The Silence of the Lambs – Thomas Harris** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1988. Not in the 1985 list.
29. **Eight Million Ways to Die – Lawrence Block** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1982. Not in the 1985 list.
30. **Midnight Plus One – Gavin Lyall** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1965. No. 6 in 1985.

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.