The best foreign mystery novels according to Japan: Shūkan Bunshun's Tōzai Mystery Best 100 (2012), top 30
The top 3 according to 42 votes from people: And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie · The Burning Court – John Dickson Carr · The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle. (Updated May 22, 2023.)
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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Top 30
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1
And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie
1939. No. 4 in 1985.
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The Burning Court – John Dickson Carr
1937. No. 14 in 1985.
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3
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle
1892. No. 10 in 1985.
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4
Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie
1934. No. 34 in 1985.
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5
The Hollow Man (The Three Coffins) – John Dickson Carr
1935. No. 26 in 1985.
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6
The Tragedy of Y – Ellery Queen
1933. No. 1 in 1985.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie
1926. No. 8 in 1985.
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8
The Tragedy of X – Ellery Queen
1932. No. 27 in 1985.
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9
The Bishop Murder Case – S. S. Van Dine
1929. No. 9 in 1985.
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10
The Greek Coffin Mystery – Ellery Queen
1932. No. 54 in 1985.
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11
The Laughing Policeman – Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
1968. No. 30 in 1985.
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12
Phantom Lady – William Irish
1942. No. 2 in 1985.
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13
The Innocence of Father Brown – G. K. Chesterton
1910. No. 24 in 1985.
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14
The Millennium trilogy – Stieg Larsson
2005–2007. Not in the 1985 list.
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15
The Bone Collector – Jeffery Deaver
1998. Not in the 1985 list.
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16
Death of Jezebel – Christianna Brand
1949. No. 90 in 1985.
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17
The Eagle Has Landed – Jack Higgins
1975. No. 5 in 1985.
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18
The Long Goodbye – Raymond Chandler
1954. No. 3 in 1985.
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19
A Kiss Before Dying – Ira Levin
1953. No. 17 in 1985.
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20
The Chill – Ross Macdonald
1964. No. 24 in 1985.
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21
The Day of the Jackal – Frederick Forsyth
1971. No. 12 in 1985.
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22
The Poisoned Chocolates Case – Anthony Berkeley
1929. No. 46 in 1985.
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23
Inherit the Stars – James P. Hogan
1977. Not in the 1985 list.
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24
White Jazz – James Ellroy
1992. Not in the 1985 list.
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25
The Mystery of the Yellow Room – Gaston Leroux
1907. No. 16 in 1985.
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26
Presumed Innocent – Scott Turow
1987. Not in the 1985 list.
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27
The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco
1980. Not in the 1985 list.
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28
The Silence of the Lambs – Thomas Harris
1988. Not in the 1985 list.
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29
Eight Million Ways to Die – Lawrence Block
1982. Not in the 1985 list.
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30
Midnight Plus One – Gavin Lyall
1965. No. 6 in 1985.
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