Honkaku Mystery Best 10

Honkaku Mystery Best 10
Editor Tantei Shosetsu Kenkyu Kai
Categories mystery fiction
Frequency Annually
Publisher Hara Shobo
First issue March 20, 1998
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (本格ミステリ・ベスト10 Honkaku Misuteri Besuto 10) is an annual mystery fiction guide book published by Hara Shobo. The guide book publishes a list of the top ten honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery books published in Japan in the previous year.

2001

2001 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2000)

International
Rank Author Title
1 H. Bustos DomecqSix Problems for Don Isidro Parodi
2 Edward D. Hoch(Dr. Sam Hawthorne series)
3 Cyril HareSuicide Excepted
4 Thomas H. CookInstruments of Night
5 Leo BruceCase Without a Corpse
6 Edmund CrispinSwan Song
7 Elizabeth FerrarsThe Wandering Widows
8 Charles Daly KingThe Curious Mr. Tarrant
Stanley HylandWho goes hang?
10 Reginald HillOn Beulah Height
Ellis PetersA Nice Derangement of Epitaphs
Hillary WaughEnd of a Party

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Tsumao Awasaka (ja)Kijutsu Tantei SOGA Kajo Zenshu (奇術探偵曾我佳城全集)
2 Kaju Koizumi (ja)Higa (火蛾)
3 Jun Kurachi (ja)Kochu no Tengoku (壺中の天国)
4 Yutaka Maya (ja)Mokusei no Oji (木製の王子)
5 Masayuki Shuno (ja)Mino Gyu (美濃牛)
6 Seiji Kodokoro (ja)Shonen-tachi no Misshitsu (少年たちの密室)
7 Yasuhiko Nishizawa (ja)Ison (依存)
8 Arisu Arisugawa (ja)Yurei Deka (幽霊刑事)
9 Ichi Orihara (ja)Tosaku no Kiketsu (倒錯の帰結)
10 Taku Ashibe (ja)Kaijin Tai Meitantei (怪人対名探偵)

2002

2002 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2001)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Anthony Berkeley CoxJumping Jenny [US title: Dead Mrs. Stratton]
2 Jill McGownThe Stalking Horse
3 Anthony Berkeley CoxTop Storey Murder
Dorothy L. SayersGaudy Night
5 (Anthology of Locked room mystery)
6 G. K. ChestertonFour Faultless Felons
7 Carter DicksonThe Third Bullet
8 Nicholas BlakeThou Shell of Death
9 Sarah CaldwellThe Sibyl in Her Grave
10 Richard HullKeep It Quiet
Hake TalbotRim of the Pit

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Masaki YamadaMisuteri Opera (ミステリ・オペラ)
2 Taku AshibeToki no Misshitsu (時の密室)
3 Fuyumi OnoKokushi no Shima (黒祠の島)
4 Seiji KodokoroMikansei (未完成)
5 Kenji Kuroda (ja)Garasu-zaiku no Matoryoshika (硝子細工のマトリョーシカ)
6 Takahiro Okura (ja)Sannin-me no Yurei (三人目の幽霊)
7 Soji ShimadaRoshia Yurei Gunkan Jiken (ロシア幽霊軍艦事件)
8 Arisu ArisugawaZekkyo-jo Satsujin Jiken (絶叫城殺人事件)
9 Miyuki MiyabeMohohan (模倣犯)
English translation: Puppet Master
Akira Aikawa (ja)Miko no Yakata no Misshitsu (巫女の館の密室)

2003

2003 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2002)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Paul HalterLa Quatrieme Porte (The Fourth Door)
2 Anthony Berkeley CoxThe Layton Court Mystery
3 Helen McCloyCue for Murder
4 Jill McGownDeath of a Dancer (aka Gone to Her Death)
5 Edward D. Hoch(Dr. Sam Hawthorne series)
6 Anthony Berkeley CoxThe Wychford Poisoning Case
7 Robert J. SawyerIllegal Alien
8 Fred VargasThe Three Evangelists
9 Michael SladeRipper
10 Minette WaltersThe Echo

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Kiyoshi Kasai (ja)Oidipusu Shokogun (オイディプス症候群)
2 Rintaro Norizuki (ja)An Urban Legend Puzzle (EQMM January 2004) and other stories
3 Arisu ArisugawaMare Tetsudo no Nazo (マレー鉄道の謎)
4 Masayuki ShunoKagami no Naka wa Nichiyobi (鏡の中は日曜日)
5 OtsuichiGosu Risutokatto Jiken (GOTH リストカット事件)
English translation: Goth: A Novel of Horror
6 Masaki YamadaSojo no Tsumiki Uta (僧正の積木唄)
7 Taku AshibeGuran Ginyoru Jo (グラン・ギニョール城)
8 Masaya Yamaguchi (ja)Kigu (奇偶)
9 Yasuhiko NishizawaRenshusatsu (聯愁殺)
10 Soji ShimadaMajin no Yugi (魔神の遊戯)

2004

2004 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2003)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Paul HalterLa Mort Vous Invite (Death Invites You)
2 Michael GilbertDeath in Captivity
3 Anthony Berkeley CoxRoger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery
[US title: The Mystery at Lovers' Cave]
4 Helen McCloyThe Singing Diamonds and Other Stories
5 Max AffordDeath's Mannikins
6 Percival WildeP. Moran, Operative
7 Harrington HextThe Thing at Their Heels
8 Michael SladeZombie (aka. Evil Eye)
9 Thomas H. CookInterrogation
10 Sarah WatersAffinity

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Shogo Utano (ja)Hazakura no Kisetsu ni Kimi o Omou toiu Koto (葉桜の季節に君を想うということ)[1]
2 Arisu ArisugawaSuisu-dokei no Nazo (スイス時計の謎)
3 Asami Ishimochi (ja)Tsuki no Tobira (月の扉)
4 Takahiro OkuraShichido-gitsune (七度狐)
5 Natsuhiko KyogokuOmmoraki no Kizu (陰摩羅鬼の瑕)
6 Yasuhiko NishizawaKami no Rojikku Hito no Majikku (神のロジック人のマジック)
7 Fuyumi OnoKura no Kami (くらのかみ)
8 Kenji Kodama (ja)Akai Gessho (赫い月照)
Hajime Tsukato (ja)Ozu no Meikyu (OZの迷宮)
10 Soji ShimadaNeji-shiki Zazetsuki (ネジ式ザゼツキー)

2005

2005 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2004)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Paul HalterLe Brouillard Rouge (Red Mist)
2 Edward D. Hoch(Dr. Sam Hawthorne series)
3 Minette WaltersThe Shape of Snakes
4 Anthony Berkeley CoxThe Silk Stocking Murders
5 Edmund CrispinHoly Disorders
6 Ronald KnoxThe Footsteps at the Lock
7 José Carlos SomozaThe Athenian Murders
8 John Franklin BardinThe Last of Philip Banter
Sarah WatersFingersmith
10 Charles Daly KingObelists at Sea
A. H. Z. CarrThe Trial of John Nobody and other stories

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Rintaro NorizukiNamakubi ni Kiitemiro (生首に聞いてみろ)[2]
2 Yukito Ayatsuji (ja)Ankoku-kan no Satsujin (暗黒館の殺人)
3 Yutaka MayaHotaru ()
4 Taku AshibeKoromu no Satsujin (紅楼夢の殺人)
English translation: Murder in the Red Chamber
5 Yusuke KishiGarasu no Hamma (硝子のハンマー)[3]
6 Kurumi InuiInishieshon Rabu (イニシエーション・ラブ)
7 Asami IshimochiMizu no Meikyu (水の迷宮)
8 Seiichiro Oyama (ja)Arufabetto Pazurazu (アルファベット・パズラーズ)
9 Hajime Amagi (ja)AMAGI Hajime no Misshitsu Hanzai-gaku Kyotei (天城一の密室犯罪学教程)
10 Masayuki ShunoKimaira no Atarashii Shiro (キマイラの新しい城)

2006

2006 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2005)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Leo BruceA Bone and a Hank of Hair
2 Patrick QuentinPuzzle for Wantons
3 Paul HalterLa mort derrière les rideaux (Death Behind the Curtain)
4 Michael InnesStop Press (aka. The Spider Strikes)
5 Hillary WaughA Rag and a Bone
6 Michael SladeShrink (aka. Primal Scream)
7 Jack RitchieThe Crime Machine and other stories
8 Aaron ElkinsGood Blood
9 Leo PerutzMaster of the Day of Judgment
10 Robert van GulikThe Willow Pattern

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Keigo HigashinoYogisha X no Kenshin (容疑者Xの献身)
English translation: The Devotion of Suspect X
2 Asami IshimochiTobira wa Tozasareta mama (扉は閉ざされたまま)
3 Takemaru Abiko (ja)Miroku no Te (弥勒の掌)
4 Kaoru KitamuraThe Japanese Nickel Mystery (ニッポン硬貨の謎 Nippon Koka no Nazo)
5 Yutaka MayaKamisama Gemu (神様ゲーム)
6 Soji ShimadaMatenro no Kaijin (摩天楼の怪人)
Tokuya Higashigawa (ja)Kokan Satsujin ni wa Mukanai Yoru (交換殺人には向かない夜)
8 Taku AshibeSambyakunen no Nazo Hako (三百年の謎匣)
9 Hajime TsukatoGoremu no Ori (ゴーレムの檻)
10 Shunsuke Sasaki (ja)Mozo Satsujin Jiken (模像殺人事件)

2007

2007 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2006)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Norman BerrowThe Footprints of Satan
2 Ellery QueenThe Tragedy of Errors
3 Paul HalterLa Malédiction de Barberousse (The Curse of Barbarossa)
4 Guillermo MartínezThe Oxford Murders
5 John Dickson CarrPapa La-Bas
6 Elizabeth FerrarsYour Neck in a Noose [US title: Neck in a Noose]
7 Richard MathesonNow You See It...
8 R. Austin FreemanAs A Thief in the Night
9 Roger ScarlettIn the First Degree
10 Paul C. DohertyThe Nightingale Gallery

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Arisu ArisugawaRan'a no Shima (乱鴉の島)
2 Asami IshimochiKao no Nai Teki (顔のない敵)
3 Shinzo Mitsuda (ja)Majimono no gotoki Tsuku Mono (厭魅の如き憑くもの)
4 Honobu Yonezawa (ja)Kaki Gentei Toropikaru Pafe Jiken (夏期限定トロピカルパフェ事件)
5 Natsuhiko KyogokuJami no Shizuku (邪魅の雫)
6 Shusuke Michio (ja)Shadou (シャドウ)
7 Shusuke MichioMukuro no Tsume (骸の爪)
8 Takahiro OkuraFukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu (福家警部補の挨拶)
9 Shusuke MichioHimawari no Sakanai Natsu (向日葵の咲かない夏)
10 Seiichiro OyamaKamen Genso Kyoku (仮面幻双曲)

2008

2008 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2007)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Paul HalterLa Chambre du Fou (The Madman's Room)
2 D. M. DevineDevil at Your Elbow
3 Theodore RoscoeMurder on the Way!
4 James AndersonThe Affair of the Mutilated Mink
5 William BrittainThe Man Who Read John Dickson Carr and other stories
6 Ann CleevesRaven Black
7 Clayton RawsonDeath Out of Thin Air
8 Boris AkuninMurder on the Leviathan
9 Edward D. Hoch(Dr. Sam Hawthorne series)
Henry WadeThe Dying Alderman

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Arisu ArisugawaJoo-koku no Shiro (女王国の城)
2 Shinzo MitsudaKubinashi no gotoki Tataru Mono (首無の如き祟るもの)
3 Hajime TsukatoMisshitsu Kingudamu (密室キングダム)
4 Honobu YonezawaInshitemiru (インシテミル)[4]
5 Haruo Yamazawa (ja)Hanareta Ie (離れた家)
6 Shogo UtanoMisshitsu Satsujin Gemu Ote Hisha Tori (密室殺人ゲーム王手飛車取り)
7 Yasuhiko NishizawaShukakusai (収穫祭)
8 Ryuichi Kasumi (ja)Yuhi wa Kaeru (夕陽はかえる)
9 Soji ShimadaRiberutasu no Guwa (リベルタスの寓話)
10 Asami IshimochiShinzo to Hidari-te (心臓と左手)

2009

2009 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2008)

International
Rank Author Title
1 D. M. DevineThis Is Your Death
2 Michael InnesThere Came Both Mist and Snow
3 Paul HalterLa Septieme Hypothese (The Seventh Hypothesis)
4 Ellery QueenThe Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries 1
5 Gilbert AdairThe Act of Roger Murgatroyd
6 Glyn DanielThe Cambridge Murders
7 R. Austin FreemanMr. Pottermack's Oversight
8 James PowellA Dirge for Clowntown and other stories
9 Percival WildeInquest
10 Hake TalbotThe Hangman's Handyman

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Shinzo MitsudaYamamma no gotoki Warau Mono (山魔の如き嗤うもの)
2 Shusuke MichioRatto Man (ラットマン)
3 Masaki TsujiKanzen Ren'ai (完全恋愛)
4 Keigo HigashinoSeijo no Kyusai (聖女の救済)
English translation: Salvation of a Saint
5 Kiyoshi KasaiSeido no Higeki Hinshi no O (青銅の悲劇 瀕死の王)
6 Taku AshibeSaiban'in Hotei (裁判員法廷)
7 Arisu ArisugawaKisaki wa Fune o Shizumeru (妃は船を沈める)
8 Hajime TsukatoPegasasu to Ikkakuju Yakkyoku (ペガサスと一角獣薬局)
9 Reiichiro Fukami (ja)Ekoru do Pari Satsujin Jiken (エコール・ド・パリ殺人事件)
10 Yusuke KishiKitsune-bi no Ie (狐火の家)
Hiu Torikai (ja)Kanno-teki Yottsu no Kyoki (官能的 四つの狂気)

2010

2010 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2009)

International
Rank Author Title
1 D. M. DevineDead Trouble
2 Percival WildeTinsley's Bones
3 Paul HalterLa Tete du Tigre (The Tiger's Head)
4 Jim KellyThe Water Clock
5 Edward D. Hoch(Simon Ark series)
6 Ellery QueenThe Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries 2
7 Marcel F. LanteaumeTrompe-l'oeil
8 Anthony LejeuneMr. Diabolo
9 Helen McCloyTwo-Thirds of a Ghost
10 T. S. StriblingBest Dr. Poggioli Detective Stories

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Shogo UtanoMisshitsu Satsujin Gemu 2.0 (密室殺人ゲーム2.0)
2 Yasuhiko NishizawaMigawari (身代わり)
3 Yukito AyatsujiAnother
English translation: Another
4 Honobu YonezawaTsuiso Godan Sho (追想五断章)
5 Keigo HigashinoShinzam-mono (新参者)
6 Kaoru KitamuraSagi to Yuki (鷺と雪)
7 Koji Yanagi (ja)Daburu Joka (ダブル・ジョーカー)
8 Tokuya HigashigawaKoko ni Shitai o Sutenaide Kudasai (ここに死体を捨てないでください!)
9 Koji Kitakuni (ja)Ribasu (リバース)
Tokuro Nukui (ja)Kokai to Shinjitsu no Iro (後悔と真実の色)

2011

2011 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2010)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Peter AntonyHow Doth the Little Crocodile?
2 Louis BayardThe Pale Blue Eye
3 William BrittainMr.Strang Gives a Lecture and other stories
4 Rupert PennyPoliceman's Evidence
5 Anthony BerkeleyPanic Party
6 Paul HalterLa Lettre Qui Tue (The Deadly Letter)
Patrick QuentinPuzzle for Fiends
8 Carol O'ConnellBone by Bone
9 Jeffery DeaverRoadside Crosses
10 Freeman Wills CroftsAntidote to Venom
Peter TremayneHemlock at Vespers and other stories

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Yutaka MayaSekigan no Shojo (隻眼の少女)[5]
2 Yu Shizaki (ja)Sakebi to Inori (叫びと祈り)
3 Shinzo MitsudaMizuchi no gotoki Shizumu Mono (水魑の如き沈むもの)
4 Taku AshibeKisokyu Satsujin Jiken (綺想宮殺人事件)
5 NANAKAWA Kanan (ja)Arubatorosu wa Habatakanai (アルバトロスは羽ばたかない)
6 Yutaka MayaKizoku Tantei (貴族探偵)
7 Soji ShimadaSharaku Tojita Kuni no Maboroshi (写楽 閉じた国の幻)
8 Ban Madoi (ja)Maruta Machi Ruvowaru (丸太町ルヴォワール)
9 Tokuya HigashigawaNazotoki wa Dina no Ato de (謎解きはディナーのあとで)[6]
10 Jun KurachiKomegura (こめぐら)

2012

2012 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2011)

International
Rank Author Title
1 D. M. DevineThree Green Bottles
2 Jack KerleyBlood Brother
3 Thomas W. HanshewCleek: the Man of the Forty Faces
4 Ann CleevesRed Bones
5 Hal WhiteThe Mysteries of Reverend Dean
6 Edward D. Hoch(Simon Ark series)
7 Georgette HeyerDeath in the Stocks
8 David GordonThe Serialist
9 Michael ConnellyThe Overlook
10 Helen McCloyThrough a Glass, Darkly

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Honobu YonezawaOreta Ryukotsu (折れた竜骨)
2 Yutaka MayaMerukatoru Kaku Katariki (メルカトルかく語りき)
3 Hiroko Minagawa (ja)Hirakaseteitadaki Koeidesu (開かせていただき光栄です)
4 Kyo Shirodaira (ja)Kyoko Suiri Kojin Nanase (虚構推理 鋼人七瀬)
5 Yusuke KishiKagi no Kakatta Heya (鍵のかかった部屋)
6 Itsuki NagasawaShoshitsu Guradeshon (消失グラデーション)
7 Kiyoshi KasaiKyuketsuki to Seishin Bunseki (吸血鬼と精神分析)
8 Shogo UtanoMisshitsu Satsujin Gemu Maniakkusu (密室殺人ゲーム・マニアックス)
9 Tokuya HigashigawaHokago wa Misuteri to Tomo ni (放課後はミステリーとともに)
10 Yasuhiko NishizawaAkai Ito no Umeki (赤い糸の呻き)

2013

2013 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2012)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Patrick QuentinPuzzle for Pilgrims (aka. The Fate of the Immodest Blonde)
2 Leo BruceAt Death's Door
3 Jim KellyThe Fire Baby
4 Patrick QuentinA Puzzle for Fools
5 Jeffery DeaverThe Burning Wire
6 Patrick QuentinPuzzle for Players
7 Georgette HeyerBehold, Here's Poison
8 Edward D. Hoch(Simon Ark series)
Roy VickersThe Exploits of Fidelity Dove
10 Fred VargasSans feu ni lieu

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Rintaro NorizukiKingu o Sagase (キングを探せ)
2 Seiichiro OyamaMisshitsu Shushuka (密室蒐集家)
3 Yukito AyatsujiKimenkan no Satsujin (奇面館の殺人)
4 Shinzo MitsudaYujo no gotoki Uramu Mono (幽女の如き怨むもの)
5 Yugo Aosaki (ja)Taiikukan no Satsujin (体育館の殺人)
6 Arisu ArisugawaEgami Jiro no Dosatsu (江神二郎の洞察)
7 Ryo Amane (ja)Soshiki Kumikyoku (葬式組曲)
8 Soji ShimadaArukatorazu Genso (アルカトラズ幻想)[7]
9 Taku AshibeSuchimu Opera (スチームオペラ)
10 Sei Hatsuno (ja)Kamara to Amara no Oka (カマラとアマラの丘)

2014

2014 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2013)

International
Rank Author Title
1 Edmund CrispinBeware of the Trains
2 Max AffordBlood on His Hands!
3 Jack KerleyIn the Blood
4 D. M. DevineSunk Without Trace
5 Jeffery DeaverMore Twisted
6 Helen McCloyThe Goblin Market
7 Patrick QuentinPuzzle for Puppets
8 Eric KeithNine Man's Murder
9 Edward D. Hoch(Simon Ark series)
10 Rupert PennyPoliceman in Armour

Japanese
Rank Author Title
1 Yutaka MayaKizoku Tantei Tai Onna Tantei (貴族探偵対女探偵)
2 Yugo AosakiSuizokukan no Satsujin (水族館の殺人)
3 Yu ShizakiRibasaido Chirudoren [Riverside Children] (リバーサイド・チルドレン)
4 Rintaro NorizukiNokkusu Mashin [Knox's Machine] (ノックス・マシン)
5 Rintaro NorizukiHanzai Horosukopu 2 (犯罪ホロスコープII)
6 Yasumi KobayashiArisu-Goroshi (アリス殺し)
Masaki TsujiGesaku Tanjo Satsujin Jiken (戯作・誕生殺人事件)
8 Shogo UtanoKomori to Komori (コモリと子守り)
9 Soji ShimadaSeiro no Umi (星籠の海)
10 Honobu YonezawaRikashiburu [Recursi-ble] (リカーシブル)

See also

References

  1. J'Lit | Publications : When the Cherry Blossoms Fall, I'll Think of You | Books from Japan (English)
  2. J'Lit | Publications : The Gorgon’s Look | Books from Japan (English)
  3. J'Lit | Publications : The Glass Hammer | Books from Japan (English)
  4. J'Lit | Publications : The Incite Mill | Books from Japan (English)
  5. J'Lit | Publications : The Girl with One Eye | Books from Japan (English)
  6. J'Lit | Publications : The After-Dinner Mysteries | Books from Japan (English)
  7. J'Lit | Publications : Alcatraz Visions | Books from Japan (English)

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