Recs if you like The Tokyo Zodiac Murders...

my favourite genre, these books are so much fun and more and more are being added all the time If anyone has any questions about any book I will try to help. I have read most of them and have reference books on the history of Japanese crime fiction.

i'm on an absolute murder mystery KICK at the moment. having watched the new knives out twice already (mild spoilers ahead) i've been thinking about the subgenre of locked room murder mysteries and decided to compile a list of them!

definition: a locked room mystery involves a seemingly "impossible crime". in these, the murder is committed under circumstances where it appears impossible for the killer to enter and leave the room undetected. and yet it IS possible!

Mystery Thriller titles that were originally in Japanese but have been translated into English.

A collection of mystery books with settings from around the world. Usually written by someone from that area but not always.

Honkaku or classic locked room mysteries

A list to help those who aspire to read from authors outside the typical areas. I will be creating different list for different regions. I will also list the countries currently found in the list. Be sure to check out the other lists! Note: The countries are not perfect as some countries are classified differently, so I did my best.

Current Countries: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan

Works that use different narrative layers and blur boundaries between genres to explore perception, reality and the human condition.

Fiction books set in Japan

Open to recs!

Depressing, rage-inducing, a collection of books that thoroughly disgusted me of the events/ the character's thoughts and/ behavior. Sometimes it's important. Sometimes it's just fun. Could be satire, social commentary, or historical!

ps. as always, please do check the TW

crime fiction/mystery novels in translation!! Recs welcome

Will probably contain books mostly from the shin honkaku movement, as that's what I've read the most of XD

These have all been translated to English!

Running list of books tbr and finished from our book club.

I like reading books about solving cases