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 Domecq Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi 2 Edward D. Hoch (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) 3 Cyril Hare Suicide Excepted 4 Thomas H. Cook Instruments of Night 5 Leo Bruce Case Without a Corpse 6 Edmund Crispin Swan Song 7 Elizabeth Ferrars The Wandering Widows 8 Charles Daly King The Curious Mr. Tarrant Stanley Hyland Who goes hang? 10 Reginald Hill On Beulah Height Ellis Peters A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs Hillary Waugh End 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 Cox Jumping Jenny [US title: Dead Mrs. Stratton] 2 Jill McGown The Stalking Horse 3 Anthony Berkeley Cox Top Storey Murder Dorothy L. Sayers Gaudy Night 5 (Anthology of Locked room mystery) 6 G. K. Chesterton Four Faultless Felons 7 Carter Dickson The Third Bullet 8 Nicholas Blake Thou Shell of Death 9 Sarah Caldwell The Sibyl in Her Grave 10 Richard Hull Keep It Quiet Hake Talbot Rim of the Pit

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Masaki Yamada Misuteri Opera (ミステリ・オペラ) 2 Taku Ashibe Toki no Misshitsu (時の密室) 3 Fuyumi Ono Kokushi no Shima (黒祠の島) 4 Seiji Kodokoro Mikansei (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 Shimada Roshia Yurei Gunkan Jiken (ロシア幽霊軍艦事件) 8 Arisu Arisugawa Zekkyo-jo Satsujin Jiken (絶叫城殺人事件) 9 Miyuki Miyabe Mohohan (模倣犯) 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 Halter La Quatrieme Porte (The Fourth Door) 2 Anthony Berkeley Cox The Layton Court Mystery 3 Helen McCloy Cue for Murder 4 Jill McGown Death of a Dancer (aka Gone to Her Death) 5 Edward D. Hoch (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) 6 Anthony Berkeley Cox The Wychford Poisoning Case 7 Robert J. Sawyer Illegal Alien 8 Fred Vargas The Three Evangelists 9 Michael Slade Ripper 10 Minette Walters The 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 Arisugawa Mare Tetsudo no Nazo (マレー鉄道の謎) 4 Masayuki Shuno Kagami no Naka wa Nichiyobi (鏡の中は日曜日) 5 Otsuichi Goth: A Novel of Horror 6 Masaki Yamada Sojo no Tsumiki Uta (僧正の積木唄) 7 Taku Ashibe Guran Ginyoru Jo (グラン・ギニョール城) 8 Masaya Yamaguchi (ja) Kigu (奇偶) 9 Yasuhiko Nishizawa Renshusatsu (聯愁殺) 10 Soji Shimada Majin no Yugi (魔神の遊戯)

2004

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

International Rank Author Title 1 Paul Halter La Mort Vous Invite (Death Invites You) 2 Michael Gilbert Death in Captivity 3 Anthony Berkeley Cox Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery [US title: The Mystery at Lovers' Cave] 4 Helen McCloy The Singing Diamonds and Other Stories 5 Max Afford Death's Mannikins 6 Percival Wilde P. Moran, Operative 7 Harrington Hext The Thing at Their Heels 8 Michael Slade Zombie (aka. Evil Eye) 9 Thomas H. Cook Interrogation 10 Sarah Waters Affinity

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) 2 Arisu Arisugawa Suisu-dokei no Nazo (スイス時計の謎) 3 Asami Ishimochi (ja) Tsuki no Tobira (月の扉) 4 Takahiro Okura Shichido-gitsune (七度狐) 5 Natsuhiko Kyogoku Ommoraki no Kizu (陰摩羅鬼の瑕) 6 Yasuhiko Nishizawa Kami no Rojikku Hito no Majikku (神のロジック人のマジック) 7 Fuyumi Ono Kura 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 Shimada Neji-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 Halter Le Brouillard Rouge (Red Mist) 2 Edward D. Hoch (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) 3 Minette Walters The Shape of Snakes 4 Anthony Berkeley Cox The Silk Stocking Murders 5 Edmund Crispin Holy Disorders 6 Ronald Knox The Footsteps at the Lock 7 José Carlos Somoza The Athenian Murders 8 John Franklin Bardin The Last of Philip Banter Sarah Waters Fingersmith 10 Charles Daly King Obelists at Sea A. H. Z. Carr The Trial of John Nobody and other stories

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Rintaro Norizuki Namakubi ni Kiitemiro (生首に聞いてみろ) 2 Yukito Ayatsuji (ja) Ankoku-kan no Satsujin (暗黒館の殺人) 3 Yutaka Maya Hotaru (螢) 4 Taku Ashibe Murder in the Red Chamber 5 Yusuke Kishi Garasu no Hamma (硝子のハンマー) 6 Kurumi Inui Inishieshon Rabu (イニシエーション・ラブ) 7 Asami Ishimochi Mizu 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 Shuno Kimaira 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 Bruce A Bone and a Hank of Hair 2 Patrick Quentin Puzzle for Wantons 3 Paul Halter La mort derrière les rideaux (Death Behind the Curtain) 4 Michael Innes Stop Press (aka. The Spider Strikes) 5 Hillary Waugh A Rag and a Bone 6 Michael Slade Shrink (aka. Primal Scream) 7 Jack Ritchie The Crime Machine and other stories 8 Aaron Elkins Good Blood 9 Leo Perutz Master of the Day of Judgment 10 Robert van Gulik The Willow Pattern

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Keigo Higashino The Devotion of Suspect X 2 Asami Ishimochi Tobira 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 Kitamura The Japanese Nickel Mystery (ニッポン硬貨の謎, Nippon Koka no Nazo) 5 Yutaka Maya Kamisama Gemu (神様ゲーム) 6 Soji Shimada Matenro 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 Ashibe Sambyakunen no Nazo Hako (三百年の謎匣) 9 Hajime Tsukato Goremu 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 Berrow The Footprints of Satan 2 Ellery Queen The Tragedy of Errors 3 Paul Halter La Malédiction de Barberousse (The Curse of Barbarossa) 4 Guillermo Martínez The Oxford Murders 5 John Dickson Carr Papa La-Bas 6 Elizabeth Ferrars Your Neck in a Noose [US title: Neck in a Noose] 7 Richard Matheson Now You See It... 8 R. Austin Freeman As A Thief in the Night 9 Roger Scarlett In the First Degree 10 Paul C. Doherty The Nightingale Gallery

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Arisu Arisugawa Ran'a no Shima (乱鴉の島) 2 Asami Ishimochi Kao 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 Kyogoku Jami no Shizuku (邪魅の雫) 6 Shusuke Michio (ja) Shadou (シャドウ) 7 Shusuke Michio Mukuro no Tsume (骸の爪) 8 Takahiro Okura Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu (福家警部補の挨拶) 9 Shusuke Michio Himawari no Sakanai Natsu (向日葵の咲かない夏) 10 Seiichiro Oyama Kamen Genso Kyoku (仮面幻双曲)

2008

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

International Rank Author Title 1 Paul Halter La Chambre du Fou (The Madman's Room) 2 D. M. Devine Devil at Your Elbow 3 Theodore Roscoe Murder on the Way! 4 James Anderson The Affair of the Mutilated Mink 5 William Brittain The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr and other stories 6 Ann Cleeves Raven Black 7 Clayton Rawson Death Out of Thin Air 8 Boris Akunin Murder on the Leviathan 9 Edward D. Hoch (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) Henry Wade The Dying Alderman

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Arisu Arisugawa Joo-koku no Shiro (女王国の城) 2 Shinzo Mitsuda Kubinashi no gotoki Tataru Mono (首無の如き祟るもの) 3 Hajime Tsukato Misshitsu Kingudamu (密室キングダム) 4 Honobu Yonezawa Inshitemiru (インシテミル) 5 Haruo Yamazawa (ja) Hanareta Ie (離れた家) 6 Shogo Utano Misshitsu Satsujin Gemu Ote Hisha Tori (密室殺人ゲーム王手飛車取り) 7 Yasuhiko Nishizawa Shukakusai (収穫祭) 8 Ryuichi Kasumi (ja) Yuhi wa Kaeru (夕陽はかえる) 9 Soji Shimada Riberutasu no Guwa (リベルタスの寓話) 10 Asami Ishimochi Shinzo 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. Devine This Is Your Death 2 Michael Innes There Came Both Mist and Snow 3 Paul Halter La Septieme Hypothese (The Seventh Hypothesis) 4 Ellery Queen The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries 1 5 Gilbert Adair The Act of Roger Murgatroyd 6 Glyn Daniel The Cambridge Murders 7 R. Austin Freeman Mr. Pottermack's Oversight 8 James Powell A Dirge for Clowntown and other stories 9 Percival Wilde Inquest 10 Hake Talbot The Hangman's Handyman

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Shinzo Mitsuda Yamamma no gotoki Warau Mono (山魔の如き嗤うもの) 2 Shusuke Michio Ratto Man (ラットマン) 3 Masaki Tsuji Kanzen Ren'ai (完全恋愛) 4 Keigo Higashino Salvation of a Saint 5 Kiyoshi Kasai Seido no Higeki Hinshi no O (青銅の悲劇 瀕死の王) 6 Taku Ashibe Saiban'in Hotei (裁判員法廷) 7 Arisu Arisugawa Kisaki wa Fune o Shizumeru (妃は船を沈める) 8 Hajime Tsukato Pegasasu 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 Kishi Kitsune-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. Devine Dead Trouble 2 Percival Wilde Tinsley's Bones 3 Paul Halter La Tete du Tigre (The Tiger's Head) 4 Jim Kelly The Water Clock 5 Edward D. Hoch (Simon Ark series) 6 Ellery Queen The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries 2 7 Marcel F. Lanteaume Trompe-l'oeil 8 Anthony Lejeune Mr. Diabolo 9 Helen McCloy Two-Thirds of a Ghost 10 T. S. Stribling Best Dr. Poggioli Detective Stories

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Shogo Utano Misshitsu Satsujin Gemu 2.0 (密室殺人ゲーム2.0) 2 Yasuhiko Nishizawa Migawari (身代わり) 3 Yukito Ayatsuji Another 4 Honobu Yonezawa Tsuiso Godan Sho (追想五断章) 5 Keigo Higashino Shinzam-mono (新参者) 6 Kaoru Kitamura Sagi to Yuki (鷺と雪) 7 Koji Yanagi (ja) Daburu Joka (ダブル・ジョーカー) 8 Tokuya Higashigawa Koko 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 Antony How Doth the Little Crocodile? 2 Louis Bayard The Pale Blue Eye 3 William Brittain Mr.Strang Gives a Lecture and other stories 4 Rupert Penny Policeman's Evidence 5 Anthony Berkeley Panic Party 6 Paul Halter La Lettre Qui Tue (The Deadly Letter) Patrick Quentin Puzzle for Fiends 8 Carol O'Connell Bone by Bone 9 Jeffery Deaver Roadside Crosses 10 Freeman Wills Crofts Antidote to Venom Peter Tremayne Hemlock at Vespers and other stories

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Yutaka Maya Sekigan no Shojo (隻眼の少女) 2 Yu Shizaki (ja) Sakebi to Inori (叫びと祈り) 3 Shinzo Mitsuda Mizuchi no gotoki Shizumu Mono (水魑の如き沈むもの) 4 Taku Ashibe Kisokyu 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 Maya Kizoku Tantei (貴族探偵) 7 Soji Shimada Sharaku 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 Higashigawa Nazotoki wa Dina no Ato de (謎解きはディナーのあとで) 10 Jun Kurachi Komegura (こめぐら)

2012

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

International Rank Author Title 1 D. M. Devine Three Green Bottles 2 Jack Kerley Blood Brother 3 Thomas W. Hanshew Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces 4 Ann Cleeves Red Bones 5 Hal White The Mysteries of Reverend Dean 6 Edward D. Hoch (Simon Ark series) 7 Georgette Heyer Death in the Stocks 8 David Gordon The Serialist 9 Michael Connelly The Overlook 10 Helen McCloy Through a Glass, Darkly

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Honobu Yonezawa Oreta Ryukotsu (折れた竜骨) 2 Yutaka Maya Merukatoru 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 Kishi Kagi no Kakatta Heya (鍵のかかった部屋) 6 Itsuki Nagasawa Shoshitsu Guradeshon (消失グラデーション) 7 Kiyoshi Kasai Kyuketsuki to Seishin Bunseki (吸血鬼と精神分析) 8 Shogo Utano Misshitsu Satsujin Gemu Maniakkusu (密室殺人ゲーム・マニアックス) 9 Tokuya Higashigawa Hokago wa Misuteri to Tomo ni (放課後はミステリーとともに) 10 Yasuhiko Nishizawa Akai Ito no Umeki (赤い糸の呻き)

See also

• Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize
• Japanese detective fiction
• Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!
• Tozai Mystery Best 100
• The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time

References

• 2001 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2000. ISBN 978-4-562-03382-9. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2002 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2001. ISBN 978-4-562-03466-6. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2003 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2002. ISBN 978-4-562-03586-1. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2004 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2003. ISBN 978-4-562-03718-6. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2005 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2004. ISBN 978-4-562-03856-5. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2006 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2005. ISBN 978-4-562-03972-2. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2007 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2006. ISBN 978-4-562-04047-6. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2008 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2007. ISBN 978-4-562-04134-3. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2009 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2008. ISBN 978-4-562-04234-0. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2010 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2009. ISBN 978-4-562-04542-6. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2011 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2010. ISBN 978-4-562-04655-3. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• 2012 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (in Japanese). Hara Shobo. December, 2011. ISBN 978-4-562-04754-3. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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