TOZAI TOP 100 WESTERN AND EASTERN CRIME

NOVELS

West
1985

Rank Author Title Year

1 Ellery Queen The Tragedy of Y 1932

2 William Irish Phantom Lady 1942

3 Raymond Chandler The Long Goodbye 1953

4 Agatha Christie And Then There Were None 1939

5 Jack Higgins The Eagle Has Landed 1975

6 Gavin Lyall Midnight Plus One 1965

7 Freeman Wills Crofts The Cask 1920

8 Agatha Christie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926

9 S. S. Van Dine The Bishop Murder Case 1929

The Adventures of Sherlock

10 Arthur Conan Doyle 1892
Holmes (short stories)

11 Alistair MacLean HMS Ulysses 1955

12 Frederick Forsyth The Day of the Jackal 1971

13 Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely 1940

14 John Dickson Carr The Burning Court 1937

15 Lucien Nahum Shadow 81 1975

16 Gaston Leroux The Mystery of the Yellow Room 1907

17 Ira Levin A Kiss Before Dying 1953

18 Eden Phillpotts The Red Redmaynes 1922

Dick Francis For Kicks 1965

19
Dashiell Hammett The Maltese Falcon 1930

21 Desmond Bagley High Citadel 1965

22 S. S. Van Dine The Greene Murder Case 1928

23 Catherine Arley Woman of Straw 1956

Ross Macdonald The Chill 1964

24
The Innocence of Father
G. K. Chesterton 1911
Brown (short stories)

The Hollow Man aka The Three

26 John Dickson Carr 1935
Coffins

27 Ellery Queen The Tragedy of X 1932

28 Robert B. Parker Early Autumn 1981

29 Dashiell Hammett Red Harvest 1929

30 Sjwall & Wahl The Laughing Policeman 1968

31 Ellery Queen The Egyptian Cross Mystery 1932

32 Robert Ludlum The Bourne Identity 1980

The Spy Who Came in from the

33 John le Carr 1963
Cold

34 Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express 1934

35 Carter Dickson The Judas Window 1938

The Murders in the Rue

36 Edgar Allan Poe 1841
Morgue (short story)

37 Roald Dahl Someone Like You (short stories) 1953

38 Christianna Brand Tour de Force 1955

39 Colin Dexter Last Seen Wearing 1976

40 Edgar Allan Poe The Gold-Bug (short story) 1843

Maurice Leblanc 813 1910

41
Brian Freemantle Charlie Muffin aka Charlie M 1977

43 Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep 1939

44 Josephine Tey The Daughter of Time 1951

45 Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles 1902

Anthony Berkeley
The Poisoned Chocolates Case 1929
Cox
46
Cornell Woolrich Rendezvous in Black 1948

48 Dick Francis Whip Hand 1979

Craig Rice Home Sweet Homicide 1944

49
Dover and the Unkindest Cut of
Joyce Porter 1967
All

51 Wilkie Collins The Moonstone 1868

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny

52 Jeffrey Archer 1976
Less

53 Ellery Queen Calamity Town 1942

Ross Macdonald The Wycherly Woman 1961

54
Ellery Queen The Greek Coffin Mystery 1932

James M. Cain The Postman Always Rings Twice 1934

56
Jack Higgins Storm Warning 1976

58 Nicholas Blake The Beast Must Die 1938

59 Gavin Lyall The Most Dangerous Game 1964

60 Jack Higgins A Prayer for the Dying 1973

 Isaac Asimov Black Widowers (short stories) 1974
61
Anthony Berkeley
Trial and Error 1937
Cox

63 Graham Greene The Human Factor 1978

William L. DeAndrea The HOG Murders 1979

64 Ed McBain Cop Hater 1956

Edgar Allan Poe The Purloined Letter (short story) 1845

67 Sbastien Japrisot Trap for Cinderella 1962

68 Daphne du Maurier Rebecca 1932

69 John Dickson Carr The Emperor's Snuff-Box 1942

70 Frederick Forsyth The Devil's Alternative 1979

Clive Cussler Raise the Titanic! 1976

71
The Mask of Dimitrios aka A
Eric Ambler 1939
Coffin for Dimitrios

73 Dick Francis Odds Against 1965

Richard Jessup Threat 1981

Edmund Clerihew
74 Trent's Last Case 1913
Bentley

Eden Phillpotts A Voice from the Dark 1925

77 Henry Denker Outrage 1982

78 Brian Freemantle Goodbye to an Old friend 1973

79 John Thomas Sladek Invisible Green 1977

80 Alistair MacLean The Guns of Navarone 1957

81 Steven L. Thompson Recovery 1980

82 Curt Cannon I Like 'em Tough (short stories) 1958

83 Georges Simenon A Man's Head 1931

W. Somerset
84 Ashenden: Or the British Agent 1928
Maugham

85 Ken Follett Eye of the Needle 1978

The Nine Mile Walk (short

Harry Kemelman 1967
stories)
86
A. A. Milne The Red House Mystery 1922

88 Dashiell Hammett The Glass Key 1931

89 Tony Kenrick Stealing Lillian 1975

Ellery Queen The Dutch Shoe Mystery 1931

90
Christianna Brand Death of Jezebel 1948

92 Bill S. Ballinger The Tooth and the Nail 1955

93 A. J. Quinnell Man on Fire 1980

A. J. Quinnell Blood Ties 1984

94 Ellery Queen Halfway House 1936

Edmund Crispin Buried for Pleasure 1948

The 12.30 from

Freeman Wills Crofts Croydon aka Wilful and 1934
97 Premeditated

Frederick Forsyth The Odessa File 1972

Lawrence Sanders The First Deadly Sin 1973

99
James Crumley The Wrong Case 1975
 2012

Rank Author Title Year

1 Agatha Christie And Then There Were None 1939

2 Ellery Queen The Tragedy of Y 1932

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (short

3 Arthur Conan Doyle 1892
stories)

4 William Irish Phantom Lady 1942

5 Agatha Christie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926

6 Raymond Chandler The Long Goodbye 1953

7 Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose 1980

The Innocence of Father Brown (short

8 G. K. Chesterton 1911
stories)

9 Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs 1988

10 John Dickson Carr The Burning Court 1937

11 Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express 1934

2005-
12 Stieg Larsson Millennium series
2007

13 Ira Levin A Kiss Before Dying 1953

14 Ellery Queen The Tragedy of X 1932

15 Ross Macdonald The Chill 1964

16 John Dickson Carr The Hollow Man aka The Three Coffins 1935

17 Frederick Forsyth The Day of the Jackal 1971

18 S. S. Van Dine The Bishop Murder Case 1929

19 Jack Higgins The Eagle Has Landed 1975

20 Anthony Berkeley Cox The Poisoned Chocolates Case 1929

Rank Author Title Year

21 Lawrence Block Eight Million Ways to Die 1982

22 Jeffery Deaver The Bone Collector 1997

23 Ellery Queen The Greek Coffin Mystery 1932

24 Christianna Brand Death of Jezebel 1948

25 Gavin Lyall Midnight Plus One 1965

26 James P. Hogan Inherit the Stars 1977

27 James Ellroy White Jazz 1992

28 Gaston Leroux The Mystery of the Yellow Room 1907

29 Scott Turow Presumed Innocent 1987

30 Sjwall & Wahl The Laughing Policeman 1968

31 Anthony Berkeley Cox Trial and Error 1937

32 Lucien Nahum Shadow 81 1975

33 Freeman Wills Crofts The Cask 1920

The Murders in the Rue Morgue (short

34 Edgar Allan Poe 1841
story)

35 Dick Francis For Kicks 1965

36 Dashiell Hammett The Maltese Falcon 1930

37 John Dickson Carr The Emperor's Snuff-Box 1942

38 Dashiell Hammett Red Harvest 1929

39 Josephine Tey The Daughter of Time 1951

40 Stuart Woods Chiefs 1981

41 Sbastien Japrisot Trap for Cinderella 1962

42 Ellery Queen The Egyptian Cross Mystery 1932

Rank Author Title Year

43 R. D. Wingfield Frost at Christmas 1984

44 Carter Dickson The Judas Window 1938

45 Dorothy L. Sayers The Nine Tailors 1934

46 Dick Francis Whip Hand 1979

47 Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles 1902

48 Eden Phillpotts The Red Redmaynes 1922

49 Anthony Berkeley Cox Jumping Jenny aka Dead Mrs. Stratton 1933

50 John Thomas Sladek Invisible Green 1977

51 Ruth Rendell A Judgement in Stone 1977

Ferdinand von
52 Crime 2009
Schirach

53 Catherine Arley Woman of Straw 1956

54 Stephen Hunter Point of Impact 1993

55 James Ellroy The Black Dahlia 1987

56 Tom Rob Smith Child 44 2008

57 Ross Macdonald The Wycherly Woman 1961

58 Carol O'Connell The Judas Child 1998

59 Anthony Berkeley Cox The Second Shot 1930

60 James Ellroy The Big Nowhere 1988

61 Stephen King Misery 1987

62 Agatha Christie The A.B.C. Murders 1936

63 William L. DeAndrea The HOG Murders 1979

64 Roald Dahl Someone Like You (short stories) 1953

Rank Author Title Year

65 R. D. Wingfield A Touch of Frost 1987

66 Isaac Asimov Black Widowers (short stories) 1974

67 Wilkie Collins The Moonstone 1868

68 Harry Kemelman The Nine Mile Walk (short stories) 1967

69 Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code 2003

70 Alistair MacLean HMS Ulysses 1955

71 Trevanian Shibumi 1979

72 Robert Goddard Past Caring 1986

73 Jeffery Deaver The Cold Moon 2006

74 Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go 2005

75 Robert R. McCammon Boy's Life 1991

76 Charlotte Armstrong A Dram of Poison 1956

77 Don Winslow A Cool Breeze on the Underground 1991

78 Ellery Queen Cat of Many Tails 1949

79 Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely 1940

80 Colin Dexter Last Seen Wearing 1976

81 Theodore Roszak Flicker 1991

82 Sarah Waters Fingersmith 2002

83 George Pelecanos The Big Blowdown 1996

84 Scott Smith A Simple Plan 1993

85 Thomas Harris Red Dragon 1981

86 G. K. Chesterton The Poet and the Lunatics (short stories) 1929

Rank Author Title Year

87 Don Winslow The Power of the Dog 2005

88 Sarah Waters Affinity 1999

89 Craig Rice Home Sweet Homicide 1944

90 Ellery Queen Calamity Town 1942

91 Desmond Bagley High Citadel 1965

92 Maurice Leblanc The Hollow Needle 1909

93 Robert B. Parker Early Autumn 1981

94 Thomas H. Cook The Chatham School Affair 1996

95 Jeffrey Archer Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less 1976

96 Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet 1887

97 Donald E. Westlake The Hot Rock 1970

98 Richard Neely A madness of the heart 1976

99 Agatha Christie Death on the Nile 1937

100 Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel 1954

East
1985

Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

1 Seishi Yokomizo Gokumon To (?) 1949

Kyomu e no Kumotsu (
2 Hideo Nakai (ja) 1964
?)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Seicho
3 Ten to Sen (?) 1958 Points and Lines
Matsumoto

Furenzoku Satsujin Jiken (

4 Ango Sakaguchi 1948
?)

Mushitaro Kokushikan Satsujin Jiken (

5 1935
Oguri ?)

Kyusaku Dogura Magura (

6 1935
Yumeno ?) [1]

Honjin Satsujin Jiken (

7 Seishi Yokomizo 1947
?)

Tetsuya Kuroi Toranku (

8 ?)
1956
Ayukawa

Modorigawa Shinju (
9 Mikihiko Renjo 1980
?) (short stories)

Shisei Satsujin Jiken ( The Tattoo Murder

10 Akimitsu Takagi 1948
?) Case

Yamaneko no Natsu (
11 Yoichi Funado 1984
?)

12 Shin Tendo (ja) Dai Yukai (?) 1978

EDOGAWA Nisen Doka (?) (short The Two-Sen Copper

13 1923
Rampo story) Coin

EDOGAWA Beast in the

14 Inju (?) 1928
Rampo Shadows

Seicho
15 Zero no Shoten (?) 1959
Matsumoto

Tsumao Juichi mai no Torampu (11

16 1976
Awasaka (ja) ?)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Tsumao A Aiichiro no Robai (

17 1978
Awasaka (ja) ?) (short stories)

Tsutomu
Kiga Kaikyo (?) 1963
Minakami
18
Gomesu no Na wa Gomesu (
Shoji Yuki (ja) 1962
?)

Takao
20 Kikenna Dowa (?) 1961
Tsuchiya (ja)

Senseijutsu Satsujin Jiken ( The Tokyo Zodiac

21 Soji Shimada 1981
?) Murders

Tsumao Midare Karakuri (

22 1977
Awasaka (ja) ?)

23 Shohei Ooka Jiken (?) 1977

24 Kenzo Kitakata Ori (?) 1983 The Cage

EDOGAWA Shinri Shiken ( The Psychological

25 ?) (short story)
1925
Rampo Test

Kenji Hako no Naka no Shitsuraku (

26 1978
Takemoto (ja) ?)

Tatsuo
27 Uete Okami (?) 1981
Shimizu (ja)

Hakuchu no Shikaku (
28 Akimitsu Takagi 1960
?)

Jiro
Odo no Honryu (?) 1965
Ikushima (ja)
29
Nogare no Machi (
Kenzo Kitakata ?)
1982 City of Refuge
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Haruhiko Yaju Shisu beshi (

31 1958
Oyabu (ja) ?)

Ningyo wa Naze Korosareru (

32 Akimitsu Takagi 1955
?)

Namekuji Nagaya Torimono

Michio
33 Sawagi ( 1968
Tsuzuki (ja)
?) (short stories)

Jiro
34 Oitsumeru (?) 1967
Ikushima (ja)

Neko wa Shitteita (
35 Etsuko Niki (ja) 1957
?)

Kiyoshi Sama Apokaripusu (

36 1981
Kasai (ja) ?)

EDOGAWA
Koto no Oni (?) 1929
Rampo
37
Tetsuya
Kuroi Hakucho (?) 1960
Ayukawa

39 Ei Mori (ja) Moeru Hato (?) 1982

Kimiko Bengogawa no Shonin (

40 1963
Koizumi (ja) ?)

Takao Kage no Kokuhatsu (

41 ?)
1963
Tsuchiya (ja)

Akuma no Temariuta (
Seishi Yokomizo 1959
?)
42
Naname Yashiki no Hanzai (
Soji Shimada 1982
?)

44 Seishi Yokomizo Yatsuhaka Mura (?) 1951

 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Nobuhiko
45 Shinshi Domei (?) 1980
Kobayashi (ja)

Jingisukan no Himitsu (
46 Akimitsu Takagi 1958
?)

Tatsuo
47 Sakete Kaikyo (?) 1983
Shimizu (ja)

Tetsuya
48 Riraso Jiken (?) 1958
Ayukawa

The Traveler with

EDOGAWA Oshie to Tabisuru Otoko (
49 1929 the Pasted Rag
Rampo ?) (short story)
Picture

50 Shunshin Chin Karekusa no Ne (?) 1961

Yoru no Odesseia (
51 Yoichi Funado 1981
?)

Seiichi Koso no Shikaku (

52 ?)
1969
Morimura

Seicho Inspector Imanishi

53 Suna no Utsuwa (?) 1961
Matsumoto Investigates

Kiyoshi Baibai, Enjeru (

54 1979
Kasai (ja) ?)

The Curious
Hanshichi Torimonocho (
Kido Okamoto 1917 Casebook of
?) (short stories)
Inspector Hanshichi
55
EDOGAWA Panorama To Kidan ( Strange Tale of
1926
Rampo ?) Panorama Island

Yo Sano (ja) Ippon no Namari (?) 1959

 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Sarumaru Genshiko (
58 Motohiko Izawa 1980
?)

Michio Neko no Shita ni Kugi o Ute (

59 1961
Tsuzuki (ja) ?)

Saho Manekarezaru Kyaku (

60 1980
Sasazawa (ja) ?)

Futari Kogecha Iro no Pasuteru (

1982
Okajima (ja) ?)
61
Takataro
Jinsei no Aho (?) 1936
Kigi (ja)

Jugo Haitoku no Mesu (

63 ?)
1960
Kuroiwa (ja)

Shizuko
64 Johatsu (?) 1972
Natsuki (ja)

Takashi Naporeon Kyo ( Napoleon Crazy and

65 ?) (short stories)
1979
Atoda (ja) other stories

Yasutaka Fugo Keiji (?) (short

1978
Tsutsui stories)
66
Katsuhiko Sharaku Satsujin Jiken ( The Case of the
1983
Takahashi ?) Sharaku Murders

Nemurinaki Yoru (
68 Kenzo Kitakata ?)
1982

Chocho Satsujin Jiken (

69 Seishi Yokomizo 1946
?)

Tetsuya Shi no Aru Fukei (

70 1965
Ayukawa ?)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Shiro
Satsujinki (?) 1931
Hamao (ja)

72 Shunshin Chin Hono ni E o (?) 1966

Seicho Kuroi Gashu (

73 ?) (short stories)
1960
Matsumoto

Agojuro Torimonocho (
74 Juran Hisao 1939
?) (short stories)

Shizuko
75 Daburyu no Higeki (W?) 1982 Murder at Mt. Fuji
Natsuki (ja)

Berurin 1888 nen (

76 Eisuke Kaito (ja) 1967
?)

Saraba Afurika no Joo (

Ei Mori (ja) 1979
?)

Danjuro Seppuku Jiken (

77 Yasuji Toita (ja) 1959
?)

Oinaru Gen'ei (
Masako Togawa ?)
1962 The Master Key

Marionetto no Wana (
80 Jiro Akagawa 1977
?)

Mushitaro Kanzen Hanzai (

?) (short story)
1933
Oguri
81
Futari Ashita Tenki ni Shiteokure (
1983
Okajima (ja) ?)

Michio
83 Sanju Roshutsu (?) 1964
Tsuzuki (ja)

Haruhiko Yomigaeru Kinro (

84 ?)
1964
Oyabu (ja)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Shoji Yuki (ja) Kurai Rakujitsu (?) 1965

Seiichi Ningen no Shomei (

1975
85 Morimura ?)

Yurei Ressha (
Jiro Akagawa ?) (short stories)
1976

88 Yo Sano (ja) Hikinige (?) 1970

Michio
Yukai Sakusen (?) 1962
Tsuzuki (ja)

89 Yoichi Funado Higohoin (?) 1979

Kiyoshi
Bara no Onna (?) 1983
Kasai (ja)

Yoshiaki Sutarin Ansatsu Keikaku (

1978
Hiyama (ja) ?)
92
Tomo yo, Shizuka ni Nemure (
Kenzo Kitakata 1983
?)

Udaru Ishi no Shita no Kiroku (

1948
Oshita (ja) ?)

Kyo Ochiru (?) (short

1958
Takigawa (ja) stories)
94
Bokura no Jidai (
Kaoru Kurimoto 1978
?)

Hokku shi no Ikyo no Boken (

Ichiro Kano (ja) 1983
?)

Kita no Yuzuru 2/3 no

98 Soji Shimada Satsujin (2/3 1984
?)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Gojumannen no Shikaku (
Ro Tomono (ja) 1976
?)

Koroshi e no Shotai (
Shin Tendo (ja) 1973
?)

Hige no Aru Otokotachi (

Shoji Yuki (ja) 1959
?)

Kyo
Ikyo no Ho (?) 1961
Takigawa (ja)

2012

Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

1 Seishi Yokomizo Gokumon To (?) 1949

Kyomu e no Kumotsu (
2 Hideo Nakai (ja) 1964
?)

Senseijutsu Satsujin Jiken ( The Tokyo Zodiac

3 Soji Shimada 1981
?) Murders

Kyusaku Dogura Magura (

4 1935
Yumeno ?) [1]

5 Miyuki Miyabe Kasha (?) 1992 All She Was Worth

Seicho
6 Ten to Sen (?) 1958 Points and Lines
Matsumoto

7 Shin Tendo (ja) Dai Yukai (?) 1978

Jukkakukan no Satsujin ( The Decagon House

8 Yukito Ayatsuji 1987
?) Murders
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Natsuhiko
9 Mry no Hako (?) 1995
Kyogoku

Honjin Satsujin Jiken (

10 Seishi Yokomizo 1947
?)

Tetsuya Kuroi Toranku (

11 ?)
1956
Ayukawa

Modorigawa Shinju (
12 Mikihiko Renjo 1980
?) (short stories)

Yogisha Ekkusu no Kenshin ( The Devotion of

13 Keigo Higashino 2005
X?) Suspect X

Kokushikan Satsujin Jiken (

14 Mushitaro Oguri 1935
?)

Masaya Ikeru Shikabane no Shi (

15 1989
Yamaguchi (ja) ?)

Tsumao A Aiichiro no Robai (

16 1978
Awasaka (ja) ?) (short stories)

Sora Tobu Uma (

17 Kaoru Kitamura ?) (short stories)
1989

Journey Under the

18 Keigo Higashino Byakuya Ko (?) 1999
Midnight Sun

Furenzoku Satsujin Jiken (

19 Ango Sakaguchi 1948
?)

Tokeikan no Satsujin (
20 Yukito Ayatsuji 1991
?)

Naname Yashiki no Hanzai (

21 Soji Shimada 1982
?)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Alice
22 Soto no Akuma (?) 1992
Arisugawa (ja)

Natsuhiko Ubume no Natsu ( The Summer of the

23 ?)
1994
Kyogoku Ubume

EDOGAWA Nisen Doka (?) (short The Two-Sen

24 1923
Rampo story) Copper Coin

Seicho Inspector Imanishi

25 Suna no Utsuwa (?) 1961
Matsumoto Investigates

Watashi ga Koroshita Shojo (

26 Ryo Hara (ja) 1989
?)

EDOGAWA
27 Koto no Oni (?) 1929
Rampo

Ningyo wa Naze Korosareru (

28 Akimitsu Takagi 1955
?)

Kaoru Redi Joka (

29 1997
Takamura (ja) ?)

Yoi Kinpeibai (
30 Futaro Yamada ?) (short stories)
1954

Tsutomu
31 Kiga Kaikyo (?) 1963
Minakami

Shisei Satsujin Jiken ( The Tattoo Murder

32 Akimitsu Takagi 1948
?) Case

Tetsuya
33 Riraso Jiken (?) 1958
Ayukawa

Tsumao Midare Karakuri (

34 1977
Awasaka (ja) ?)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

EDOGAWA Beast in the

35 Inju (?) 1928
Rampo Shadows

Hazakura no Kisetsu ni Kimi o

Shogo
36 Omou to iu Koto ( 2003
Utano (ja)
?) [2]

Seicho
37 Zero no Shoten (?) 1959
Matsumoto

Tsumao Juichi mai no Torampu (11

38 1976
Awasaka (ja) ?)

Inugamike no Ichizoku (
39 Seishi Yokomizo 1951 The Inugami Clan
?)

Kenji Hako no Naka no Shitsuraku (

40 1978
Takemoto (ja) ?)

41 Miyuki Miyabe Mohohan (?) 2001 Puppet Master

The Curious
Hanshichi Torimonocho (
42 Kido Okamoto 1917 Casebook of
?) (short stories)
Inspector Hanshichi

43 Natsuo Kirino Auto (OUT?) 1997 Out

Hiroko
44 Shi no Izumi (?) 1997
Minagawa

The Poison Ape: A

Dokuzaru: Shinjuku Zame 2 (
45 Arimasa Osawa 1991 Shinjuku Shark
2?)
Novel

Yamaneko no Natsu (
46 Yoichi Funado 1984
?)

Terorisuto no Parasoru (
47 Iori Fujiwara (ja) 1995
?)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

48 Futaro Yamada Taiyo Kokuten (?) 1963

Natsuhiko Jorogumo no Kotowari (

49 1996
Kyogoku ?)

50 Seishu Hase Fuyajo (?) 1996

Kiso, Ten o Ugokasu (

51 Soji Shimada 1989
?)

Hideo
52 Daisan no Jiko (?) 2003
Yokoyama

Kaoru Makusu no Yama (

53 1993
Takamura (ja) ?)

Hideo
54 Han'ochi (?) 2002
Yokoyama

Kiyoshi Sama Apokaripusu (

55 1981
Kasai (ja) ?)

56 Soji Shimada Iho no Kishi (?) 1988

57 Seishi Yokomizo Yatsuhaka Mura (?) 1951

58 Yoichi Funado Takeki Hakobune (?) 1987

Kimiko Bengogawa no Shonin (

59 1963
Koizumi (ja) ?)

60 Miyuki Miyabe Riyu (?) 1998

Yuichi
61 Dasshu (?) 1996
Shimpo (ja)

Shinzo Kubinashi no gotoki Tataru

62 2007
Mitsuda (ja) Mono (?)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Yutaka Natsu to Fuyu no Sonata (

63 1993
Maya (ja) ?)

Subete ga F ni Naru (
64 Hiroshi Mori 1996
F?)

65 Arimasa Osawa Shinjuku-zame (?) 1990 Shinjuku Shark

66 Yusuke Kishi Kuroi Ie (?) 1997

67 Futaro Yamada Keishicho-zoshi (?) 1975

Tsumao Shiawase no Sho (

68 1987
Awasaka (ja) ?)

69 Juran Hisao Mato (?) 1938

Yasuhiko Nanakai Shinda Otoko (

70 1995
Nishizawa (ja) ?)

Kiyoshi Tetsugakusha no Misshitsu (

71 1992
Kasai (ja) ?)

Kemuri ka Tsuchi ka Kuimono (

72 Otaro Maijo 2001
?)

Ahiru to Kamo no Koin Rokka (

73 Kotaro Isaka 2003
?) [3]

Inishieshon Rabu (
74 Kurumi Inui 2004
?)

Akuma no Temariuta (
75 Seishi Yokomizo 1959
?)

Tsubasa Aru Yami: Merukatoru

Yutaka
76 Ayu Saigo no Jiken ( 1991
Maya (ja)
?)
 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Neko wa Shitteita (
77 Etsuko Niki (ja) 1957
?)

Natsuhiko
78 Tesso no Ori (?) 1996
Kyogoku

Takao
79 Kikenna Dowa (?) 1961
Tsuchiya (ja)

Takemaru Satsuriku ni Itaru Yamai (

80 1992
Abiko (ja) ?)

Dakku Koru (
81 Itsura Inami (ja) ?)
1991

Kirigoe tei Satsujin Jiken (

82 Yukito Ayatsuji 1990
?)

83 Ramo Nakajima Gadara no Buta (?) 1993

Masayuki
84 Hasami Otoko (?) 1999
Shuno (ja)

Kadisu no Akai Hoshi ( The Red Star of

85 Go Osaka 1986
?) Cadiz

Yoru yo Nezumi tachi no Tame

86 Mikihiko Renjo 1983
ni (?)

EDOGAWA Panorama To Kidan ( Strange Tale of

87 1926
Rampo ?) Panorama Island

Hakuchu no Shikaku (
88 Akimitsu Takagi 1960
?)

Tatsuo
89 Somuite Kokyo (?) 1985
Shimizu (ja)

90 Futaro Yamada Meiji Dantodai (?) 1979

 Available in
Rank Author Title Year English
Translation

Berurin Hiko Shirei (

91 Joh Sasaki 1988 Zero Over Berlin
?)

Oidipusu no Yaiba (
92 Baku Akae 1974
?)

Tokuro
93 Dokoku (?) 1993
Nukui (ja)

94 Kazuaki Takano Jenosaido (?) 2011 Genocide of One

Alice The Moai Island

95 Koto Pazuru (?) 1989
Arisugawa (ja) Puzzle

Michio Namekuji ni Kiitemiro (

96 1962
Tsuzuki (ja) ?)

Mozu no Sakebu Yoru (

97 Go Osaka 1986
?)

Futari Kyujukyu Pasento no

98 1988
Okajima (ja) Yukai (99%?)

99 Miyuki Miyabe Ryu wa Nemuru (?) 1991 The Sleeping Dragon

Tetsuya
100 Kuroi Hakucho (?) 1960
Ayukawa

101 Arata Tendo (ja) Eien no Ko (?) [4] 1999

Etorofu hatsu Kinkyuden (

102 Joh Sasaki 1989
?)