Keigo Higashino

Keigo Higashino

Keigo Higashino has written at least 91 books. Their most popular book is The Devotion of Suspect X with 261 saves with an average rating of 4.19⭐.

Author Bio

Keigo Higashino(東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.

Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.(presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.

The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.

Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.

Source: Goodreads.com

Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

9 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Detective Galileo

Detective Galileo is a 9-book series with 9 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾, and 東野 圭吾.

#2
予知夢
#3
The Devotion of Suspect X
#4
伽利略的苦惱
#5
Salvation of a Saint

Series

5 primary books

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Detective Galileo (English Translation)

Detective Galileo (English Translation) is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Keigo Higashino.

#3
The Devotion of Suspect X
#5
Salvation of a Saint
#6
A Midsummer's Equation
#9
Silent Parade
#10
Invisible Helix

Series

5 primary books

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Kyoichiro Kaga

Kyoichiro Kaga is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 1986 with contributions by Keigo Higashino.

#4
Malice
#8
Newcomer
#9
Wings of the Kirin
#10
The Final Curtain

Series

4 primary books

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Detective Kaga (English Translation)

Detective Kaga (English Translation) is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Keigo Higashino.

#4
Malice
#8
Newcomer
#9
Wings of the Kirin
#10
The Final Curtain

Series

3 primary books

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Masquerade Hotel

Masquerade Hotel is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Keigo Higashino and 東野圭吾.

Series

1 primary book

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ブラック・ショーマン

ブラック・ショーマン is a 1-book series first released in 2020 with contributions by Keigo Higashino and 東野 圭吾.

#1
ブラック・ショーマンと名もなき町の殺人

Series

1 primary book

Authored 0% of series

Heads

Heads is a 1-book series first released in 1996 with contributions by Emily Devenport.

#1
Eggheads