Keigo Higashino Books in Order

Keigo Higashino is one of Japan's most beloved and bestselling fiction authors, rivaling the popularity of international sensations James Patterson, Dean Koontz, and Tom Clancy. Born in Osaka, Higashino began writing novels while working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co., eventually quitting his job to pursue a writing career in Tokyo. His breakthrough came in 1985, when he won the Edogawa Rampo Prize for mystery writing at age 27 with his novel Hōkago (After School). This success was followed by numerous accolades, including the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for Himitsu (The Secret) in 1999 and the prestigious Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin in 2006. His novels have made significant impacts in the Japanese entertainment industry, with The Devotion of Suspect X becoming the second highest-selling book in Japan and being adapted into a top-grossing film.