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Start with The Honjin Murders and continue through all 6 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Honjin Murders
Book 1 by Seishi Yokomizo • Published 1946
On a snowy wedding night in 1937, a newlywed couple is found butchered inside a locked annexe, a bloodied sword standing outside in untouched snow. Called in to help, Kosuke Kindaichi must untangle family secrets and...
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Detective Kosuke Kindaichi reading order
Ends with The Little Sparrow Murders
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Book 1:The Honjin Murders
Seishi Yokomizo • 1946
On a snowy wedding night in 1937, a newlywed couple is found butchered inside a locked annexe, a bloodied sword standing outside in untouched snow. Called in to help, Kosuke Kindaichi must untangle family secrets and...
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Book 2:Death on Gokumon Island
Seishi Yokomizo • 1948
After the war, Kosuke Kindaichi travels to isolated Gokumon Island to deliver a comrade's last message, a warning that his three sisters will be killed. When brutal, symbolic murders strike the clan, Kindaichi must de...
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Book 3:The Village of Eight Graves
Seishi Yokomizo • 1949
In a mountain village haunted by a legend of eight murdered samurai, young Tatsuya learns his outlaw father may have been behind a past massacre. When new killings echo the old curse, Kosuke Kindaichi digs into buried...
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Book 4:The Inugami Curse
Seishi Yokomizo • 1972
When tycoon Sahei Inugami dies, his bizarre will pits three grandsons against a young woman who will inherit everything if she marries one of them. As heirs start dying in grotesque ways, Kosuke Kindaichi unpicks moti...
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Book 5:The Devil’s Flute Murders
Seishi Yokomizo • 2023
In ruined postwar Tokyo, a composer vanishes and is later reported dead by poison, though his family doubts the body is his. When a séance to contact him ends in new murder, Kosuke Kindaichi untangles Tsubaki family s...
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Book 6:The Little Sparrow Murders
Seishi Yokomizo • 2024
Invited to a remote spa village to look into a twenty-year-old killing, Kosuke Kindaichi arrives just as new murders start. Bodies are arranged to match the verses of a local children's song, forcing him to probe Onik...
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Detective Kosuke Kindaichi FAQ
What is the best order to read the Detective Kosuke Kindaichi series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Honjin Murders.
How many books are in the Detective Kosuke Kindaichi series?
There are 6 books currently listed in the Detective Kosuke Kindaichi series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Detective Kosuke Kindaichi series?
New readers should start with The Honjin Murders, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Detective Kosuke Kindaichi series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears possibly ongoing and spans releases from 1946 to 2024.