The Greatest Asian Horror Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
5291 Revenge Yōko Ogawa 1998 Japanese Japanese
6124 Monster Naoki Urasawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
6675 Uzumaki Junji Ito 1998 Japanese Japanese
7216 Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio Pu Songling 1740 Chinese Classical chinese
8795 Audition Ryū Murakami 1997 Japanese Japanese
9262 The Memory Police Yōko Ogawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
9276 The Butcher's Wife And Other Stories Li Ang 1983 Taiwanese Chinese
9341 Ring Koji Suzuki 2002 Japanese Japanese
10022 Mending Bodies Hon Lai-Chu 2010 Chinese Chinese
10304 Death Notice Zhou Haohui 2014 Chinese Chinese
11060 Coin Locker Babies Ryū Murakami 1980 Japanese Japanese
12045 Akira Katsuhiro Otomo 1982 Japanese Japanese
14985 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14985 Tokyo Ghoul Sui Ishida 2011 Japanese Japanese
15858 Japanese Tales Of Mystery & Imagination Edogawa Ranpo 1956 Japanese Japanese
17164 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17111 Hell Screen Ryunosuke Akutagawa 1918 Japanese Japanese
17164 In The Miso Soup Ryū Murakami 1997 Japanese Japanese
17164 Nothing But Blackened Teeth Cassandra Khaw 2021 Malaysian English
17164 Berserk, Vol. 1 Kentaro Miura 1990 Japanese Japanese
17164 Ajin Gamon Sakurai, Tsuina Miura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17164 Piercing Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17164 Berserk, Vol. 8 Kentaro Miura 1994 Japanese Japanese
17164 Berserk Volume 7 Kentaro Miura 1995 Japanese Japanese
17164 Berserk Volume 6 Kentaro Miura 1994 Japanese Japanese
17164 Berserk Volume 5 Kentaro Miura 1992 Japanese Japanese
17164 Homunculus 1 Hideo Yamamoto 2003 Japanese Japanese
17164 Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Kentaro Miura 2019 Japanese Japanese
17164 チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9] Tatsuki Fujimoto Japanese Japanese