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ⓘ About Yukito Ayatsuji
Yukito Ayatsuji is the pseudonym of Japanese author Naoyuki Uchida best known for his horror and mystery fiction. The author was born in 196o and went to Kyoto University where he graduated from the Faculty of Education. He would then move to the Graduate School of Education for his doctoral program and debuted as an author before he even graduated. The novel would become a bestseller that would be his first to be translated into English. He would later on become a founder of the “Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.” Yukito Ayatsuji used to bring his many writing to his classes and during the school breaks he would read them to his classmates. His classmates loved his stories and he was encouraged to continue writing.
All Book Series by Yukito Ayatsuji
The Decagon House Murders, Vol. 5
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2022
I Was Jack Mortimer
Series opener · book 1 of 29 · published 1933 Anthology · Ignat Avsey,Alexander Lernet-Holenia
The Murdered Banker
Book 2 of 29 · published 1935 Anthology · Augusto De Angelis
The Hotel of the Three Roses
Book 3 of 29 · published 1936 Anthology · Augusto De Angelis
The Mystery of the Three Orchids
Book 4 of 29 · published 1942 Anthology · Augusto De Angelis
She Who Was No More
Book 5 of 29 · published 1952 Anthology · Thomas Narcejac,Pierre Boileau
Vertigo
Book 6 of 29 · published 1954 Anthology · Thomas Narcejac,Pierre Boileau
The Disappearance of Signora Giulia
Book 15 of 29 · published 1970 Anthology · Jill Foulston,Piero Chiara
The Meiji Guillotine Murders
Book 16 of 29 · published 1979 Anthology · Futaro Yamada
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
Book 17 of 29 · published 1981 Anthology · Soji Shimada
Murder in the Crooked House
Book 18 of 29 · published 1982 Anthology · Soji Shimada
Justiz / The Execution of Justice
Book 20 of 29 · published 1987 Anthology · Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths
Book 22 of 29 · published 2012 Anthology · Louise Lalaurie Rogers,Olivier Barde-Cabuçon
Tench
Book 23 of 29 · published 2015 Anthology · David Colmer,Inge Schilperoord
Death Going Down
Book 25 of 29 · published 2017 Anthology · María Angélica Bosco
Urgent Matters
Book 26 of 29 · published 2020 Anthology · Sarah Moses,Paula Rodríguez
Nothing Can Hurt You Now
Book 28 of 29 · published 2023 Anthology · Rahul Bery,Simone Campos
Squeaky Clean
Latest in the series · book 29 of 29 · published 2023 Anthology · Callum McSorley
Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy
Single-title series · published 2012
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Yukito Ayatsuji?
Yukito Ayatsuji is the pseudonym of Japanese author Naoyuki Uchida best known for his horror and mystery fiction. The author was born in 196o and went to Kyoto University where he graduated from the Faculty of Education. He would then move to the Graduate School of Education for his doctoral program and debuted as an author before he even graduated.
Which Yukito Ayatsuji series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Pushkin Vertigo series, the earliest of Yukito Ayatsuji's multi-book series: it opens with I Was Jack Mortimer (1933) and runs to 29 books across 1933–2023, ending with Squeaky Clean (2023). Yukito Ayatsuji's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Yukito Ayatsuji written?
Yukito Ayatsuji has 43 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1933 and 2023. 42 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Pushkin Vertigo series with 29 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.
In what order should Yukito Ayatsuji's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Yukito Ayatsuji's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Pushkin Vertigo (1933–2023, 29 books), House Murders (1987–1991, 4 books) and Another Light Novel (2009–2022, 3 books), plus 2 more.
How are Yukito Ayatsuji's books organised into series?
This guide splits Yukito Ayatsuji's 43 books into 5 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Pushkin Vertigo (29 books, 1933–2023); Decagon House Murders Manga (5 books, 2019–2022); House Murders (4 books, 1987–1991); Another Light Novel (3 books, 2009–2022); Another Manga (1 book, 2013).