30 Best Historical Crime & Mystery Books in the Asian History

by Charles Todd

First published 2020 · ★★★★★4.5(1,051)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1967 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.5(501)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1949 · ★★★★★4.5(187)

by Robin Stevens

First published 2018 · A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery · ★★★★★4.5(11,649)

by Frederick Forsyth

First published 1972 · The Odessa Novels · ★★★★★4.4(9,495)

by Abir Mukherjee

First published 2025 · Wyndham and Banerjee Series · ★★★★★4.4(3,048)

by Elizabeth Peters

First published 2010 · Amelia Peabody · ★★★★★4.4(1,699)

by Abir Mukherjee

First published 2021 · Wyndham and Banerjee Series · ★★★★★4.4(7,435)

by Christian Cameron

First published 2013 · Tom Swan and the Head of St George · ★★★★★4.3(462)

by Christian Cameron

First published 2016 · Tom Swan and the Last Spartans · ★★★★★4.3(444)

by Laura Joh Rowland

First published 2014 · Sano Ichiro Novels · ★★★★★4.3(394)

by Philippa Gregory

First published 2018 · Order of Darkness · ★★★★★4.3(2,118)

by Walt Mussell

The Heart of the Samurai · ★★★★★4.3(146)

by Abir Mukherjee

First published 2018 · Wyndham and Banerjee Series · ★★★★★4.3(9,799)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1966 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.3(1,378)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1967 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.3(1,447)

by Barbara Hambly

First published 2012 · James Asher Vampire Novels · ★★★★★4.3(1,020)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1966 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.2(1,364)

by Joseph Kanon

First published 2024 · ★★★★★4.2(2,896)

by Tan Twan Eng

★★★★★4.2(34,596)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1951 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.2(2,600)

by Abir Mukherjee

First published 2017 · Wyndham and Banerjee Series · ★★★★★4.2(11,491)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1968 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.2(1,462)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1963 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.1(1,708)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1965 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.1(1,590)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1962 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.1(1,896)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1961 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.1(1,887)

by M. M. Kaye

First published 1953 · Death In. · ★★★★★4.1(433)

by John Masters

First published 1952 · Savage Family Chronicles · ★★★★★4.1(294)

by Robert Van Gulik

First published 1961 · Judge Dee Mysteries · ★★★★★4.1(2,350)