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Kanae Minato

Born

Innoshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Fiction

Influences

Ranpo Edogawa Agatha Christie Keigo Higashino Miyuki Miyabe ...more

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Kanae MINATO (湊かなえ, born 1973) is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thriller.

She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions (告白, Kokuhaku) became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award. The movie Confession directed by Tetsuya Nakashima was nominated to 2011 Academy Award.

She has been described in Japan as "the queen of iyamisu"(eww mystery), a subgenre of mystery fiction which deals with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature. ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 111,325 ratings · 20,553 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	Confessions by Kanae Minato, Stephen Snyder (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 89,996 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penance by Kanae Minato, Philip Gabriel (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 12,755 ratings — published 2009 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wszystko dla N by Kanae Minato, Anna Wołcyrz (Translator) 3.48 avg rating — 2,412 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ferris Wheel at Night by Kanae Minato, Andry Setiawan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 1,124 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girls by Kanae Minato, Andry Setiawan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.58 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Những đứa trẻ bị mắc kẹt by Kanae Minato, Phan Thanh (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schuldig by Kanae Minato, Sabine Mangold (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 631 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Motherhood by Kanae Minato, Andry Setiawan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	白ゆき姫殺人事件 [Shirayukihime satsujin jiken] 3.50 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	往復書簡 [Ōfukushokan] by Kanae Minato, Kanae Minato 3.61 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Kanae Minato (?)

“I think we regular people may have forgotten a basic truth—we don’t really have the right to judge anyone else.”
― Kanae Minato, Confessions

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“The world you live in is much bigger than that. If the place in which you find yourself is too painful, I say you should be free to seek another, less painful place of refuge. There is no shame in seeking a safe place. I want you to believe that somewhere in this wide world there is a place for you, a safe haven.”
― Kanae Minato, Confessions

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“If you’re always worrying about what other people think, you’ll never get any tougher.”
― Kanae Minato, Confessions

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