Strange Buildings
A Novel
Uketsu
384 Pages
On-Sale Date: 03/03/2026
ISBN: 9780063514096
Trim Size: 5.600in x 8.500in x 1.000in
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Uketsu’s strange riddles are chilling and addictive" – R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface From the bestselling author of Strange Houses and Strange Pictures comes a new unsettling mystery—eleven strange buildings, each with its own twisted floor plan and eerie backstory, and a terrible secret that connects them all.
A lonely hut in the woods.
A murder house.
A hidden chamber.
A mysterious shrine.
A home in flames.
A nightmarish prison.
After receiving multiple tips from his devoted readership, a writer fascinated by the occult put together eleven case files, each featuring its very own strange building. Each of the eleven structures in this book has a floor plan that conceals a disturbing architectural quirk: from disappearing rooms to apartments with no means of escape. Each buildings tells its own chilling story. And each is part of a grander puzzle. Look closely . . . and you’ll see that everything is connected. All leading to a revelation so horrifying you won’t want to believe it.
Millions of readers have become addicted to solving Uketsu’s dark mysteries. Strange Buildings is the strangest, and darkest, of them all.
Translated from the Japanese by Jim Rion
Praise for Uketsu’s Chilling Mysteries —
“Uketsu’s strange riddles are chilling and addictive – I couldn’t put it down.” — R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface
“I’m hooked on these chilling and twisted mysteries. Give me everything Uketsu writes – I’ll read it in a single day, and I will not be accepting interruptions.” — Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
“A labyrinthine and multilayered horror mystery, full of cryptic images . . . wonderfully complex and carefully crafted . . . This is a story where revelations and new questions wait around every corner, and Uketsu keeps readers guessing until the very end.” — New York Times Book Review
“A wonderfully innovative use of illustrations. Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels.” — G. T. Karber, author of the national bestseller Murdle
“Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique.” — Kristen Perrin, New York Times bestselling author of How to Solve Your Own Murder?
“[A] triumphant international debut … with a surprisingly strong emotional core that will keep readers glued to the page until the unsettling conclusion. This intricate puzzle box is a must for horror fans.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Uketsu is a disrupter, the master of quiet horror.” — Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The Appeal
“So fizzy with invention and possibility that I almost pity the next novel I read.” — A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window and End of Story
