Strange Buildings

By: Uketsu

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2026-03-03

<p><b>AN INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b></p> <p><b>"Uketsu's strange riddles are chilling and addictive"</b> - <b>R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of <i>Babel</i> and <i>Yellowface</i></b></p> <p><b>From the bestselling author of <i>Strange Houses</i> and <i>Strange Pictures</i> comes a new unsettling mystery</b>--<b>eleven strange buildings, each with its own twisted floor plan and eerie backstory, and a terrible secret that connects them all.</b></p> <p><i>A lonely hut in the woods.</i></p> <p><i>A murder house.</i></p> <p><i>A hidden chamber.</i></p> <p><i>A mysterious shrine.</i></p> <p><i>A home in flames.</i></p> <p><i>A nightmarish prison.</i></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Millions of readers have become addicted to solving Uketsu's dark mysteries. <i>Strange Buildings</i> is the strangest, and darkest, of them all.</p> <p>Translated from the Japanese by Jim Rion</p>