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Japan Booksellers' Award (本屋大賞, Hon'ya Taishō, lit. "Bookstore Award") is an annual Japanese literary award. It is awarded based on votes by bookstore clerks from all over Japan.[1]

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Japan Booksellers' Award
CountryJapan
First awarded2004
Websitehontai.or.jp
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Winners

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Nr.TitleAuthorScorePublisherNotes
2004
1Hakase no Aishita Sūshiki (博士の愛した数式)
English translation: The Housekeeper and the Professor		Yōko Ogawa202Shinchōsha
  • Made into a movie in January 2006
  • Made into a radio play in March 2006
2Seventeen
(in Japanese: Kuraimāzu Hai, クライマーズ・ハイ)		Hideo Yokoyama148Bungeishunjū
3Ahiru to Kamo no Coin Locker
 (アヒルと鴨のコインロッカー, ~Koinrokkā)		Kōtarō Isaka111Tōkyō Sōgensha
  • awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers
  • Made into a movie in May 2007
4Eien no Deguchi (永遠の出口)Eto Mori109Shūeisha
5Jūryoku Pierrot (重力ピエロ)Kōtarō Isaka099Shinchōsha
  • Made into a movie in May 2009
64TEENIra Ishida076Shinchōsha
  • Made into a movie and a television drama
7Dead End no Omoide (デッドエンドの思い出)Banana Yoshimoto054Bungeishunjū
8Shūsen no Lorelei (終戦のローレライ, ~Rōrerai)Harutoshi Fukui051Kōdansha
  • awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers
  • Released as manga in March 2005
  • Made into a movie titled Lorelei in July 2005[note 1]
9Onmoraki no Kizu (陰摩羅鬼の瑕)Natsuhiko Kyōgoku038Kōdansha
10Rarara Kagaku no Ko (ららら科學の子)Toshihiko Yahagi038Bungeishunjū
2005
1Yoru no Picknick (夜のピクニック)Riku Onda374Shinchōsha
  • awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers
  • Made into a movie in September 2006
2Ashita no Kioku (明日の記憶)Hiroshi Ogiwara302Kōbunsha
3Iemori Kitan (家守綺譚)Kaho Nashiki274Shinchōsha
  • Made into a radio play titled Seishun Adventure
     (青春アドベンチャー) in Feb. 2005
4Fukurokōji no Otoko (袋小路の男)Akiko Itoyama185Kōdansha
  • Made into a radio play in April 2009
5Children (チルドレン)Kōtarō Isaka155Kōdansha
  • Made into a television drama in May 2006
  • Made into a movie in November 2006
6Taigan no Kanojo (対岸の彼女)
English translation: Woman on the Other Shore		Mitsuyo Kakuta153Bungeishunjū
  • awarded Naoki Prize
  • Made into a television drama in January 2006
7Hannin ni Tsugu (犯人に告ぐ)Shūsuke Shizukui138Futabasha
  • Made into a movie in Oct. 2007
8Ōgonryofū (黄金旅風)Kazuichi Iijima102Shogakukan
9Watashi ga Katarihajimeta Kare wa (私が語りはじめた彼は)Shion Miura092Shinchōsha
10Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku (そのときは彼によろしく)Takuji Ichikawa074Shogakukan
  • Made into a movie in June 2007
2006
1Tōkyō Tower — Okan to Boku to Tokidoki Oton
 (東京タワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜)		Lily Franky[note 2]279Fusōsha
  • Made into a TV drama in 2006/2007
  • Made into a movie and reworked for the theater in 2007
2South Bound (サウスバウンド)Hideo Okuda196.5Kadokawa Shoten
  • Made into a movie in Oct. 2007
3Shinigami no Seido (死神の精度)
English translation: The Precision of the Agent of Death[note 3]		Kōtarō Isaka190Bungeishunjū
  • awarded Mystery Writers of Japan Award
  • Made into a radio play in Oct. 2006
  • Made into a movie titled Sweet Rain
     (『Sweet Rain 死神の精度』, "~Accuracy of Death") in March 2008
4Yōgisha Ekkusu no Kenshin (容疑者Xの献身)
English translation: The Devotion of Suspect X		Keigo Higashino184.5Bungeishunjū
5Sono Hi no mae ni (その日のまえに)Kiyoshi Shigematsu179.5Bungeishunjū
  • März 2007 radio play
  • Nov. 2008 movie
6Narratage (ナラタージュ)Rio Shimamoto162Kadokawa Shoten
7Kokuhaku (告白)Kō Machida152.5Chūōkōron Shinsha
8Beruka Hoenainoka? (ベルカ、吠えないのか?)
English translation: Belka, Why Don't You Bark?		Hideo Furukawa152Bungeishunjū
9Kenchō no Hoshi (県庁の星)Nozomi Katsura141Shogakukan
  • 2005 manga version
  • 2006 movie
10Sakura (さくら)Kanako Nishi135Shogakukan
11Maō (魔王)Kōtarō Isaka103Kōdansha
2007
1Isshun no Kaze ni Nare (一瞬の風になれ)Takako Satō475.5Kōdansha
  • awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers
  • 2008 TV drama
  • 2007 manga version
2Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome (夜は短し歩けよ乙女)Tomihiko Morimi455Kadokawa Shoten
3Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuite Iru (風が強く吹いている)Shion Miura247Shinchōsha
  • Oct. 2009 movie
  • Jan. 2009 theater adaptation
  • Dec. 2007 radio play
4Shūmatsu no Fool (終末のフール)Kōtarō Isaka228Shūeisha
  • manga version first published in Mankaku[note 4]
5Toshokan Sensō (図書館戦争)Hiro Arikawa176MediaWorks
6Kamogawa Horumo (鴨川ホルモー)Manabu Makime175Sangyō Henshū Center
7Mīna no Kōshin (ミーナの行進)Yōko Ogawa152.5Chūōkōron Shinsha
8Kagehinata ni Saku (陰日向に咲く)Hitori Gekidan139Gentōsha
  • Jan. 2008 movie
9Ushinawareta Machi (失われた町)Aki Misaki127.5Shūeisha
10Na mo Naki Doku (名もなき毒)Miyuki Miyabe089Gentōsha
2008
1Golden Slumber (ゴールデンスランバー)
English translation: Remote Control		Kōtarō Isaka509.5Shinchōsha
2Sacrifice (サクリファイス)Fumie Kondō312Shinchōsha
3Uchōten Kazoku (有頂天家族, lit. The Eccentric Family)Tomihiko Morimi280.5Gentōsha
  • 2009 radio play
4Akunin (悪人)
English translation: Villain		Shūichi Yoshida233.5Asahi Shimbun-sha
  • awarded Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
  • awarded Jirō Osaragi Prize
  • 2010 movie (Villain)
5Eigahen (映画篇)Kazuki Kaneshiro227.5Shūeisha
6Yōkame no Semi (八日目の蝉)
English translation: The Eighth Day		Mitsuyo Kakuta225Chūōkōron Shinsha
  • awarded Chūōkōron Literature Prize
  • 2010 TV drama
  • 2011 movie (Rebirth)
7Akakuchiba-ke no Densetsu (赤朽葉家の伝説)
English translation: Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas		Kazuki Sakuraba213.5Tōkyō Sōgensha
8Shika Otoko Ao ni Yoshi (鹿男あをによし)Manabu Makime196.5Gentōsha
  • 2008 TV drama
  • 2008 manga version
9Watashi no Otoko (私の男)Kazuki Sakuraba129.5Bungeishunjū
10Kassiopeia no Oka de (カシオペアの丘で)Kiyoshi Shigematsu126Kōdansha
  • 2008 TV drama
2009
1Kokuhaku (告白)
English translation: Confessions		Kanae Minato411Futabasha
2Nobō no Shiro (のぼうの城)Ryō Wada328Shogakukan
3Joker Game (ジョーカー・ゲーム)Kōji Yanagi243.5Kadokawa Shoten
4Tempest (テンペスト)Eiichi Ikegami228.5Kadokawa Shoten
  • 2011 theater adaptation
  • 2011 TV drama und manga version
5Box! (ボックス!)Naoki Hyakuta214.5Ōta Shuppan
  • 2010 movie
6Shin Sekai yori (新世界より, lit. From the New World)Yūsuke Kishi207.5Kōdansha
7Shussei Zenya (出星前夜)Kazuichi Iijima203.5Shogakukan
  • awarded Jirō Osaragi Prize
8Itamu Hito (悼む人)Arata Tendō203.5Bungeishunjū
9Ryūsei no Kizuna (流星の絆)Keigo Higashino139Kōdansha
  • 2008 TV drama
10Modern Times (モダンタイムス)Kōtarō Isaka135Kōdansha
2010
1Tenchi Meisatsu (天地明察)Tow Ubukata384.5Kadokawa Shoten
  • awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers
  • 2012 movie
2Kamisama no Karte (神様のカルテ)Sōsuke Natsukawa294.0Shogakukan
3Yokomichi Yonosuke (横道世之介)Shūichi Yoshida270.0Mainichi Shimbun-sha
4Kamusari Nānā Nichijō (神去なあなあ日常)Shion Miura256.0Tokuma Shoten
5Neko o Daite Zō to Oyogu (猫を抱いて象と泳ぐ)Yōko Ogawa237.0Bungeishunjū
6Heaven (ヘヴン)Mieko Kawakami220.0Kōdansha
7Fune ni Nore! (船に乗れ!)Osamu Fujitani209.0Jive
8Shokubutsu Zukan (植物図鑑)Hiro Arikawa182.5Kadokawa Shoten
9Shinzanmono (新参者)Keigo Higashino130.5Kōdansha
101Q84
English translation: 1Q84		Haruki Murakami091.5Shinchōsha
  • awarded Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
2011
1Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (謎解きはディナーのあとで)Tokuya Higashigawa386.5Shogakukan
  • 2011 TV drama
2Fugainai Boku wa Sora o Mita (ふがいない僕は空を見た)Misumi Kubo354.5Shinchōsha
3Penguin Highway (ペンギン・ハイウェイ)Tomihiko Morimi310.0Kadokawa Shoten
4Ikari o Ageyo (錨を上げよ)Naoki Hyakuta307.5Kōdansha
5Schumann no Yubi (シューマンの指)Hikaru Okuizumi270.5Kōdansha
6Sakebi to Inori (叫びと祈り)Yū Shizaki263.0Tōkyō Sōgensha
7Aku no Kyōten (悪の教典)Yūsuke Kishi259.5Bungeishunjū
8Kamisama no Karte 2 (神様のカルテ2)Sōsuke Natsukawa259.0Shogakukan
9Kiken (キケン)Hiro Arikawa241.0Shinchōsha
10Story Seller (ストーリー・セラー)Hiro Arikawa202.0Shinchōsha
2012
1Fune o Amu (舟を編む)Shion Miura510.0Kōbunsha
2Genocide (ジェノサイド)
English translation: Genocide of One		Kazuaki Takano355.5Kadokawa Shoten
3Pieta (ピエタ)Masumi Ōshima324.0Popular-sha
4Kuchibiru ni Uta o (くちびるに歌を)Hirotaka Adachi
(pseudonym: Otsuichi)		265.0Shogakukan
5Hitojichi no Rōdokukai (人質の朗読会)Yōko Ogawa213.0Chūōkōron Shinsha
6Yurigokoro (ユリゴコロ)
English translation: Nan-Core		Mahokaru Numata208.0Futabasha
7Dareka ga Tarinai (誰かが足りない)Natsu Miyashita173.5Futabasha
8Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō
Shioriko-san to Kimyō na Kyakujintachi
 (ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖
―栞子さんと奇妙な客人たち) 		En Mikami153.0ASCII Media Works
9Idai Naru Shurarabon (偉大なる、しゅららぼん)
English translation: The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom		Manabu Makime137.5Kadokawa Shoten
10Prism (プリズム)Naoki Hyakuta072.0Gentōsha
2013
1Kaizoku to Yobareta Otoko (海賊とよばれた男)Naoki Hyakuta278.0Kōdansha
2Rokuyon (64)
English translation: Six Four		Hideo Yokoyama266.0Bungeishunjū
3Rakuen no Canvas (楽園のカンヴァス)Maha Harada238.5Shinchōsha
4Kimi wa Ii Ko (きみはいい子)Hatsue Nakawaki212.5Popular-sha
5Fukuwarai (ふくわらい)Kanako Nishi182.0Asahi Shimbun Shuppan
6Seiten no Mayoi Kujira (晴天の迷いクジラ)Misumi Kubo167.0Shinchōsha
  • awarded Fūtarō Yamada Prize
7Solomon no Gishō (ソロモンの偽証)Miyuki Miyabe149.5Shinchōsha
8Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara (世界から猫が消えたなら)Genki Kawamura145.5Magazine House
9Hyakunenhō (百年法)Muneki Yamada139.5Kadokawa Shoten
10Shisha no Teikoku (屍者の帝国)Project Itoh
Toh EnJoe		109.0Kawade Shobō Shinsha
11Mitsukuni Den (光圀伝)Tow Ubukata108.0Kadokawa Shoten
  • awarded Fūtarō Yamada Prize
2014
1Murakami Kaizoku no Musume (村上海賊の娘)Ryō Wada366.5Shinchōsha
  • awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers
2Yūbe no Curry, Ashita no Pan (昨夜のカレー、明日のパン)Izumi Kizara332.0Kawade Shobō Shinsha
3Shima wa Bokura to (島はぼくらと)Mizuki Tsujimura299.0Kōdansha
4Sayōnara, Orange (さようなら、オレンジ)Kei Iwaki274.5Chikuma Shobo
5Toppin Parari no Pūtarō (とっぴんぱらりの風太郎)Manabu Makime267.5Bungeishunjū
6Kyōjō (教場)Hiroki Nagaoka243.0Shogakukan
7Lunch no Akko-chan (ランチのアッコちゃん)Asako Yuzuki221.0Futabasha
8Sōzō Radio (想像ラジオ)Seiko Ito213.5Kawade Shobō Shinsha
9Sei naru Namakemono no Bōken (聖なる怠け者の冒険)Tomihiko Morimi156.0Asahi Shimbun Shuppan
10Kyonen no Fuyu, Kimi to Wakare (去年の冬、きみと別れ)
English translation: Last Winter We Parted		Fuminori Nakamura136.0Gentōsha
2015
1Shika no Ō (鹿の王)Nahoko Uehashi383Kadokawa Shoten
2Saraba! (サラバ！)Kanako Nishi310Shogakukan
3Haken anime!(ハケンアニメ！)
English translation: Anime Supremacy!		Mizuki Tsujimura309.5Magazine House
4Hon'yasan no Daiana (本屋さんのダイアナ)Asako Yuzuki239Shinchosha
5Dobaku no hana (土漠の花)Ryoei Tsukimura [ja]236.5Gentosha
6Ikari (怒り)Shuichi Yoshida231Chuokoron-Shinsha
7Mangan (鹿の王)Honobu Yonezawa185.5Shinchosha
8Captain Thunderbolt (キャプテンサンダーボルト)Kazushige Abe and Kōtarō Isaka155Bungeishunjū
9Eine kleine Nachtmusik (アイネクライネナハトムジーク)Kōtarō Isaka131Kadokawa Shoten
10Okuotoko (億男)Genki Kawamura [ja]42.5Magazine House
2016
1Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori (羊と鋼の森)Natsu Miyashita372Bungeishunjū
2017
1Mitsubachi to Enrai (蜜蜂と遠雷)Riku Onda378.5Gentōsha
2018
1Kagami no Kojō (かがみの孤城)Mizuki Tsujimura651Poplar Publishing
2019
1Soshite, Baton wa Watasareta (そして、バトンは渡された)Maiko Seo435Bungeishunjū
2020
1Rurō no Tsuki (流浪の月)Yū Nagira432Tōkyō Sōgensha
2021
152 hertz no Kujira tachi (52ヘルツのクジラたち)Sonoko Machida365.5Chūōkōron Shinsha
2O sagashi mono wa toshu shitsu made (お探し物は図書室まで)
English translation: What You Are Looking for Is in the Library		Michiko Aoyama [ja]287.5Poplar Publishing
3Inu ga kita kisetsu (5犬がいた季節)Yuki Ibuki [ja]286.5Futabasha
4Gyaku Sokuratesu (逆ソクラテス)Kōtarō Isaka248.0Shueisha
5Jitenshinagara kōtensuru (自転しながら公転する)Fumio Yamamoto227.5Shinchosha
6Hachigatsu no gin no yuki (八月の銀の雪)Shin Iyohara [ja]227.5Shinchosha
7Horobi no mae no Shanguri-Ra (滅びの前のシャングリラ)Yū Nagira [ja]223.5Chūōkōron Shinsha
8Orutanēto (オルタネート)Shigeaki Kato169.5Shinchosha
9Oshi, moyu (推し、燃ゆ)
English translation: Idol, Burning		Rin Usami139.5Kawade Shobō Shinsha
10Kono hon o nusumu mono wa (この本を盗む者は)Nowaki Fukamidori [ja]132.5KADOKAWA
2022
1Dōshi Shōjo yo, Teki o Ute (同志少女よ、敵を撃て)Tōma Aisaka463.5Hayakawa Publishing
2023
1Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku (汝、星のごとく)Yū Nagira443.5Kōdansha
2024
1Naruse wa Tenka o Tori ni Iku (成瀬は天下を取りにいく)Mina Miyajima525.5Shinchōsha
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Nr.TitleAuthorTranslatorPublisherNotes
2012
1Hanzai (犯罪)Ferdinand von SchirachShinichi SakayoriTōkyō SōgenshaCrime
2Kami no Tami (紙の民)Salvador PlascenciaHikaru FujiiHakusuishaThe People of Paper
3Memorī Wōru (メモリーウォール)Anthony DoerrMasae IwamotoShinchōshaMemory Wall
Wasurerareta hanazono (忘れられた花園)Kate MortonJunko AokiTōkyō SōgenshaThe Forgotten Garden
2013
1Taigāzu Waifu (タイガーズ・ワイフ)Téa ObrehtHikaru FujiiShinchōshaThe Tiger's Wife
2Shitchi (湿地)Arnaldur IndriðasonYumiko YanagisawaTōkyō SōgenshaJar City
Rupan, Saigo no Koi (ルパン、最後の恋)Maurice LeblancAtsushi HiraokaHayakawa PublishingLe Dernier Amour d'Arsène Lupin
32666Roberto BolañoFumiaki Noya
Akifumi Uchida
Ryoichi Kuno		Hakusuisha2666
Fukai Kizu (深い疵)Nele NeuhausShinichi SakayoriTōkyō SōgenshaTiefe Wunden
2014
1HHhHLaurent BinetKei TakahashiTōkyō SōgenshaHHhH
211/22/63Stephen KingRo ShiraishiBungeishunjū11/22/63
Korīni Jiken (コリーニ事件)Ferdinand von SchirachShinichi SakayoriTōkyō SōgenshaThe Collini Case
Harorudo Furai no Omoi mo Yoranai Junrei no Tabi
(ハロルド・フライの思いもよらない巡礼の旅)		Rachel JoyceYoshiko KameiKōdanshaThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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