Japan Booksellers' Award

Japan Booksellers' Award
Country	Japan
First award	2004
Website	hontai.or.jp

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]

Winners

Nr.	Title	Author	Score	Publisher
2004
1	Hakase no Aishita Sūshiki (博士の愛した数式) English translation: The Housekeeper and the Professor	Yōko Ogawa	202	Shinchosha
2	Kuraimāzu Hai (クライマーズ・ハイ) English translation: Seventeen	Hideo Yokoyama	148	Bungeishunjū
3	Ahiru to Kamo no Coin Locker (アヒルと鴨のコインロッカー)	Kōtarō Isaka	111	Tokyo Sogensha
4	Eien no Deguchi (永遠の出口)	Eto Mori	109	Shueisha
5	Jūryoku Pierrot (重力ピエロ)	Kōtarō Isaka	099	Shinchosha
6	4TEEN	Ira Ishida	076	Shinchosha
7	Dead End no Omoide (デッドエンドの思い出) English translation: Dead-End Memories	Banana Yoshimoto	054	Bungeishunjū
8	Shūsen no Lorelai (終戦のローレライ)	Harutoshi Fukui	051	Kodansha
9	Onmoraki no Kizu (陰摩羅鬼の瑕)	Natsuhiko Kyogoku	038	Kodansha
10	Rarara Kagaku no Ko (ららら科學の子)	Toshihiko Yahagi	038	Bungeishunjū
2005
1	Yoru no Picknick (夜のピクニック)	Riku Onda	374	Shinchosha
2	Ashita no Kioku (明日の記憶)	Hiroshi Ogiwara	302	Kobunsha
3	Iemori Kitan (家守綺譚)	Kaho Nashiki	274	Shinchosha
4	Fukurokōji no Otoko (袋小路の男)	Akiko Itoyama	185	Kodansha
5	Children (チルドレン)	Kōtarō Isaka	155	Kodansha
6	Taigan no Kanojo (対岸の彼女) English translation: Woman on the Other Shore	Mitsuyo Kakuta	153	Bungeishunjū
7	Hannin ni Tsugu (犯人に告ぐ)	Shūsuke Shizukui	138	Futabasha
8	Ōgonryofū (黄金旅風)	Kazuichi Iijima	102	Shogakukan
9	Watashi ga Katarihajimeta Kare wa (私が語りはじめた彼は)	Shion Miura	092	Shinchosha
10	Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku (そのときは彼によろしく)	Takuji Ichikawa	074	Shogakukan
2006
1	Tōkyō 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	279	Fusosha Publishing
2	South Bound (サウスバウンド)	Hideo Okuda	196.5	Kadokawa Shoten
3	Shinigami no Seido (死神の精度)	Kōtarō Isaka	190	Bungeishunjū
4	Yōgisha Ekkusu no Kenshin (容疑者Xの献身) English translation: The Devotion of Suspect X	Keigo Higashino	184.5	Bungeishunjū
5	Sono Hi no mae ni (その日のまえに)	Kiyoshi Shigematsu	179.5	Bungeishunjū
6	Narratage (ナラタージュ)	Rio Shimamoto	162	Kadokawa Shoten
7	Kokuhaku (告白)	Kō Machida	152.5	Chuokoron-Shinsha
8	Beruka Hoenainoka? (ベルカ、吠えないのか?) English translation: Belka, Why Don't You Bark?	Hideo Furukawa	152	Bungeishunjū
9	Kenchō no Hoshi (県庁の星)	Nozomi Katsura	141	Shogakukan
10	Sakura (さくら)	Kanako Nishi	135	Shogakukan
11	Maō (魔王)	Kōtarō Isaka	103	Kodansha
2007
1	Isshun no Kaze ni Nare (一瞬の風になれ)	Takako Satō	475.5	Kodansha
2	Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome (夜は短し歩けよ乙女) English translation: The Night is Short, Walk on Girl	Tomihiko Morimi	455	Kadokawa Shoten
3	Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuite Iru (風が強く吹いている) English translation: Run with the Wind	Shion Miura	247	Shinchosha
4	Shūmatsu no Fool (終末のフール)	Kōtarō Isaka	228	Shueisha
5	Toshokan Sensō (図書館戦争)	Hiro Arikawa	176	MediaWorks
6	Kamogawa Horumo (鴨川ホルモー)	Manabu Makime	175	Sangyō Henshū Center
7	Mīna no Kōshin (ミーナの行進) English translation: Mina's Matchbox	Yōko Ogawa	152.5	Chuokoron-Shinsha
8	Kagehinata ni Saku (陰日向に咲く)	Hitori Gekidan	139	Gentosha
9	Ushinawareta Machi (失われた町)	Aki Misaki	127.5	Shueisha
10	Na mo Naki Doku (名もなき毒)	Miyuki Miyabe	089	Gentosha
2008
1	Golden Slumber (ゴールデンスランバー) English translation: Remote Control	Kōtarō Isaka	509.5	Shinchosha
2	Sacrifice (サクリファイス)	Fumie Kondō	312	Shinchosha
3	Uchōten Kazoku (有頂天家族)	Tomihiko Morimi	280.5	Gentosha
4	Akunin (悪人) English translation: Villain	Shuichi Yoshida	233.5	Asahi Shimbun Publications
5	Eigahen (映画篇)	Kazuki Kaneshiro	227.5	Shueisha
6	Yōkame no Semi (八日目の蝉) English translation: The Eighth Day	Mitsuyo Kakuta	225	Chuokoron-Shinsha
7	Akakuchiba-ke no Densetsu (赤朽葉家の伝説) English translation: Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas	Kazuki Sakuraba	213.5	Tokyo Sogensha
8	Shika Otoko Ao ni Yoshi (鹿男あをによし)	Manabu Makime	196.5	Gentosha
9	Watashi no Otoko (私の男)	Kazuki Sakuraba	129.5	Bungeishunjū
10	Kassiopeia no Oka de (カシオペアの丘で)	Kiyoshi Shigematsu	126	Kodansha
2009
1	Kokuhaku (告白) English translation: Confessions	Kanae Minato	411	Futabasha
2	Nobō no Shiro (のぼうの城)	Ryō Wada	328	Shogakukan
3	Joker Game (ジョーカー・ゲーム)	Koji Yanagi	243.5	Kadokawa Shoten
4	Tempest (テンペスト)	Eiichi Ikegami	228.5	Kadokawa Shoten
5	Box! (ボックス!)	Naoki Hyakuta	214.5	Ohta Publishing
6	Shin Sekai yori (新世界より)	Yusuke Kishi	207.5	Kodansha
7	Shussei Zenya (出星前夜)	Kazuichi Iijima	203.5	Shogakukan
8	Itamu Hito (悼む人)	Arata Tendō	203.5	Bungeishunjū
9	Ryūsei no Kizuna (流星の絆)	Keigo Higashino	139	Kodansha
10	Modern Times (モダンタイムス)	Kōtarō Isaka	135	Kodansha
2010
1	Tenchi Meisatsu (天地明察)	Tow Ubukata	384.5	Kadokawa Shoten
2	Kamisama no Karte (神様のカルテ)	Sōsuke Natsukawa	294	Shogakukan
3	Yokomichi Yonosuke (横道世之介)	Shūichi Yoshida	270	Mainichi Shimbun Publications
4	Kamusari Nānā Nichijō (神去なあなあ日常) English translation: The Easy Life in Kamusari	Shion Miura	256	Tokuma Shoten
5	Neko o Daite Zō to Oyogu (猫を抱いて象と泳ぐ)	Yōko Ogawa	237	Bungeishunjū
6	Heaven (ヘヴン) English translation: Heaven	Mieko Kawakami	220	Kodansha
7	Fune ni Nore! (船に乗れ!)	Osamu Fujitani	209	Jive
8	Shokubutsu Zukan (植物図鑑)	Hiro Arikawa	182.5	Kadokawa Shoten
9	Shinzanmono (新参者) English translation: Newcomer	Keigo Higashino	130.5	Kodansha
10	1Q84 English translation: 1Q84	Haruki Murakami	091.5	Shinchosha
2011
1	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (謎解きはディナーのあとで)	Tokuya Higashigawa	386.5	Shogakukan
2	Fugainai Boku wa Sora o Mita (ふがいない僕は空を見た) English translation: So We Look to the Sky	Misumi Kubo	354.5	Shinchosha
3	Penguin Highway (ペンギン・ハイウェイ) English translation: Penguin Highway	Tomihiko Morimi	310	Kadokawa Shoten
4	Ikari o Ageyo (錨を上げよ)	Naoki Hyakuta	307.5	Kodansha
5	Schumann no Yubi (シューマンの指)	Hikaru Okuizumi	270.5	Kodansha
6	Sakebi to Inori (叫びと祈り)	Yū Shizaki	263	Tokyo Sogensha
7	Aku no Kyōten (悪の教典)	Yusuke Kishi	259.5	Bungeishunjū
8	Kamisama no Karte 2 (神様のカルテ2)	Sōsuke Natsukawa	259	Shogakukan
9	Kiken (キケン)	Hiro Arikawa	241	Shinchosha
10	Story Seller (ストーリー・セラー)	Hiro Arikawa	202	Shinchosha
2012
1	Fune o Amu (舟を編む) English translation: The Great Passage	Shion Miura	510	Kobunsha
2	Genocide (ジェノサイド) English translation: Genocide of One	Kazuaki Takano	355.5	Kadokawa Shoten
3	Pieta (ピエタ)	Masumi Oshima	324	Poplar Publishing
4	Kuchibiru ni Uta o (くちびるに歌を)	Otsuichi	265	Shogakukan
5	Hitojichi no Rōdokukai (人質の朗読会)	Yōko Ogawa	213	Chuokoron-Shinsha
6	Yurigokoro (ユリゴコロ) English translation: Nan-Core	Mahokaru Numata	208	Futabasha
7	Dareka ga Tarinai (誰かが足りない)	Natsu Miyashita	173.5	Futabasha
8	Biblia 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 Mikami	153	ASCII Media Works
9	Idai Naru Shurarabon (偉大なる、しゅららぼん) English translation: The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom	Manabu Makime	137.5	Kadokawa Shoten
10	Prism (プリズム)	Naoki Hyakuta	072	Gentosha
2013
1	Kaizoku to Yobareta Otoko (海賊とよばれた男)	Naoki Hyakuta	278	Kodansha
2	Rokuyon (64) English translation: Six Four	Hideo Yokoyama	266	Bungeishunjū
3	Rakuen no Canvas (楽園のカンヴァス)	Maha Harada	238.5	Shinchosha
4	Kimi wa Ii Ko (きみはいい子)	Hatsue Nakawaki	212.5	Poplar Publishing
5	Fukuwarai (ふくわらい)	Kanako Nishi	182	Asahi Shimbun Publications
6	Seiten no Mayoi Kujira (晴天の迷いクジラ)	Misumi Kubo	167	Shinchosha
7	Solomon no Gishō (ソロモンの偽証)	Miyuki Miyabe	149.5	Shinchosha
8	Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara (世界から猫が消えたなら) English translation: If Cats Disappeared from the World	Genki Kawamura	145.5	Magazine House
9	Hyakunenhō (百年法)	Muneki Yamada	139.5	Kadokawa Shoten
10	Shisha no Teikoku (屍者の帝国)	Project Itoh & Toh EnJoe	109	Kawade Shobō Shinsha
11	Mitsukuni Den (光圀伝)	Tow Ubukata	108	Kadokawa Shoten
2014
1	Murakami Kaizoku no Musume (村上海賊の娘)	Ryō Wada	366.5	Shinchosha
2	Yūbe no Curry, Ashita no Pan (昨夜のカレー、明日のパン)	Izumi Kizara	332	Kawade Shobō Shinsha
3	Shima wa Bokura to (島はぼくらと)	Mizuki Tsujimura	299	Kodansha
4	Sayōnara, Orange (さようなら、オレンジ)	Kei Iwaki	274.5	Chikuma Shobō
5	Toppin Parari no Pūtarō (とっぴんぱらりの風太郎)	Manabu Makime	267.5	Bungeishunjū
6	Kyōjō (教場)	Hiroki Nagaoka	243	Shogakukan
7	Lunch no Akko-chan (ランチのアッコちゃん)	Asako Yuzuki	221	Futabasha
8	Sōzō Radio (想像ラジオ)	Seiko Ito	213.5	Kawade Shobō Shinsha
9	Sei naru Namakemono no Bōken (聖なる怠け者の冒険)	Tomihiko Morimi	156	Asahi Shimbun Publications
10	Kyonen no Fuyu, Kimi to Wakare (去年の冬、きみと別れ) English translation: Last Winter, We Parted	Fuminori Nakamura	136	Gentosha
2015
1	Shika no Ō (鹿の王) English translation: The Deer King	Nahoko Uehashi	383	Kadokawa Shoten
2	Saraba! (サラバ！)	Kanako Nishi	310	Shogakukan
3	Haken Anime!(ハケンアニメ！) English translation: Anime Supremacy!	Mizuki Tsujimura	309.5	Magazine House
4	Hon'yasan no Daiana (本屋さんのダイアナ)	Asako Yuzuki	239	Shinchosha
5	Dobaku no Hana (土漠の花)	Ryoei Tsukimura	236.5	Gentosha
6	Ikari (怒り)	Shuichi Yoshida	231	Chuokoron-Shinsha
7	Mangan (鹿の王)	Honobu Yonezawa	185.5	Shinchosha
8	Captain Thunderbolt (キャプテンサンダーボルト)	Kazushige Abe & Kōtarō Isaka	155	Bungeishunjū
9	Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (アイネクライネナハトムジーク)	Kōtarō Isaka	131	Kadokawa Shoten
10	Okuotoko (億男)	Genki Kawamura	042.5	Magazine House
2016
1	Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori (羊と鋼の森) English translation: The Forest of Wool and Steel	Natsu Miyashita	372	Bungeishunjū
2	Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai (君の膵臓をたべたい) English translation: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas	Yoru Sumino	327.5	Futabasha
3	Sekainohate no Kodomotachi (世界の果てのこどもたち)	Hatsue Nakawaki	274	Kodansha
4	Magai Iiwake (永い言い訳)	Miwa Nishikawa	261	Bungeishunjū
5	Asa ga Kuru (朝が来る)	Mizuki Tsujimura	229.5	Bungeishunjū
6	Ō to Sākasu (王とサーカス)	Honobu Yonezawa	226.5	Tokyo Sogensha
7	Senjō no Kokkutachi (戦場のコックたち)	Nowaki Fukamidori	223	Tokyo Sogensha
8	Nagare (流)	Akira Higashiyama	099	Kodansha
9	Kyōdan X (教団X) English translation: Cult X	Fuminori Nakamura	093	Shueisha
10	Hibana (火花) English translation: Spark	Naoki Matayoshi	046	Bungeishunjū
2017
1	Mitsubachi to Enrai (蜜蜂と遠雷) English translation: Honeybees and Distant Thunder	Riku Onda	378.5	Gentosha
2	Mikazuki (みかづき)	Eto Mori	331	Shueisha
3	Tsumi no Koei (罪の声)	Takeshi Shiota	305	Kodansha
4	Tsubaki Bunguten (ツバキ文具店)	Ito Ogawa	302.5	Gentosha
5	Sakurafūdō Monogatari (桜風堂ものがたり)	Saki Murayama	261	PHP Research Institute
6	Anmaku no Guernica (暗幕のゲルニカ)	Maha Harada	249.5	Shinchosha
7	i	Kanako Nishi	160	Poplar Publishing
8	Yakō (夜行)	Tomihiko Morimi	122.5	Shogakukan
9	Konbini Ningen (コンビニ人間) English translation: Convenience Store Woman	Sayaka Murata	070.5	Bungeishunjū
10	Kōhī ga Samenai Uchi ni (コーヒーが冷めないうちに) English translation: Before the Coffee Gets Cold	Toshikazu Kawaguchi	068.5	Sunmark Publishing
2018
1	Kagami no Kojō (かがみの孤城) English translation: Lonely Castle in the Mirror	Mizuki Tsujimura	651	Poplar Publishing
2	Banjō no Himawari (盤上の向日葵)	Yuko Yuzuki	283.5	Chuokoron-Shinsha
3	Shininsō no Satsujin (屍人荘の殺人)	Masahiro Imamura	255	Tokyo Sogensha
4	Tayutaedomo Shizumazu (たゆたえども沈まず)	Maha Harada	227	Gentosha
5	AX (AX アックス) English translation: The Mantis	Kōtarō Isaka	221.5	Kadokawa Shoten
6	Damashie no Kiba (騙し絵の牙)	Takeshi Shiota	214	Kadokawa Shoten
7	Hoshi no Ko (星の子)	Natsuko Imamura	214	Asahi Shimbun Publications
8	Kuzureru nō o Dakishimete (崩れる脳を抱きしめて)	Mikito Chinen	162.5	Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
9	Hyakka no Mahō (百貨の魔法)	Saki Murayama	162	Poplar Publishing
10	Kirakira Kyōwakoku (キラキラ共和国)	Ito Ogawa	088.5	Gentosha
2019
1	Soshite, Baton wa Watasareta (そして、バトンは渡された)	Maiko Seo	435	Bungeishunjū
2	Hito (ひと)	Fuminori Onodera	297.5	Shodensha
3	Berlin wa Harete iru ka (ベルリンは晴れているか)	Nowaki Fukamidori	282.5	Chikumama Books
4	Nettai (熱帯)	Tomihiko Morimi	250.5	Bungeishunjū
5	Aru Otoko (ある男) English translation: A Man	Keiichiro Hirano	242.5	Bungeishunjū
6	Sazanami no Yoru (さざなみのよる)	Izumi Kizara	239.5	Kawade Shobō Shinsha
7	Ai naki Sekai (愛なき世界)	Shion Miura	208.5	Chuokoron-Shinsha
8	Hitotsu Mugi no Te (ひとつむぎの手)	Mikito Chinen	167.5	Shinchosha
9	Hi no nai Tokoro ni Kemuri wa (火のないところに煙は)	Yo Ashizawa	151.5	Shinchosha
10	Fūga wa Yūga (フーガはユーガ)	Kōtarō Isaka	136.5	Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
2020
1	Rurō no Tsuki (流浪の月)	Yū Nagira	432	Tokyo Sogensha
2	Lion no Oyatsu (ライオンのおやつ)	Ito Ogawa	380	Poplar Publishing
3	Sen wa, boku o Kaku (線は、僕を描く)	Hiromasa Togami	327	Kodansha
4	Northlight (ノースライト) English translation: The North Light	Hideo Yokoyama	275.5	Shinchosha
5	Netsugen (熱源)	Sōichi Kawagoe	214	Bungeishunjū
6	medium Reibai Tantei Jōtsuka Hisui (medium霊媒探偵城塚翡翠)	Sako Aizawa	198	Kodansha
7	Natsu Monogatari (夏物語) English translation: Breasts and Eggs	Mieko Kawakami	156	Bungeishunjū
8	Mugen no i (ムゲンのi)	Mikito Chinen	147.5	Futabasha
9	Tenchō ga Bakasugite (店長がバカすぎて)	Hayami Kazumasa	105.5	Kadokawa Shoten
10	Mukashi Mukashi aru Tokoro ni, Shitai ga arimashita. (むかしむかしあるところに、死体がありました。)	Aito Aoyagi	091.5	Futabasha
2021
1	52 Hertz no Kujira Tachi (52ヘルツのクジラたち)	Sonoko Machida	365.5	Chuokoron-Shinsha
2	O 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	287.5	Poplar Publishing
3	Inu ga Kita Kisetsu (5犬がいた季節)	Yuki Ibuki	286.5	Futabasha
4	Gyaku Sokuratesu (逆ソクラテス)	Kōtarō Isaka	248	Shueisha
5	Jitenshinagara Kōtensuru (自転しながら公転する)	Fumio Yamamoto	227.5	Shinchosha
6	Hachigatsu no Gin no Yuki (八月の銀の雪)	Shin Iyohara	227.5	Shinchosha
7	Horobi no mae no Shanguri-Ra (滅びの前のシャングリラ)	Yū Nagira	223.5	Chuokoron-Shinsha
8	Alternate (オルタネート)	Shigeaki Kato	169.5	Shinchosha
9	Oshi, Moyu (推し、燃ゆ) English translation: Idol, Burning	Rin Usami	139.5	Kawade Shobō Shinsha
10	Kono hon o Musumu Mono wa (この本を盗む者は)	Nowaki Fukamidori	132.5	Kadokawa
2022
1	Dōshi Shōjo yo, Teki o Ute (同志少女よ、敵を撃て)	Tōma Aisaka	463.5	Hayakawa Publishing
2	Aka to Ao to Esukīsu (赤と青とエスキース)	Michiko Aoyama	341.5	PHP Institute
3	Small Worlds (スモールワールズ)	Michi Ichiho	315	Kodansha
4	Seiyoku (正欲)	Ryō Asai	303.5	Shinchosha
5	Rokuri no Usotsukina Daigakusei (六人の嘘つきな大学生)	Akinari Asakura	252.5	Kadokawa
6	Yo ga Akeru (夜が明ける)	Kanako Nishi	211.5	Shinchosha
7	Zangetsuki (残月記)	Masakuni Oda	190.5	Futabasha
8	Garasu no Tō no Satsujin (硝子の塔の殺人)	Mikito Chinen	190.5	Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
9	Kuro Rōjō (黒牢城) English translation: The Samurai and the Prisoner	Honobu Yonezawa	155.5	Kadokawa
10	Hoshi o Sukuu (星を掬う)	Sonoko Machida	137.5	Chuokoron-Shinsha
2023
1	Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku (汝、星のごとく)	Yū Nagira	443.5	Kōdansha
2	Rabuka wa Shizuka ni Yumi o Motsu Yasu (ラブカは静かに弓を持つ)	Mio Adan	388	Shueisha
3	Hikari no Toko ni ite ne (光のとこにいてね)	Michi Ichiho	337	Bungeishunjū
4	Bakudan (爆弾)	Gō Katsuhiro	307.5	Kodansha
5	Tsuki no Tatsu Hayashi de (月の立つ林で)	Michiko Aoyama	254.5	Poplar Publishing
6	Kimi no Quiz (君のクイズ)	Akira Ogawa	244	Asahi Shimbun Publications
7	Hakobune (方舟)	Haruo Yūki	232	Kodansha
8	Chū Gohan (宙ごはん)	Sonoko Machida	225.5	Shogakukan
9	Kawanohotori ni Tatsu Mono wa (川のほとりに立つ者は)	Haruna Terachi	224.5	Futabasha
10	#Shinsō o Ohanashi Shimasu (#真相をお話しします)	Shinichiro Yūki	086.5	Shinchosha
2024
1	Naruse wa Tenka o Tori ni Iku (成瀬は天下を取りにいく)	Mina Miyajima	525.5	Shinchosha
2	Suishagoya no Nene (水車小屋のネネ)	Kikuko Tsumura	411	Mainichi Shimbun Publishing
3	Sonzai no Subete o (存在のすべてを)	Shiota Takeshi	403	Asahi Shimbun Publishing
4	Spinoza no Shinsatsu Shitsu (スピノザの診察室)	Sosuke Natsukawa	340	Suireisha
5	Rēende Kunimonogatari (レーエンデ国物語)	Rei Tasaki	263	Kodansha
6	Kiiroi Ie (黄色い家)	Mieko Kawakami	258.5	Chuokoron-shinsha
7	Recovery Kabahiko (リカバリー・カバヒコ)	Michiko Aoyama	227	Kobunsha
8	Hoshi o Amu (星を編む)	Yū Nagira	172	Kodansha
9	Hōkago Mystery Club 1 Kingyo no Oyogu Pūru Jiken (放課後ミステリクラブ　１金魚の泳ぐプール事件)	Mikito Chinen	148	Rights Inc.
10	Kimi ga te ni suru Hazudatta Kogane ni Tsuite (君が手にするはずだった黄金について)	Satoshi Ogawa	131.5	Shinchosha
2025
1	Cafuné (カフネ)	Akiko Abe	581.5	Kodansha
2	Alps-seki no Haha (アルプス席の母)	Kazumasa Hayami	353	Shogakukan
3	Shōsetsu (小説)	Mado Nozaki	345	Kodansha
4	Kinki no Ko (禁忌の子)	Mio Yamaguchi	323	Tokyo Sogensha
5	Ningyo ga Nigeta (人魚が逃げた)	Michiko Aoyama	234.5	PHP Research Institute
6	Spring	Riku Onda	228	Chikuma Shobō
7	Koi toka Ai toka Yasashisa nara (恋とか愛とかやさしさなら)	Michi Ichiho	223	Shogakukan
8	Seishokuki (生殖記)	Ryō Asai	219	Shogakukan
9	Shinda Yamada to Kyōshitsu (死んだ山田と教室)	Reisuke Kaneko	196.5	Kodansha
10	Naruse wa Shinjita Michi o Iku (成瀬は信じた道をいく)	Mina Miyajima	163	Shinchosha

Excellent translations

Nr.	Title	Author	Translator	Publisher
2012
1	Crime	Ferdinand von Schirach	Shinichi Sakayori	Tokyo Sogensha
2	The People of Paper	Salvador Plascencia	Hikaru Fujii	Hakusuisha
3	Memory Wall	Anthony Doerr	Masae Iwamoto	Shinchosha
	The Forgotten Garden	Kate Morton	Junko Aoki	Tokyo Sogensha
2013
1	The Tiger's Wife	Téa Obreht	Hikaru Fujii	Shinchosha
2	Jar City	Arnaldur Indriðason	Yumiko Yanagisawa	Tokyo Sogensha
	Le Dernier Amour d'Arsène Lupin	Maurice Leblanc	Atsushi Hiraoka	Hayakawa Publishing
3	2666	Roberto Bolaño	Fumiaki Noya, Akifumi Uchida & Ryoichi Kuno	Hakusuisha
	Tiefe Wunden	Nele Neuhaus	Shinichi Sakayori	Tokyo Sogensha
2014
1	HHhH	Laurent Binet	Kei Takahashi	Tōkyō Sōgensha
2	11/22/63	Stephen King	Ro Shiraishi	Bungeishunjū
	The Collini Case	Ferdinand von Schirach	Shinichi Sakayori	Tōkyō Sōgensha
	The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry	Rachel Joyce	Yoshiko Kamei	Kōdansha
2015
1	Alex	Pierre Lemaitre	Akemi Tachibana	Bungeishunjū
2	The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair	Joël Dicker	Akemi Tachibana	Tokyo Sogensha
3	The Martian	Andy Weir	Kazuko Onoda	Hayakawa Publishing
	Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore	Robin Sloan	Hiroko Shimamura	Tokyo Sogensha
	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared	Jonas Jonasson	Naoki Yanase	Nishimura Shoten
2016
1	The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry	Gabrielle Zevin	Fusa Obi	Hayakawa Publishing
2	The Paper Menagerie	Ken Liu	Yoshimichi Furusawa	Hayakawa Publishing
	The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden	Jonas Jonasson	Kuriko Nakamura	Nishimura Shoten
3	Submission	Michel Houellebecq	Kuriko Nakamura	Nishimura Shoten
	Tiānqiáo Shàng de Móshù Shī (天橋上的魔術師)	Wu Ming-yi	Kentarō Amano	Hakusuisha
2017
1	The Hedgehog's Dilemma	Toon Tellegen	Saki Nagayama	Shinchosha
2	All the Light We Cannot See	Anthony Doerr	Hikaru Fujii	Shinchosha
	United States of Japan	Peter Tieryas	Naoya Nakahara	Hayakawa Publishing
3	Björndansen	Anders Roslund & Stefan Thunberg	Miho Hellén-Halme & Yū Hane	Hayakawa Publishing
2018
1	Caraval	Stephanie Garber	Kaoru Nishimoto	Kinobooks
2	The Borrowed	Chan Ho-kei	Kentarō Amano	Shinchosha
3	Giv: The Story of a Dog and America	Boston Teran	Toshiki Taguchi	Bungeishunjū
2019
1	Magpie Murders	Anthony Horowitz	Ran Yamada	Tokyo Sogensha
2	Bijna Iedereen kon Omvallen	Toon Tellegen	Saki Nagayama	Shinchosha
3	Yuánnián Chūnzhī Jì (元年春之祭)	Lu Qiucha	Bungo Inamura	Hayakawa Publishing
2020
1	Almond	Sohn Won-pyung	Akiko Yajima	Shodensha
2	A Manual for Cleaning Women	Lucia Berlin	Sachiko Kishimoto	Kodansha
3	The Three-Body Problem	Liu Cixin	Nozomi Ōmori, Sakura Mitsuyoshi & Wan Chai	Hayakawa Publishing
2021
1	Where the Crawdads Sing	Delia Owens	Jun Tomohiro	Hayakawa Publishing
2	The Most Precious of Cargoes	Jean-Claude Grumberg	Mariko Kōno	Poplar Publishing
3	The Secrets We Kept	Lara Prescott	Yasuko Yoshizawa	Tokyo Sogensha
2022
1	Counterattacks at Thirty	Sohn Won-pyung	Akiko Yajima	Shodensha
2	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder	Holly Jackson	Kyōko Hattori	Tokyo Sogensha
3	Klara and the Sun	Kazuo Ishiguro	Masao Tsuchiya	Hayakawa Publishing
2023
1	We Begin at the End	Chris Whitaker	Megumi Suzuki	Hayakawa Publishing
2	Peulijeum (프리즘)	Sohn Won-pyung	Akiko Yajima	Shodensha
3	The Grace Year	Kim Liggett	Satomi Horie	Hayakawa Publishing
2024
1	Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop	Hwang Boreum	Mika Makino	Shueisha
2	As Good as Dead	Holly Jackson	Kyōko Hattori	Tokyo Sogensha
3	Bulpyeonhan Pyeon-Uijeom (불편한 편의점)	Kim Ho-yeon	Tokuhachi Yonezu	Shogakukan

See also

• CD Shop Awards

References

1. 映画で稼ぐなら“本屋大賞”作品！　「謎解き－」「告白」…ヒット作続々 (in Japanese). 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• J'Lit | Awards : Booksellers Award | Books from Japan Archived 2013-06-04 at the Wayback Machine