is an annual Japanese literary award. It is awarded based on votes by bookstore clerks from all over Japan.
Winners Nr. Title Author Score Publisher 20041 Hakase no Aishita Sūshiki ()English translation: The Housekeeper and the Professor Yōko Ogawa 202 Shinchosha2 Kuraimāzu Hai ()English translation: Seventeen Hideo Yokoyama 148 Bungeishunjū3 Ahiru to Kamo no Coin Locker () Kōtarō Isaka 111 Tokyo Sogensha4 Eien no Deguchi () Eto Mori 109 Shueisha5 Jūryoku Pierrot () Kōtarō Isaka 99 Shinchosha6 4TEEN Ira Ishida 76 Shinchosha7 Dead End no Omoide ()English translation: Dead-End Memories Banana Yoshimoto 54 Bungeishunjū8 Shūsen no Lorelai () Harutoshi Fukui 51 Kodansha9 Onmoraki no Kizu () Natsuhiko Kyogoku 38 Kodansha10 Rarara Kagaku no Ko () Toshihiko Yahagi 38 Bungeishunjū 20051 Yoru no Picknick () Riku Onda 374 Shinchosha2 Ashita no Kioku () Hiroshi Ogiwara 302 Kobunsha3 Iemori Kitan () Kaho Nashiki 274 Shinchosha4 Fukurokōji no Otoko () Akiko Itoyama 185 Kodansha5 Children () Kōtarō Isaka 155 Kodansha6 Taigan no Kanojo ()English translation: Woman on the Other Shore Mitsuyo Kakuta 153 Bungeishunjū7 Hannin ni Tsugu () Shūsuke Shizukui 138 Futabasha8 Ōgonryofū () Kazuichi Iijima 102 Shogakukan9 Watashi ga Katarihajimeta Kare wa () Shion Miura 92 Shinchosha10 Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku () Takuji Ichikawa 74 Shogakukan 20061 Tōkyō Tower — Okan to Boku to Tokidoki Oton () Lily Franky 279 Fusosha Publishing2 South Bound () Hideo Okuda 196.5 Kadokawa Shoten3 Shinigami no Seido () Kōtarō Isaka 190 Bungeishunjū4 Yōgisha Ekkusu no Kenshin ()English translation: The Devotion of Suspect X Keigo Higashino 184.5 Bungeishunjū5 Sono Hi no mae ni () Kiyoshi Shigematsu 179.5 Bungeishunjū6 Narratage () Rio Shimamoto 162 Kadokawa Shoten7 Kokuhaku () Kō Machida 152.5 Chuokoron-Shinsha8 Beruka Hoenainoka? ()English translation: Belka, Why Don't You Bark? Hideo Furukawa 152 Bungeishunjū9 Kenchō no Hoshi () Nozomi Katsura 141 Shogakukan10 Sakura ()English translation: Sakura Kanako Nishi 135 Shogakukan11 Maō () Kōtarō Isaka 103 Kodansha 20071 Isshun no Kaze ni Nare () Takako Satō 475.5 Kodansha2 Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome ()English translation: The Night is Short, Walk on Girl Tomihiko Morimi 455 Kadokawa Shoten3 Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuite Iru ()English translation: Run with the Wind Shion Miura 247 Shinchosha4 Shūmatsu no Fool () Kōtarō Isaka 228 Shueisha5 Toshokan Sensō () Hiro Arikawa 176 MediaWorks6 Kamogawa Horumo () Manabu Makime 175 Sangyō Henshū Center7 Mīna no Kōshin ()English translation: Mina's Matchbox Yōko Ogawa 152.5 Chuokoron-Shinsha8 Kagehinata ni Saku () Hitori Gekidan 139 Gentosha9 Ushinawareta Machi () Aki Misaki 127.5 Shueisha10 Na mo Naki Doku () Miyuki Miyabe 89 Gentosha 20081 Golden Slumber ()English translation: Remote Control Kōtarō Isaka 509.5 Shinchosha2 Sacrifice () Fumie Kondō 312 Shinchosha3 Uchōten Kazoku () Tomihiko Morimi 280.5 Gentosha4 Akunin ()English translation: Villain Shuichi Yoshida 233.5 Asahi Shimbun Publications5 Eigahen () Kazuki Kaneshiro 227.5 Shueisha6 Yōkame no Semi ()English translation: The Eighth Day Mitsuyo Kakuta 225 Chuokoron-Shinsha7 Akakuchiba-ke no Densetsu ()English translation: Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas Kazuki Sakuraba 213.5 Tokyo Sogensha8 Shika Otoko Ao ni Yoshi () Manabu Makime 196.5 Gentosha9 Watashi no Otoko () Kazuki Sakuraba 129.5 Bungeishunjū10 Kassiopeia no Oka de () Kiyoshi Shigematsu 126 Kodansha 20091 Kokuhaku ()English translation: Confessions Kanae Minato 411 Futabasha2 Nobō no Shiro () Ryō Wada 328 Shogakukan3 Joker Game () Koji Yanagi 243.5 Kadokawa Shoten4 Tempest () Eiichi Ikegami 228.5 Kadokawa Shoten5 Box! () Naoki Hyakuta 214.5 Ohta Publishing6 Shin Sekai yori () Yusuke Kishi 207.5 Kodansha7 Shussei Zenya () Kazuichi Iijima 203.5 Shogakukan8 Itamu Hito () Arata Tendō 203.5 Bungeishunjū9 Ryūsei no Kizuna () Keigo Higashino 139 Kodansha10 Modern Times () Kōtarō Isaka 135 Kodansha 20101 Tenchi Meisatsu () Tow Ubukata 384.5 Kadokawa Shoten2 Kamisama no Karte () Sōsuke Natsukawa 294 Shogakukan3 Yokomichi Yonosuke () Shūichi Yoshida 270 Mainichi Shimbun Publications4 Kamusari Nānā Nichijō ()English translation: The Easy Life in Kamusari Shion Miura 256 Tokuma Shoten5 Neko o Daite Zō to Oyogu () Yōko Ogawa 237 Bungeishunjū6 Heaven ()English translation: Heaven Mieko Kawakami 220 Kodansha7 Fune ni Nore! () Osamu Fujitani 209 Jive8 Shokubutsu Zukan () Hiro Arikawa 182.5 Kadokawa Shoten9 Shinzanmono ()English translation: Newcomer Keigo Higashino 130.5 Kodansha10 1Q84English translation: 1Q84 Haruki Murakami 91.5 Shinchosha 20111 Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de () Tokuya Higashigawa 386.5 Shogakukan2 Fugainai Boku wa Sora o Mita ()English translation: So We Look to the Sky Misumi Kubo 354.5 Shinchosha3 Penguin Highway ()English translation: Penguin Highway Tomihiko Morimi 310 Kadokawa Shoten4 Ikari o Ageyo () Naoki Hyakuta 307.5 Kodansha5 Schumann no Yubi () Hikaru Okuizumi 270.5 Kodansha6 Sakebi to Inori () Yū Shizaki 263 Tokyo Sogensha7 Aku no Kyōten () Yusuke Kishi 259.5 Bungeishunjū8 Kamisama no Karte 2 () Sōsuke Natsukawa 259 Shogakukan 9 Kiken () Hiro Arikawa 241 Shinchosha10 Story Seller () Hiro Arikawa 202 Shinchosha 20121 Fune o Amu ()English translation: The Great Passage Shion Miura 510 Kobunsha2 Genocide ()English translation: Genocide of One Kazuaki Takano 355.5 Kadokawa Shoten3 Pieta () Masumi Oshima 324 Poplar Publishing4 Kuchibiru ni Uta o () Otsuichi 265 Shogakukan5 Hitojichi no Rōdokukai () Yōko Ogawa 213 Chuokoron-Shinsha6 Yurigokoro ()English translation: Nan-Core Mahokaru Numata 208 Futabasha7 Dareka ga Tarinai () Natsu Miyashita 173.5 Futabasha8 Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō - Shioriko-san to Kimyō na Kyakujintachi () En Mikami 153 ASCII Media Works9 Idai Naru Shurarabon ()English translation: The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom Manabu Makime 137.5 Kadokawa Shoten10 Prism () Naoki Hyakuta 72 Gentosha 20131 Kaizoku to Yobareta Otoko () Naoki Hyakuta 278 Kodansha2 Rokuyon ()English translation: Six Four Hideo Yokoyama 266 Bungeishunjū3 Rakuen no Canvas () Maha Harada 238.5 Shinchosha4 Kimi wa Ii Ko () Hatsue Nakawaki 212.5 Poplar Publishing5 Fukuwarai () Kanako Nishi 182 Asahi Shimbun Publications6 Seiten no Mayoi Kujira () Misumi Kubo 167 Shinchosha7 Solomon no Gishō () Miyuki Miyabe 149.5 Shinchosha8 Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara ()English translation: If Cats Disappeared from the World Genki Kawamura 145.5 Magazine House9 Hyakunenhō () Muneki Yamada 139.5 Kadokawa Shoten10 Shisha no Teikoku () Project Itoh & Toh EnJoe 109 Kawade Shobō Shinsha11 Mitsukuni Den () Tow Ubukata 108 Kadokawa Shoten 20141 Murakami Kaizoku no Musume () Ryō Wada 366.5 Shinchosha2 Yūbe no Curry, Ashita no Pan () Izumi Kizara 332 Kawade Shobō Shinsha3 Shima wa Bokura to () Mizuki Tsujimura 299 Kodansha4 Sayōnara, Orange () Kei Iwaki 274.5 Chikuma Shobō5 Toppin Parari no Pūtarō () Manabu Makime 267.5 Bungeishunjū6 Kyōjō () Hiroki Nagaoka 243 Shogakukan7 Lunch no Akko-chan () Asako Yuzuki 221 Futabasha8 Sōzō Radio () Seiko Ito 213.5 Kawade Shobō Shinsha9 Sei naru Namakemono no Bōken () Tomihiko Morimi 156 Asahi Shimbun Publications10 Kyonen no Fuyu, Kimi to Wakare ()English translation: Last Winter, We Parted Fuminori Nakamura 136 Gentosha 20151 Shika no Ō ()English translation: The Deer King Nahoko Uehashi 383 Kadokawa Shoten2 Saraba! () Kanako Nishi 310 Shogakukan3 Haken Anime! ()English translation: Anime Supremacy! Mizuki Tsujimura 309.5 Magazine House4 Hon'yasan no Daiana () Asako Yuzuki 239 Shinchosha5 Dobaku no Hana () Ryoei Tsukimura 236.5 Gentosha6 Ikari () Shuichi Yoshida 231 Chuokoron-Shinsha7 Mangan () Honobu Yonezawa 185.5 Shinchosha8 Captain Thunderbolt () Kazushige Abe & Kōtarō Isaka 155 Bungeishunjū9 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik () Kōtarō Isaka 131 Kadokawa Shoten10 Okuotoko () Genki Kawamura 42.5 Magazine House 20161 Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori ()English translation: The Forest of Wool and Steel Natsu Miyashita 372 Bungeishunjū2 Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai ()English translation: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas Yoru Sumino 327.5 Futabasha3 Sekainohate no Kodomotachi () Hatsue Nakawaki 274 Kodansha4 Magai Iiwake () Miwa Nishikawa 261 Bungeishunjū5 Asa ga Kuru () Mizuki Tsujimura 229.5 Bungeishunjū6 Ō to Sākasu () Honobu Yonezawa 226.5 Tokyo Sogensha7 Senjō no Kokkutachi () Nowaki Fukamidori 223 Tokyo Sogensha8 Ryu ()English translation: Ryu Akira Higashiyama 99 Kodansha9 Kyōdan X ()English translation: Cult X Fuminori Nakamura 93 Shueisha10 Hibana ()English translation: Spark Naoki Matayoshi 46 Bungeishunjū 20171 Mitsubachi to Enrai ()English translation: Honeybees and Distant Thunder Riku Onda 378.5 Gentosha2 Mikazuki () Eto Mori 331 Shueisha3 Tsumi no Koei () Takeshi Shiota 305 Kodansha4 Tsubaki Bunguten () Ito Ogawa 302.5 Gentosha5 Sakurafūdō Monogatari () Saki Murayama 261 PHP Research Institute6 Anmaku no Guernica () Maha Harada 249.5 Shinchosha7 i Kanako Nishi 160 Poplar Publishing8 Yakō () Tomihiko Morimi 122.5 Shogakukan9 Konbini Ningen ()English translation: Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata 70.5 Bungeishunjū10 Kōhī ga Samenai Uchi ni ()English translation: Before the Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi 68.5 Sunmark Publishing 20181 Kagami no Kojō ()English translation: Lonely Castle in the Mirror Mizuki Tsujimura 651 Poplar Publishing2 Banjō no Himawari () Yuko Yuzuki 283.5 Chuokoron-Shinsha3 Shininsō no Satsujin () Masahiro Imamura 255 Tokyo Sogensha4 Tayutaedomo Shizumazu () Maha Harada 227 Gentosha5 AX ()English translation: The Mantis Kōtarō Isaka 221.5 Kadokawa Shoten6 Damashie no Kiba () Takeshi Shiota 214 Kadokawa Shoten7 Hoshi no Ko () Natsuko Imamura 214 Asahi Shimbun Publications8 Kuzureru nō o Dakishimete () Mikito Chinen 162.5 Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha9 Hyakka no Mahō () Saki Murayama 162 Poplar Publishing10 Kirakira Kyōwakoku () Ito Ogawa 88.5 Gentosha 20191 Soshite, Baton wa Watasareta ()English translation: Someone to Cook For Maiko Seo 435 Bungeishunjū2 Hito () Fuminori Onodera 297.5 Shodensha3 Berlin wa Harete iru ka () Nowaki Fukamidori 282.5 Chikumama Books4 Nettai () Tomihiko Morimi 250.5 Bungeishunjū5 Aru Otoko ()English translation: A Man Keiichiro Hirano 242.5 Bungeishunjū6 Sazanami no Yoru () Izumi Kizara 239.5 Kawade Shobō Shinsha7 Ai naki Sekai () Shion Miura 208.5 Chuokoron-Shinsha8 Hitotsu Mugi no Te () Mikito Chinen 167.5 Shinchosha9 Hi no nai Tokoro ni Kemuri wa () Yo Ashizawa 151.5 Shinchosha10 Fūga wa Yūga () Kōtarō Isaka 136.5 Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha 20201 Rurō no Tsuki () Yū Nagira 432 Tokyo Sogensha2 Lion no Oyatsu () Ito Ogawa 380 Poplar Publishing3 Sen wa, boku o Kaku () Hiromasa Togami 327 Kodansha4 Northlight ()English translation: The North Light Hideo Yokoyama 275.5 Shinchosha5 Netsugen () Sōichi Kawagoe 214 Bungeishunjū6 medium Reibai Tantei Jōtsuka Hisui () Sako Aizawa 198 Kodansha7 Natsu Monogatari ()English translation: Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami 156 Bungeishunjū8 Mugen no i () Mikito Chinen 147.5 Futabasha9 Tenchō ga Bakasugite ()English translation: How Can My Manager Be So Stupid Kazumasa Hayami 105.5 Kadokawa Shoten10 Mukashi Mukashi aru Tokoro ni, Shitai ga arimashita. () Aito Aoyagi 91.5 Futabasha 20211 52 Hertz no Kujira Tachi () Sonoko Machida 365.5 Chuokoron-Shinsha2 O Sagashi Mono wa Toshu Shitsu made ()English translation: What You Are Looking for is in the Library Michiko Aoyama 287.5 Poplar Publishing3 Inu ga Kita Kisetsu () Yuki Ibuki 286.5 Futabasha4 Gyaku Sokuratesu () Kōtarō Isaka 248 Shueisha5 Jitenshinagara Kōtensuru () Fumio Yamamoto 227.5 Shinchosha6 Hachigatsu no Gin no Yuki () Shin Iyohara 227.5 Shinchosha7 Horobi no mae no Shanguri-Ra () Yū Nagira 223.5 Chuokoron-Shinsha8 Alternate () Shigeaki Kato 169.5 Shinchosha9 Oshi, Moyu ()English translation: Idol, Burning Rin Usami 139.5 Kawade Shobō Shinsha10 Kono hon o Musumu Mono wa ()English translation: Whoever Steals This Book Nowaki Fukamidori 132.5 Kadokawa 20221 Dōshi Shōjo yo, Teki o Ute () Tōma Aisaka 463.5 Hayakawa Publishing2 Aka to Ao to Esukīsu () Michiko Aoyama 341.5 PHP Institute3