Japan Booksellers' Award

Japan Booksellers' Award
Japan Booksellers' Award
Country	Japan
First awarded	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	Notes
2004
1	Hakase no Aishita Sūshiki (博士の愛した数式) English translation: The Housekeeper and the Professor	Yōko Ogawa	202	Shinchōsha	Made into a movie in January 2006 Made into a radio play in March 2006
2	Seventeen (in Japanese: Kuraimāzu Hai, クライマーズ・ハイ)	Hideo Yokoyama	148	Bungeishunjū	Made into a television drama in December 2005 Made into a movie in July 2008 (Climber's High)
3	Ahiru to Kamo no Coin Locker (アヒルと鴨のコインロッカー, ~Koinrokkā)	Kōtarō Isaka	111	Tōkyō Sōgensha	awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers Made into a movie in May 2007
4	Eien no Deguchi (永遠の出口)	Eto Mori	109	Shūeisha
5	Jūryoku Pierrot (重力ピエロ)	Kōtarō Isaka	099	Shinchōsha	Made into a movie in May 2009
6	4TEEN	Ira Ishida	076	Shinchōsha	Made into a movie and a television drama
7	Dead End no Omoide (デッドエンドの思い出)	Banana Yoshimoto	054	Bungeishunjū
8	Shūsen no Lorelei (終戦のローレライ, ~Rōrerai)	Harutoshi Fukui	051	Kōdansha	awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers Released as manga in March 2005 Made into a movie titled Lorelei in July 2005^{[note 1]}
9	Onmoraki no Kizu (陰摩羅鬼の瑕)	Natsuhiko Kyōgoku	038	Kōdansha
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	Shinchōsha	awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers Made into a movie in September 2006
2	Ashita no Kioku (明日の記憶)	Hiroshi Ogiwara	302	Kōbunsha	awarded Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize Made into a movie in May 2006 (Memories of Tomorrow) Made into a radio play in September 2006
3	Iemori Kitan (家守綺譚)	Kaho Nashiki	274	Shinchōsha	Made into a radio play titled Seishun Adventure (青春アドベンチャー) in Feb. 2005
4	Fukurokōji no Otoko (袋小路の男)	Akiko Itoyama	185	Kōdansha	Made into a radio play in April 2009
5	Children (チルドレン)	Kōtarō Isaka	155	Kōdansha	Made into a television drama in May 2006 Made into a movie in November 2006
6	Taigan no Kanojo (対岸の彼女) English translation: Woman on the Other Shore	Mitsuyo Kakuta	153	Bungeishunjū	awarded Naoki Prize Made into a television drama in January 2006
7	Hannin ni Tsugu (犯人に告ぐ)	Shūsuke Shizukui	138	Futabasha	Made into a movie in Oct. 2007
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	Shinchōsha
10	Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku (そのときは彼によろしく)	Takuji Ichikawa	074	Shogakukan	Made into a movie in June 2007
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^{[note 2]}	279	Fusōsha	Made into a TV drama in 2006/2007 Made into a movie and reworked for the theater in 2007
2	South Bound (サウスバウンド)	Hideo Okuda	196.5	Kadokawa Shoten	Made into a movie in Oct. 2007
3	Shinigami no Seido (死神の精度) English translation: The Precision of the Agent of Death^{[note 3]}	Kōtarō Isaka	190	Bungeishunjū	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
4	Yōgisha Ekkusu no Kenshin (容疑者Xの献身) English translation: The Devotion of Suspect X	Keigo Higashino	184.5	Bungeishunjū	2005 Naoki Prize awarded Honkaku Mystery Award The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year Oct. 2008 movie (Suspect X) April 2009 theater adaptation
5	Sono Hi no mae ni (その日のまえに)	Kiyoshi Shigematsu	179.5	Bungeishunjū	März 2007 radio play Nov. 2008 movie
6	Narratage (ナラタージュ)	Rio Shimamoto	162	Kadokawa Shoten
7	Kokuhaku (告白)	Kō Machida	152.5	Chūōkōron 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	2005 manga version 2006 movie
10	Sakura (さくら)	Kanako Nishi	135	Shogakukan
11	Maō (魔王)	Kōtarō Isaka	103	Kōdansha	2007 manga version titled Maoh: Juvenile Remix
2007
1	Isshun no Kaze ni Nare (一瞬の風になれ)	Takako Satō	475.5	Kōdansha	awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers 2008 TV drama 2007 manga version
2	Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome (夜は短し歩けよ乙女)	Tomihiko Morimi	455	Kadokawa Shoten	awarded Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize July 2007 manga version Apr. 2009 theater adaptation
3	Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuite Iru (風が強く吹いている)	Shion Miura	247	Shinchōsha	Oct. 2009 movie Jan. 2009 theater adaptation Dec. 2007 radio play
4	Shūmatsu no Fool (終末のフール)	Kōtarō Isaka	228	Shūeisha	manga version first published in Mankaku^{[note 4]}
5	Toshokan Sensō (図書館戦争)	Hiro Arikawa	176	MediaWorks	awarded Seiun Award Nov. 2007 manga version
6	Kamogawa Horumo (鴨川ホルモー)	Manabu Makime	175	Sangyō Henshū Center	2009 movie (Kamogawa Horumo) May 2009 theater adaptation
7	Mīna no Kōshin (ミーナの行進)	Yōko Ogawa	152.5	Chūōkōron Shinsha
8	Kagehinata ni Saku (陰日向に咲く)	Hitori Gekidan	139	Gentōsha	Jan. 2008 movie
9	Ushinawareta Machi (失われた町)	Aki Misaki	127.5	Shūeisha
10	Na mo Naki Doku (名もなき毒)	Miyuki Miyabe	089	Gentōsha
2008
1	Golden Slumber (ゴールデンスランバー) English translation: Remote Control	Kōtarō Isaka	509.5	Shinchōsha	The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year awarded Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize 2010 manga version
2	Sacrifice (サクリファイス)	Fumie Kondō	312	Shinchōsha
3	Uchōten Kazoku (有頂天家族, lit. The Eccentric Family)	Tomihiko Morimi	280.5	Gentōsha	2009 radio play
4	Akunin (悪人) English translation: Villain	Shūichi Yoshida	233.5	Asahi Shimbun-sha	awarded Mainichi Publishing Culture Award awarded Jirō Osaragi Prize 2010 movie (Villain)
5	Eigahen (映画篇)	Kazuki Kaneshiro	227.5	Shūeisha
6	Yōkame no Semi (八日目の蝉) English translation: The Eighth Day	Mitsuyo Kakuta	225	Chūōkōron Shinsha	awarded Chūōkōron Literature Prize 2010 TV drama 2011 movie (Rebirth)
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	Tōkyō Sōgensha	awarded Mystery Writers of Japan Award
8	Shika Otoko Ao ni Yoshi (鹿男あをによし)	Manabu Makime	196.5	Gentōsha	2008 TV drama 2008 manga version
9	Watashi no Otoko (私の男)	Kazuki Sakuraba	129.5	Bungeishunjū	awarded Naoki Prize
10	Kassiopeia no Oka de (カシオペアの丘で)	Kiyoshi Shigematsu	126	Kōdansha	2008 TV drama
2009
1	Kokuhaku (告白) English translation: Confessions	Kanae Minato	411	Futabasha	2010 movie (Confessions)
2	Nobō no Shiro (のぼうの城)	Ryō Wada	328	Shogakukan	2011 movie (The Floating Castle)
3	Joker Game (ジョーカー・ゲーム)	Kōji Yanagi	243.5	Kadokawa Shoten	awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers awarded Mystery Writers of Japan Award
4	Tempest (テンペスト)	Eiichi Ikegami	228.5	Kadokawa Shoten	2011 theater adaptation 2011 TV drama und manga version
5	Box! (ボックス!)	Naoki Hyakuta	214.5	Ōta Shuppan	2010 movie
6	Shin Sekai yori (新世界より, lit. From the New World)	Yūsuke Kishi	207.5	Kōdansha	awarded Nihon SF Taisho Award
7	Shussei Zenya (出星前夜)	Kazuichi Iijima	203.5	Shogakukan	awarded Jirō Osaragi Prize
8	Itamu Hito (悼む人)	Arata Tendō	203.5	Bungeishunjū	awarded Naoki Prize
9	Ryūsei no Kizuna (流星の絆)	Keigo Higashino	139	Kōdansha	2008 TV drama
10	Modern Times (モダンタイムス)	Kōtarō Isaka	135	Kōdansha
2010
1	Tenchi Meisatsu (天地明察)	Tow Ubukata	384.5	Kadokawa Shoten	awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers 2012 movie
2	Kamisama no Karte (神様のカルテ)	Sōsuke Natsukawa	294.0	Shogakukan	2010 manga version 2011 movie (Kamisama no Karute)
3	Yokomichi Yonosuke (横道世之介)	Shūichi Yoshida	270.0	Mainichi Shimbun-sha	awarded Renzaburō Shibata Prize (柴田錬三郎賞) 2013 movie (A Story of Yonosuke)
4	Kamusari Nānā Nichijō (神去なあなあ日常)	Shion Miura	256.0	Tokuma Shoten
5	Neko o Daite Zō to Oyogu (猫を抱いて象と泳ぐ)	Yōko Ogawa	237.0	Bungeishunjū
6	Heaven (ヘヴン)	Mieko Kawakami	220.0	Kōdansha
7	Fune ni Nore! (船に乗れ!)	Osamu Fujitani	209.0	Jive
8	Shokubutsu Zukan (植物図鑑)	Hiro Arikawa	182.5	Kadokawa Shoten
9	Shinzanmono (新参者)	Keigo Higashino	130.5	Kōdansha	The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year 2010 TV drama (Shinzanmono)
10	1Q84 English translation: 1Q84	Haruki Murakami	091.5	Shinchōsha	awarded Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
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	2011 TV drama
2	Fugainai Boku wa Sora o Mita (ふがいない僕は空を見た)	Misumi Kubo	354.5	Shinchōsha	awarded R-18 Literature Prize awarded Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize
3	Penguin Highway (ペンギン・ハイウェイ)	Tomihiko Morimi	310.0	Kadokawa Shoten	awarded Nihon SF Taisho Award
4	Ikari o Ageyo (錨を上げよ)	Naoki Hyakuta	307.5	Kōdansha
5	Schumann no Yubi (シューマンの指)	Hikaru Okuizumi	270.5	Kōdansha
6	Sakebi to Inori (叫びと祈り)	Yū Shizaki	263.0	Tōkyō Sōgensha
7	Aku no Kyōten (悪の教典)	Yūsuke Kishi	259.5	Bungeishunjū	The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year awarded Fūtarō Yamada Prize 2012 movie (Lesson of the Evil)
8	Kamisama no Karte 2 (神様のカルテ2)	Sōsuke Natsukawa	259.0	Shogakukan
9	Kiken (キケン)	Hiro Arikawa	241.0	Shinchōsha
10	Story Seller (ストーリー・セラー)	Hiro Arikawa	202.0	Shinchōsha
2012
1	Fune o Amu (舟を編む)	Shion Miura	510.0	Kōbunsha	2013 movie (The Great Passage)
2	Genocide (ジェノサイド) English translation: Genocide of One	Kazuaki Takano	355.5	Kadokawa Shoten	awarded Mystery Writers of Japan Award The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year awarded Fūtarō Yamada Prize
3	Pieta (ピエタ)	Masumi Ōshima	324.0	Popular-sha
4	Kuchibiru ni Uta o (くちびるに歌を)	Hirotaka Adachi (pseudonym: Otsuichi)	265.0	Shogakukan
5	Hitojichi no Rōdokukai (人質の朗読会)	Yōko Ogawa	213.0	Chūōkōron Shinsha
6	Yurigokoro (ユリゴコロ) English translation: Nan-Core	Mahokaru Numata	208.0	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	153.0	ASCII Media Works	2013 TV drama (Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō)
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	072.0	Gentōsha
2013
1	Kaizoku to Yobareta Otoko (海賊とよばれた男)	Naoki Hyakuta	278.0	Kōdansha
2	Rokuyon (64) English translation: Six Four	Hideo Yokoyama	266.0	Bungeishunjū	The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year
3	Rakuen no Canvas (楽園のカンヴァス)	Maha Harada	238.5	Shinchōsha	awarded Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize
4	Kimi wa Ii Ko (きみはいい子)	Hatsue Nakawaki	212.5	Popular-sha
5	Fukuwarai (ふくわらい)	Kanako Nishi	182.0	Asahi Shimbun Shuppan
6	Seiten no Mayoi Kujira (晴天の迷いクジラ)	Misumi Kubo	167.0	Shinchōsha	awarded Fūtarō Yamada Prize
7	Solomon no Gishō (ソロモンの偽証)	Miyuki Miyabe	149.5	Shinchōsha
8	Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara (世界から猫が消えたなら)	Genki Kawamura	145.5	Magazine House
9	Hyakunenhō (百年法)	Muneki Yamada	139.5	Kadokawa Shoten	awarded Mystery Writers of Japan Award
10	Shisha no Teikoku (屍者の帝国)	Project Itoh Toh EnJoe	109.0	Kawade Shobō Shinsha	awarded Nihon SF Taisho Award awarded Seiun Award
11	Mitsukuni Den (光圀伝)	Tow Ubukata	108.0	Kadokawa Shoten	awarded Fūtarō Yamada Prize
2014
1	Murakami Kaizoku no Musume (村上海賊の娘)	Ryō Wada	366.5	Shinchōsha	awarded Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers
2	Yūbe no Curry, Ashita no Pan (昨夜のカレー、明日のパン)	Izumi Kizara	332.0	Kawade Shobō Shinsha
3	Shima wa Bokura to (島はぼくらと)	Mizuki Tsujimura	299.0	Kōdansha
4	Sayōnara, Orange (さようなら、オレンジ)	Kei Iwaki	274.5	Chikuma Shobo	awarded Dazai Osamu Prize awarded Ōe Kenzaburō Prize
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	243.0	Shogakukan
7	Lunch no Akko-chan (ランチのアッコちゃん)	Asako Yuzuki	221.0	Futabasha
8	Sōzō Radio (想像ラジオ)	Seiko Ito	213.5	Kawade Shobō Shinsha	awarded Noma Literary New Face Prize
9	Sei naru Namakemono no Bōken (聖なる怠け者の冒険)	Tomihiko Morimi	156.0	Asahi Shimbun Shuppan
10	Kyonen no Fuyu, Kimi to Wakare (去年の冬、きみと別れ) English translation: Last Winter We Parted	Fuminori Nakamura	136.0	Gentōsha
2015
1	Shika no Ō (鹿の王)	Nahoko Uehashi	383	Kadokawa Shoten
2016
1	Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori (羊と鋼の森)	Natsu Miyashita	372	Bungeishunjū
2017
1	Mitsubachi to Enrai (蜜蜂と遠雷)	Riku Onda	378.5	Gentōsha
2018
1	Kagami no Kojō (かがみの孤城)	Mizuki Tsujimura	651	Poplar Publishing
2019
1	Soshite, Baton wa Watasareta (そして、バトンは渡された)	Maiko Seo	435	Bungeishunjū
2020
1	Rurō no Tsuki (流浪の月)	Yū Nagira	432	Tōkyō Sōgensha
2021
1	52 hertz no Kujira tachi (52ヘルツのクジラたち)	Sonoko Machida	365.5	Chūōkōron Shinsha
2022
1	Dōshi Shōjo yo, Teki o Ute (同志少女よ、敵を撃て)	Tōma Aisaka	463.5	Hayakawa Publishing
2023
1	Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku (汝、星のごとく)	Yū Nagira	443.5	Kōdansha
2024
1	Naruse wa Tenka o Tori ni Iku (成瀬は天下を取りにいく)	Mina Miyajima	525.5	Shinchōsha

Excellent translations

Nr.	Title	Author	Translator	Publisher	Notes
2012
1	Hanzai (犯罪)	Ferdinand von Schirach	Shinichi Sakayori	Tōkyō Sōgensha	Crime
2	Kami no Tami (紙の民)	Salvador Plascencia	Hikaru Fujii	Hakusuisha	The People of Paper
3	Memorī Wōru (メモリーウォール)	Anthony Doerr	Masae Iwamoto	Shinchōsha	Memory Wall
3	Wasurerareta hanazono (忘れられた花園)	Kate Morton	Junko Aoki	Tōkyō Sōgensha	The Forgotten Garden
2013
1	Taigāzu Waifu (タイガーズ・ワイフ)	Téa Obreht	Hikaru Fujii	Shinchōsha	The Tiger's Wife
2	Shitchi (湿地)	Arnaldur Indriðason	Yumiko Yanagisawa	Tōkyō Sōgensha	Jar City
2	Rupan, Saigo no Koi (ルパン、最後の恋)	Maurice Leblanc	Atsushi Hiraoka	Hayakawa Publishing	Le Dernier Amour d'Arsène Lupin
3	2666	Roberto Bolaño	Fumiaki Noya Akifumi Uchida Ryoichi Kuno	Hakusuisha	2666
3	Fukai Kizu (深い疵)	Nele Neuhaus	Shinichi Sakayori	Tōkyō Sōgensha	Tiefe Wunden
2014
1	HHhH	Laurent Binet	Kei Takahashi	Tōkyō Sōgensha	HHhH
2	11/22/63	Stephen King	Ro Shiraishi	Bungeishunjū	11/22/63
	Korīni Jiken (コリーニ事件)	Ferdinand von Schirach	Shinichi Sakayori	Tōkyō Sōgensha	The 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 Joyce	Yoshiko Kamei	Kōdansha	The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

References

^ Full title: Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
^ Real name: Masaya Nakagawa (中川雅也)
^ Passport to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers. Running Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7867-1916-7.
^ Mankaku (漫革) was a special issue of the weekly magazine Young Jump. The issue was published by Shueisha in 1994–2008.

^ 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

[2] Full title: Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

[3] Real name: Masaya Nakagawa (中川雅也)

[4] Passport to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers. Running Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7867-1916-7.

[5] Mankaku (漫革) was a special issue of the weekly magazine Young Jump. The issue was published by Shueisha in 1994–2008.

[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.

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Winners

Excellent translations

See also

References

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