# Japan Booksellers' Award (Hon'ya Taishō) winners, 2004–2013

In the Hon'ya Taishō, bookshop staff across Japan vote for the book they most want to sell. From Yōko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor, the first winner in 2004, to Naoki Hyakuta's A Man Called Pirate in 2013: the winners of the first ten editions. All ten were adapted for film, TV or manga.

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## Top 10

1. **The Housekeeper and the Professor (2004)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — By Yōko Ogawa. The first ever winner.
2. **Isshun no Kaze ni Nare (2007)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — By Takako Satō.
3. **Remote Control (Golden Slumber) (2008)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — By Kōtarō Isaka.
4. **Tenchi Meisatsu (2010)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By Tow Ubukata.
5. **The After-Dinner Mysteries (2011)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By Tokuya Higashigawa.
6. **Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2006)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — By Lily Franky.
7. **The Night Picnic (2005)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Riku Onda.
8. **Confessions (2009)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Kanae Minato. Its film adaptation was also a major hit.
9. **A Man Called Pirate (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Naoki Hyakuta.
10. **The Great Passage (2012)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — By Shion Miura.

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