Japan Booksellers' Award winners, 2014–2025
The top 3 according to 4 votes from people: The Forest of Wool and Steel — Natsu Miyashita · The Wandering Moon — Yū Nagira · Murakami Kaizoku no Musume — Ryō Wada. (Updated Dec 3, 2025.)
Japan's Booksellers' Award (Hon'ya Taishō) is voted by bookshop staff for the book they most want to sell. These are the winners from 2014 to 2025.
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Top 12
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The Forest of Wool and Steel — Natsu Miyashita
2016. A young man learning to become a piano tuner.
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2
The Wandering Moon — Yū Nagira
2020. The 'victim' and 'perpetrator' of a kidnapping meet again.
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3
Murakami Kaizoku no Musume — Ryō Wada
2014. The Seto Inland Sea in the Warring States period and Kyō, daughter of the Murakami pirates.
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4
The Deer King — Nahoko Uehashi
2015. A fantasy about fighting a mysterious plague.
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5
Lonely Castle in the Mirror — Mizuki Tsujimura
2018. Seven schoolchildren brought to a castle behind a mirror.
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6
The Whales Who Sing at 52 Hertz — Sonoko Machida
2021. People whose voices reach no one.
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Comrade Girl, Shoot the Enemy — Tōma Aisaka
2022. A debut about Soviet women snipers in World War II.
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Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku — Yū Nagira
2023. Fifteen years of two people who met on an island in the Seto Inland Sea; Nagira's second win.
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9
Naruse Is Going to Take Over the World — Mina Miyajima
2024. Akari Naruse, an unconventional schoolgirl in Ōtsu, Shiga.
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10
Cafuné — Akiko Abe
2025. A woman who has lost her brother and a housekeeper who changes her life.
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Honeybees and Distant Thunder — Riku Onda
2017. Four young pianists at an international competition; it also won the Naoki Prize.
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And So the Baton Is Passed — Maiko Seo
2019. The family story of a girl whose parents changed several times.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (5)
凪良ゆうさん2回受賞、流浪の月も汝、星のごとくも良かった。
同志少女よ、敵を撃てがデビュー作とは信じられない。
蜜蜂と遠雷は直木賞とダブル受賞、すごい作品。
成瀬シリーズ大好き！滋賀に行きたくなる。
かがみの孤城は泣けました。中学生の娘にもすすめた。