HonyaTaisho:Booksellers' Award

2025 HonyaTaisho：Booksellers’ Award

652booksellers from 488bookshops voted in the first selection. Then 441booksellers from 336bookstores participated in the final selection. For the final selection, these 441booksellers read all nominated 10books and voted for 3books with their recommendation comments.
Finally, ”Cafune” written by Akiko ABE won the prize.

2025Honya Taisho: Booksellers’ Award FINAL LIST

1st

『Cafune』

written by Akiko ABE

Kodansha Ltd.

2nd

『The Baseball Mom』

written by Kazumasa HAYAMI

Shogakukan Inc.
3rd

『Novel』

written by Mado NOZAKI

Kodansha Ltd.
4th

『We were born』

written by Mio YAMAGUCHI

Tokyo Sogensha Co.,Ltd.
5th

『The Marmaid Got Away』

written by Michico AOYAMA

PHP Institute, Inc.
6th

『spring』

written by Riku ONDA

Chikumashobo Ltd.
7th

『If it's love...』

written by Michi ICHIHO

Shogakukan Inc.
8th

『seishokuki』

written by Ryo ASAI

Shogakukan Inc.
9th

『Dead Yamada and his Classroom』

written by Reisuke KANEKO

Kodansha Ltd.
10th

『Naruse's Going on the Path of Belief』

written by Mina MIYAJIMA

Shinchosha Publishing Co.,Ltd

Foreign fiction category FINAL LIST

1st

『Fourth Wing』

written by Rebecca Yarros　
translated by Fumiyo Harashima
Hayakawa Publishing Corporation

Fourth Wing

2nd

『How to Solve Your Own Murder』

written by Kristen Perrin

translated by Kamijo Hiromi

Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd.
2nd

『We Do Not Part』

written by Han Kang

translated by Mariko Saito

Hakusuisha Publishing Co.

＊These two pieces got the same number of votes, so they are both in the second place.

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