Salad Akitake's "Mamono Drive X-Day" won both the grand prize and readers' prize of the Japan Horror Novel Award and was later published under the title Saihi Sayo no Kokai. Centered on a girl with the power to contain supernatural phenomena, it combines horror, youth drama, and action.

A girl's regret and her power over the uncanny accelerate into a youth-horror story.

Toshiya Fukushi's "Pyramid no Kaibutsu" won the grand prize of the Japan Horror Novel Award and was published as Kuroi Pyramid. It combines archaeological mystery with ancient terror, unfolding as a large-scale adventure horror novel.

A large-scale archaeological horror in which an ancient mystery presses into the present.

Salad Akitake's "Mamono Drive X-Day" is also recorded as the readers' prize work. In its published form, Saihi Sayo no Kokai, the story is reshaped as a fast youth-horror novel centered on a girl's power to contain the uncanny and the regret she carries.

A readers' prize youth-horror work about the uncanny and a girl's regret.

Yosuke Tai's "Jewel Idol" is recorded as a finalist for the Japan Horror Novel Award. The title overlays the contemporary figure of the idol with the image of a curse, suggesting an entertainment-oriented horror premise.

A finalist horror work that overlays idol brightness with a curse.

Sorako Miyashita's "Yuigoto" is recorded as a finalist for the Japan Horror Novel Award. Its title, suggesting words tied together or bound, evokes a horror premise rooted in relationships, promises, and unease.

A finalist work that suggests the unease hidden in the act of binding words.

Mojiretsu no Yurei was published under the retitled name Kiki Kitan Henshubu: Horror Sakka wa Obake ga Kowai. It follows a novice writer who can see spirits but fears them and an editor who lacks psychic sight yet is unfazed by ghosts, as they investigate apparitions that emit strange sounds and uncover how rumor and narrative give shape to the supernatural.

An award-winning story in which a frightened writer and an unflappable editor pursue the source of a ghostly sound.

Mayoiga is a supernatural adventure novel in which Fuyuno Shinzo, a boy evacuated after the Tokyo air raids, searches for his missing sister and enters a vast mansion deep in the mountains. Set in an otherworldly house that seals away folk creatures and sacred objects, the story layers wartime loss with the momentum of a monster-filled adventure.

The mountain mansion takes people. A wartime boy crosses a maze of spirits, monsters, and hidden relics.

Takenoyama no Shayo was published under the retitled name Harasaki. Momosaki Hinata, newly engaged, returns to her hometown of Takenoyama in search of lost childhood memories, only to be driven through a deserted otherworldly town by black shadows as she approaches the terror hidden in her past.

A hometown revisited for lost memories turns into an inescapable otherworld.

Ashiato by Sodehiki Yohei is recorded as a finalist for the 24th Japan Horror Novel Grand Prize. Within the available public information checked, no publication plan, standalone book, or paperback edition of the work itself could be confirmed.

A finalist for the 24th Japan Horror Novel Grand Prize, with no confirmed standalone publication.

黄昏色の炎と213号室の雫 is a 小説 work by 坊木椎哉 associated with the 2016 優秀賞 record. The entry summarizes the work from award records and bibliographic checks, focusing on its subject, publication status, and reading context.

黄昏色の炎と213号室の雫 by 坊木椎哉 is a work whose subject and publication status can be traced through award and bibliographic records.

【夜葬】 is a 小説 work by 最東対地 associated with the 2016 読者賞 record. The entry summarizes the work from award records and bibliographic checks, focusing on its subject, publication status, and reading context.

【夜葬】 by 最東対地 is a work whose subject and publication status can be traced through award and bibliographic records.

TOKYO木 is a 小説 work by 藤村伊実 associated with the 2016 候補 record. The entry summarizes the work from award records and bibliographic checks, focusing on its subject, publication status, and reading context.

TOKYO木 by 藤村伊実 is a work whose subject and publication status can be traced through award and bibliographic records.

少年たちの七不思議 is a 小説 work by 嶋田一榮 associated with the 2016 候補 record. The entry summarizes the work from award records and bibliographic checks, focusing on its subject, publication status, and reading context.

少年たちの七不思議 by 嶋田一榮 is a work whose subject and publication status can be traced through award and bibliographic records.

ラストノート is a 小説 work by 茜由岐 associated with the 2016 候補 record. The entry summarizes the work from award records and bibliographic checks, focusing on its subject, publication status, and reading context.

ラストノート by 茜由岐 is a work whose subject and publication status can be traced through award and bibliographic records.

ぼぎわんが、来る by 澤村伊智 is introduced here as a work centered on 怪異, 家族. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.

A work in which 怪異 shapes the reader's path into the story.

二階の王 by 名梁和泉 is introduced here as a work centered on ホラー, 家. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.

A work in which ホラー shapes the reader's path into the story.

記憶屋 by 織守きょうや is introduced here as a work centered on 記憶, 喪失. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.

A work in which 記憶 shapes the reader's path into the story.

毒娘 by bonks is introduced here as a work centered on ホラー, 少女. The story and background are summarized from publisher, library, and award information checked during research.

A work in which ホラー shapes the reader's path into the story.

死呪の島 is a work by 雪富千晶紀, recorded here as a 大賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.

A concise profile of 死呪の島 by 雪富千晶紀, including award and bibliographic context.

牛家 is a work by 岩城裕明, recorded here as a 佳作 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.

A concise profile of 牛家 by 岩城裕明, including award and bibliographic context.

ON is a work by 内藤了, recorded here as a 読者賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.

A concise profile of ON by 内藤了, including award and bibliographic context.

Bスタジオにようこそ is a work by 星野安則, recorded here as a 候補 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.

A concise profile of Bスタジオにようこそ by 星野安則, including award and bibliographic context.

大舩さま is a work by 後藤敬, recorded here as a 候補 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.

A concise profile of 大舩さま by 後藤敬, including award and bibliographic context.

Kanimiso is a Japanese literary work that explores memory, relationships, self-discovery. It presents its subject through a focused narrative or poetic frame shaped by the work's award context.

Kanimiso presents its award-winning themes in an accessible literary form.

Uramizu is a Japanese literary work that explores memory, relationships, self-discovery. It presents its subject through a focused narrative or poetic frame shaped by the work's award context.

Uramizu presents its award-winning themes in an accessible literary form.

A horror novel about a girl charged with guiding the souls of the dead toward a better next life. Within a systematized afterlife, it quietly approaches the loneliness of attending death as a duty and the feel of unavoidable parting.

A girl certified as a guide at fifteen faces her first mission to lead the dead onward.

A youth horror novel about Yagami Shinji, a timid university student who can see ghosts and gets drawn into occult cases through the club where his crush Koyomi belongs. The first volume blends fear, romantic awkwardness, and the lightness of campus club life.

A young man who fears ghosts yet sees them enters an occult club because of love and hauntings.

The narrator studies the slimy humanoid Numery Hitomodoki, a creature that learns human memories and emotions, and becomes obsessed with raising it in order to recover his dead wife. Grief and fixation lead toward ruin with a damp sense of bodily unease.

The wish to recover a beloved life ends up nurturing something monstrous.

This collection centers on the title story, about a man overcome by the urge to enter every kind of hole, from hoses to food and hand straps. Its strange ideas and humor dislocate the bodily feel of everyday life.

The bizarre satisfaction of entering holes slips into a turning point in life.

お初の繭 is a work by 一路晃司. A horror novel in which fear rises from cracks in ordinary life and unease turns into revelation.

お初の繭 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.

バイロケーション is a work by 法条遥. A horror novel in which fear rises from cracks in ordinary life and unease turns into revelation.

バイロケーション draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.

少女禁区 is a work by 伴名練. A horror novel in which fear rises from cracks in ordinary life and unease turns into revelation.

少女禁区 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.

化身 is a work by 宮ノ川顕. 南の島を訪れた男が密林で異様な変容に巻き込まれていくホラー小説。身体の変化と空腹、孤立が重なり、人間であることの境界を不穏に揺さぶる。

化身 presents 宮ノ川顕's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

嘘神 is a work by 三田村志郎. 「嘘神」の声に導かれた者たちが非情な状況へ追い込まれていくホラー小説。嘘、信仰、恐怖が絡み、逃げ場のない心理的圧迫が物語を動かす。

嘘神 presents 三田村志郎's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

今昔奇怪録 is a work by 朱雀門出. 町民会館で見つかった怪異の記録をきっかけに、読まれた話と同じ不可思議な出来事が現実に現れる連作怪談。古い土地の噂と現在の不安が重なる。

今昔奇怪録 presents 朱雀門出's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

庵堂三兄弟の聖職 is a work by 真藤順丈 selected for the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.

庵堂三兄弟の聖職

粘膜人間 is a work by 飴村行 selected for the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.

粘膜人間

生き屏風 is a work by 田辺青蛙 selected for the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.

生き屏風

トンコ is a work by 雀野日名子 selected for the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.

トンコ

鼻 is a ホラー短編集 by 曽根圭介. The work develops its subject through a focused narrative voice and leaves room for readers to consider the emotions and social questions behind the story.

A focused ホラー短編集 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.

A horror novel in which a boy visits relatives after his grandmother's death and is drawn into the cousin's absence and the family's disturbing behavior. It sharply depicts domestic unease through a child's eyes.

The quiet of a relative's house slowly becomes abnormal through a boy's eyes.

A horror novel whose title evokes the lore of burial grounds and funerary figures. It handles the dead, burial, and the memory of place with the texture of a ghost story.

The memory of a place shaped by the dead quietly unsettles everyday life.

A collection of fantastic horror centered on the title story, in which Yuji once wandered into an otherworldly night market and gained baseball talent in exchange for his younger brother. A strange place beside everyday life quietly reveals guilt and loss.

The price of a talent bought at the night market brings back childhood guilt.

A horror novel about a man who encounters death whenever he records with a video camera. As accident and design remain ambiguous, urban scenery overlaps with the protagonist's emptiness.

An urban horror in which death enters the frame whenever the camera runs.

A collection of short horror stories that begins with a strange visit to an old house and draws the reader into a grotesque, absurd world. The title story keeps a tactile sense of reality while amplifying unease beyond explanation.

An invitation to an old house turns everyday life into absurd terror.

This horror novel follows a former band vocalist who becomes involved in research on erasing memory, only to be pursued by the past he thought had vanished and by the shadow of a classmate believed dead. Gaps in memory unsettle reality and distort the shape of the case.

The memories a man wanted erased return to him as a different kind of terror.

Centered on the title story, in which the spirit of a dead girl appears on the day a young woman makes her debut as a maiko in Kyoto’s geisha district, this horror collection sets resentment beneath the splendor of Gion’s traditions and memory.

On a day of celebration, a dead girl’s shadow rises from the memory of the geisha district.

This collection follows a former newspaper reporter who accepts a strange man’s request involving the recovery of words from the dead, then becomes caught in auditory hallucinations and ominous events. The occult force of language and the collapse of reality build a quiet unease.

Spreading horsetail reeds and words from the dead begin to erode the narrator’s reality.

姉飼 by 遠藤徹 is an award-winning work that conveys the author's voice through compressed language and a focused treatment of its themes.

姉飼 by 遠藤徹 is an award-winning work that conveys the author's voice through compressed language and a focused treatment of its themes.

怨讐の相続人 by 保科昌彦 is an award-winning work that conveys the author's voice through compressed language and a focused treatment of its themes.

怨讐の相続人 by 保科昌彦 is an award-winning work that conveys the author's voice through compressed language and a focused treatment of its themes.

白い部屋で月の歌を by 朱川湊人 is an award-winning work that conveys the author's voice through compressed language and a focused treatment of its themes.

白い部屋で月の歌を by 朱川湊人 is an award-winning work that conveys the author's voice through compressed language and a focused treatment of its themes.

ジュリエット is a work by 伊島りすと recognized by the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

ジュリエット brought wider attention to 伊島りすと's writing through its prize recognition.

妙薬 is a work by 桐生祐狩 recognized by the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

妙薬 brought wider attention to 桐生祐狩's writing through its prize recognition.

古川 is a work by 吉永達彦 recognized by the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

古川 brought wider attention to 吉永達彦's writing through its prize recognition.

"ぼっけえ、きょうてえ" is a horror novel by 岩井志麻子. Its publication as a book is confirmed, and it is treated as the award-winning work.

"ぼっけえ、きょうてえ" is recognized as a horror novel.

"スイート・リトル・ベイビー" is a horror novel by 牧野 修. Its publication as a book is confirmed, and it is treated as the award-winning work.

"スイート・リトル・ベイビー" is recognized as a horror novel.

"お葬式" is a horror novel by 瀬川ことび. Its publication as a book is confirmed, and it is treated as the award-winning work.

"お葬式" is recognized as a horror novel.

黒い家 is a work by 貴志 祐介 associated with the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 日本ホラー小説大賞, 黒い家 draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

レフトハンド is a work by 中井 拓志 associated with the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 日本ホラー小説大賞, レフトハンド draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

D-ブリッジ・テープ is a work by 沙藤一樹 associated with the 日本ホラー小説大賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 日本ホラー小説大賞, D-ブリッジ・テープ draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

A horror novel connecting a supernatural presence with psychological fear.

A horror novel connecting a supernatural presence with psychological fear.

A horror novel in which unease and fantasy intersect against a foreign nightscape.

A horror novel in which unease and fantasy intersect against a foreign nightscape.

パラサイト・イヴ is a prize-recognized work that draws readers through its central subject, characters, and the texture of its period or setting.

パラサイト・イヴ carries the distinctive qualities that made it a prize-recognized work.

玩具修理者 is a prize-recognized work that draws readers through its central subject, characters, and the texture of its period or setting.

玩具修理者 carries the distinctive qualities that made it a prize-recognized work.

郵便屋 by 芹沢準 is a work recognized by japan-horror-novel-grand-award. No standalone book identifiers were confirmed, so the entry focuses on the work itself.

An introduction to 郵便屋 by 芹沢準 in its award context.

HYBRID by カシュウ・タツミ is a work recognized by japan-horror-novel-grand-award. No standalone book identifiers were confirmed, so the entry focuses on the work itself.

An introduction to HYBRID by カシュウ・タツミ in its award context.

蟲 by 坂東眞砂子 is a work recognized by japan-horror-novel-grand-award. No standalone book identifiers were confirmed, so the entry focuses on the work itself.

An introduction to 蟲 by 坂東眞砂子 in its award context.