Japanese Literary Awards

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Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Award このミステリーがすごい! たいしょう

Edition 7 (2008)

Mystery novelsBroadly defined mystery

Winners

4 people
Takamitsu Yamashita やました たかみつ grand prize

High school students who love rooftops gather and take on incidents happening at school and in the city. It is a brisk ensemble mystery that blends youthful energy with puzzle-solving.

Four members of the rooftop club dive into the city’s mysteries.

381 pages
youthrooftop clubschoolmysteryfriendship
Yuko Yuzuki ゆづき ゆうこ grand prize

Through dialogues between a young man with synesthesia and a clinical psychologist, the story approaches the truth behind a girl’s death. It is a debut novel where quiet narration accumulates into strong unease and mystery.

A young man who can see emotions as colors brings the truth of a girl’s death to the surface.

341 pages
psychologysynesthesiamedicinetruth-seekingdebut novel
Iku Tooyama とうやま いく excellence award

A children’s poisoning case from 30 years ago is revisited through testimony and the memories of those involved. It is a crime suspense story where past guilt and present scrutiny intersect.

The 30-year-old case keeps changing shape as testimony is traced.

365 pages
case reviewpoisoningtestimonycrimefamily
Kei Nakamura なかむら けい excellence award WEB readers prize

While following the disappearance of a spiritual writer, strange wounds and testimony from psychics connect into a deeper world of fate and entanglement. It blends urban legend with suspense.

Beyond the missing writer, ghosts and fate intersect.

415 pages
disappearancepsychic powersfatehorrorsuspense