Ranobe-Loving Bookseller Award
らのべずきしょてんいんたいしょう
Light novel award selected by votes from booksellers nationwide.
- Established
- 2012
- Organizer
- Bookseller Volunteers Operating Committee
- Category
- Light Novels and Web Literature
- Selection Method
- Vote
- Target
- Professional
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Status
- Ended
Description
Active light novel-loving booksellers working at bookstores nationwide vote to decide the works they want to sell to and have readers read. In principle, eligible works are limited to light novels that started in the previous year of the vote (January 1 - December 31). Established in 2012. Held from 2012 to 2014, then suspended; revived in 2019, and suspended again after 2020.
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voting | Light novel-loving bookseller volunteers | — | Announced by the operating committee |
Criteria
- Being a light novel work that started in the previous year
Official Resources
https://ranobe-syotenintaisyo.hatenablog.com/Past Winners
Winner of the bunko division in the 2020 Light Novel Bookseller Award. Kimihiko Kimizuka becomes assistant to the brilliant detective Siesta aboard a hijacked plane at 10,000 meters, then keeps getting pulled into cases and secrets even after her death. A post-loss adventure that blends action, mystery, and romantic comedy.
An assistant's adventure story that begins after the detective's death.
Winner of the tankobon division in the 2020 Light Novel Bookseller Award. After spending her life free only inside the VRMMORPG Leadale, Kagami Keina wakes up as the high elf Cayna in a world two hundred years later and begins living beyond the missing centuries. A gentle isekai fantasy that slowly expands from cozy daily life into larger world mysteries.
Two hundred years later, Cayna slowly builds a place for herself in the world.
Winner of the 2020 Light Novel Bookseller Award. Prince Oscar seeks out Tinasha, the Witch of the Azure Moon, to break a curse that prevents him from having heirs, and their pact opens into a fantasy romance of magic, secrets, and kingdom-scale intrigue.
A pact at the witch's tower sets the kingdom's fate in motion.
This light novel follows students entering a prestigious magic academy where magic, swordplay, and the school’s secrets draw them into danger. Beneath bright school life lies the peril of fated spellblades.
In the spring of a magic academy, a tale of blades and fate begins.
A space navy officer survives a crash onto an unknown planet and must live in a world of swords and magic. Advanced military equipment and otherworld survival combine in this SF fantasy.
A survivor from a space warship becomes an adventurer on a planet of swords and magic.
ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか is an award-winning work by 大森藤ノ recognized by the ラノベ好き書店員大賞. The bibliographic identifiers were checked at the work level from the title and author information.
ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか by 大森藤ノ was recognized by the ラノベ好き書店員大賞.
マグダラで眠れ by 支倉凍砂 was recognized by the ラノベ好き書店員大賞. The light novel follows a young alchemist and a white-clad nun through a world where craft, faith, and desire intersect.
マグダラで眠れ places human experience and the atmosphere of its time at the center of the work.
のうりん is an award-winning work by 白鳥士郎. A book record was confirmed through NDL, so the paper-book ISBN was used to cross-fill ASIN, ISBN-10, and ISBN-13 where applicable.
のうりん, recorded as an award-winning work by 白鳥士郎.