Yes, the year’s end is fast approaching, which means that year’s end lists are popping up faster than the weeds in your garden in spring. Today we’ll focus on Tohan’s bestseller list for new release fiction, inevitably released in tankoubon format, before it goes to the cheap pocket sized bunkobon.

1. 舟を編む (“Gather the Boats”), Miura Shion

2. 謎解きはディナーのあとで/ 謎解きはディナーのあとで（2）(“The Mystery Will Be Solved After Dinner” 1 & 2), Higashigawa Tokuya

3. 恋物語 (“Love Story”), Nisio Isin
4. 共喰い (“Eating Each Other”), Tanaka Shin’ya
5. ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟 (“The Miracles of the Namiya General Store”), Higashino Keigo
6. 虚像の道化師　ガリレオ（7）/ 禁断の魔術　ガリレオ（8）(“Virtual Clown: Galileo 7,” “The Forbidden Magic: Galileo 8″), Higashino Keigo

7. 神様のカルテ (3）(“God’s Clinical Records Part 3″), Natsugawa Sosuke

8. 憑物語 (“Demon Story”), Nisio Isin
9. ジェノサイド (“Genocide”),  Takano Kazuaki
10. 蜩ノ記 (“Chronicle of the Evening Cicadas”), Hamuro Rin

I’m still not really sure why Tohan will consider two or more books in a series as one entry on the list, but there it is. The only shame is that “Gather the Boats,” our number one book on this list, is only number five of books overall, and “The Mystery Will Be Solved After Dinner” series falls way down to 17 on that same list.

Overall takeaway: Literary awards actually have sway with the public; half of the books above have won major awards (though “Gather the Boats” was won by a popular vote by booksellers).