The Honkaku Mystery Grand Prizes (本格ミステリ大賞 Honkaku Misuteri Taishō) are presented every year by the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. They honor the best in honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery fiction and critical work published in the previous year.
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| Year | Winner | Winning entry | Available in English Language Translation | |
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| 1 | 2001 | Jun Kurachi (ja) | Kochu-no Tengoku (壺中の天国) | |
| 2 | 2002 | Masaki Yamada | Misuteri Opera (ミステリ・オペラ) | |
| 3 | 2003 | Kiyoshi Kasai (ja) | Oidipusu Shokogun (オイディプス症候群) | |
| Otsuichi | Gosu Risuto-katto Jiken (GOTH リストカット事件) | Goth A Novel of Horror | ||
| 4 | 2004 | Shogo Utano (ja) | Hazakura-no Kisetsu-ni Kimi-o Omou-toiu Koto (葉桜の季節に君を想うということ) | |
| 5 | 2005 | Rintaro Norizuki (ja) | Namakubi-ni Kiitemiro (生首に聞いてみろ) | |
| 6 | 2006 | Keigo Higashino | Yōgisha X no Kenshin (容疑者Xの献身) | The Devotion of Suspect X |
| 7 | 2007 | Shusuke Michio (ja) | Shadou (シャドウ) | |
| 8 | 2008 | Arisu Arisugawa (ja) | Joo-koku-no Shiro (女王国の城) | |
| 9 | 2009 | Masaki Tsuji | Kanzen Ren'ai (完全恋愛) | |
| 10 | 2010 | Shinzo Mitsuda (ja) | Mizuchi-no-gotoki Shizumu Mono (水魑の如き沈むもの) | |
| Shogo Utano (ja) | Misshitsu Satsujin Gemu 2.0 (密室殺人ゲーム2.0) |
| Year | Winner | Winning entry | Available in English Language Translation | |
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| 1 | 2001 | Manji Gonda (ja) Hirohisa Shimpo (ja) |
Nihon Misuteri Jiten (日本ミステリー事典) (Dictionary of Japanese mystery writers) |
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| 2 | 2002 | Tadashi Wakashima (ja) | Ranshi Dokusha-no Kikan (乱視読者の帰還) (Critical essay) |
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| 3 | 2003 | Kiyoshi Kasai (ja) | Tantei Shosetsu Ron Josetsu (探偵小説論序説) (Studies on Honkaku mystery) |
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| 4 | 2004 | Akiyuki Sengai (ja) | Minamo-no Seiza Minasoko-no Hoseki (水面の星座 水底の宝石) (Studies on Honkaku mystery) |
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| 5 | 2005 | Hajime Amagi (ja) | AMAGI Hajime-no Misshitsu Hanzai-gaku Kyotei (天城一の密室犯罪学教程) (Theory and practice of Locked room mystery) |
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| 6 | 2006 | Kaoru Kitamura | The Japanese Nickel Mystery (ニッポン硬貨の謎 Nippon Koka-no Nazo) (Pastiche of Ellery Queen) |
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| 7 | 2007 | Masaaki Tatsumi (ja) | Ronri-no Kumo-no Su-no Naka-de (論理の蜘蛛の巣の中で) (Studies on Honkaku mystery) |
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| 8 | 2008 | Kentaro Komori (ja) | Tantei Shosetsu-no Ronri-gaku (探偵小説の論理学) (Studies on Honkaku mystery) |
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| 9 | 2009 | Toshiaki Endo | Nazo-no Kaizo-do (「謎」の解像度) (Studies on Honkaku mystery) |
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| 10 | 2010 | Motoi Taniguchi | Senzen Sengo Itan Bungaku Ron (戦前戦後異端文学論) (Studies on Japanese heterodox literature) |
The award is presented irregularly.
The Best Honkaku Mystery Novel translated into Japanese in the last decade (2000–2009).