TSUTAYA's 2011 Annual Ranking for Book Sales: The top-selling book of the year is "Organizing Your Mind" by Makoto Hasebe.

2011.12.19 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd., which operates "TSUTAYA BOOKS" and "TSUTAYA" stores nationwide that propose lifestyles to customers through books, movies, music, and more, has compiled the number of books sold at its stores nationwide in 2011 and will announce the "2011 TSUTAYA Annual Ranking."

■Books Overall Ranking: Top 10 Books of the Year
Title Author Name
1. Organizing Your Mind - Makoto Hasebe
2. The Mystery is Solved After Dinner by Atsuya Higashikawa
3. Lose weight instantly with Kashiki-style Curvy Dance! (by Hiromi Kashiki)
4. Targeted weight loss with Kashiki-style Curvy Dance! Hiromi Kashiki
5. How Disney's Training Methods Cultivate Top-Tier Staff Even When 90% Are Part-Timers - Fumijiro Fukushima
6. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
7. The Wings of the Kirin by Keigo Higashino
8. Masquerade Hotel by Keigo Higashino
9. A Superb Translation of Nietzsche's Words: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche / Translated by Haruhiko Shiratori
10. Don't Give Up - Toyo Shibata
■Book Genre Rankings: Paperback Overall Ranking - Top 10 of the Year
Title Author Name
1. God's Medical Chart by Sosuke Natsukawa
2. The Cicada on the Eighth Day by Mitsuyo Kakuta
3. Antoki no Inochi (The Life of That Time) - Masashi Sada
4. Chiyoko (Miyuki Miyabe)
5. Library Wars Special Edition, Vol. 1, by Hiro Arikawa
6. In the City at Dawn by Keigo Higashino
7. The surprisingly refreshing feeling of decluttering. - Hideko Yamashita
8. The Crow's Thumb by Shusuke Michio
9. If September Lasted Forever - Mahokaru Numata
10. Autobahn by Akio Fukamachi

[Request regarding the reproduction and reporting of rankings]
All ranking data can be reproduced free of charge in television, newspapers, magazines, etc. Please be sure to include "TSUTAYA Annual Ranking" or "TSUTAYA Research" when using this information.
When using this information on internet media, please include "TSUTAYA Annual Ranking" or "TSUTAYA Research" and, if you are linking to a product from the ranking data, please link to the relevant product page on TSUTAYA online (http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/).
That's all.

Documents related to this matter

TSUTAYA's 2011 Annual Ranking for Book Sales: The top-selling book of the year is "Organizing Your Mind" by Makoto Hasebe.

Inquiries regarding this matter

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
TSUTAYA Business Division, Public Relations, Yuta Takahashi
TEL: 03-6800-4464/FAX: 03-3760-6020