Book Section Ranking

August 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	A completely new textbook on text analysis	Kodai Abe	Kobunsha	2000
2	War responsibility in East Asian history	Toru Kubo	Iwanami Shoten	3000
3	A philosophical inquiry into freedom	Shigeki Noya	Iwanami Shoten	3000
4	Names and inevitability	Saul A. Kripke	Industrial Books	2700
5	The Adventurers of Image Theory	Osamu Maekawa	University of Tokyo Press	4200
6	Image Science	W. J. T. Mitchell	Humanities Institute	6000
7	The Diplomatic History of Ryukyu: Interactions with Tang China and Yamato	Miki Watanabe	Kodansha	2000
8	How has Japanese history been narrated?	Yuri Kono	Shinchosha	1800
9	matchlock	Daisuke Ikeda	Hara Shobo	3200
10	Performance Research	Richard Schekner	Humanities Institute	5500

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

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*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

Komaba　

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Japanese Studies on China	Makoto Kawashima (Asian Political and Diplomatic History)	University of Tokyo Press	5900
2	global refugee crisis	Naohiko Omata	Iwanami Shoten	3200
3	University of Tokyo, Contemporary Chinese Studies	Tomoo Marukawa	University of Tokyo Press	3000
4	Japan-China relations	Liu Jie	University of Tokyo Press	3200
5	Let's write a paper that sparks academic communication	Yukio Okitsu	Kobundo	3100

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Company Law	?Mika Hashi	Kobundo	3400
2	My opinion, Supreme Court	Katsuya Uga	Yuhikaku	4600
3	Logical Exercises: Civil Procedure Law	Kazuhiro Koshiyama	Kobundo	2400
4	Civil Law Practice Supplementary Notes: 210 Questions	Okino Makoto	Kobundo	3000
5	Techniques of Administrative Law Interpretation	Ken Ito	Kobundo	3000
6	Let's write a paper that sparks academic communication	Yukio Okitsu	Kobundo	3100
7	Basic criminal law 1	Hirofumi Otsuka	Nippon Hyoronsha	3800
8	Standard Practices in Criminal Practice	Ito Juku	Kobundo	2600
9	monarchy principle	Yasuo Hasebe	Yuhikaku	5500
10	The forefront of competition policy surrounding digital platforms	Ryota Inaba	Yuhikaku	7900

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August 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	The Apocalypse of the Anthropocene	Kohei Saito	Shueisha	1700
2	Technological Republic	Alexander C. Carp	Nikkei BP	3000
3	AI ethics	Luciano Floridi	Toyo Keizai Inc	3400
4	Co-creation knowledge revolution	Venkat Ramaswamy	Diamond Inc	3300
5	Economic growth	Kenichi Ueda	Nippon Hyoronsha	2600

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July 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	The Apocalypse of the Anthropocene	Kohei Saito	Shueisha	1700
2	Start with the issue	Kazuto Ataka	Eiji Publishing	2000
3	Economics at the University of Tokyo	Hiroyuki Maeda	Hakusuisha	2600
4	Capital in the Anthropocene	Kohei Saito	Shueisha	1800
5	Economic growth	Kenichi Ueda	Nippon Hyoronsha	2600
6	Introduction to Money Markets	Takahiro Hattori	Nippon Hyoronsha	2800
7	Increase resolution	Takaaki Umada	Eiji Publishing	2200
8	Aerial geoeconomic strategy	Eri Ito	Nikkei BP	2700
9	The huge gap in AI	Hiroaki Miyamoto	Nippon Hyoronsha	2200
10	Optoelectronic Fusion: A Technological Revolution in AI and Semiconductors	Ryunosuke Kubota	Nikkei BP	3000

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Visual Differential Geometry and Differential Forms	Tristan Needham	Maruzen Publishing	9000
2	A Guide to Physics at the University of Tokyo	Kensuke Kobayashi	University of Tokyo Press	3000
3	Mathematics Strategies for Passing Actuarial Exams		Tokyo Books	3200
4	Large Deviation Principle	Yuzuru Inahama	Kyoritsu Publishing	5200
5	Coxeter group and Amidakuji (ladder lottery)	Susumu Ariki	Kyoritsu Publishing	3600
6	Mathematical principles of quantum field theory	Asao Arai	Nippon Hyoronsha	6300
7	Statistical Proficiency Test (R) Level 2 Preparation Textbook & Practice Questions	BellCurve	Kodansha	3500
8	An Introduction to Calculus and Linear Algebra for Uncompromising Data Analysis: Definitions, Formulas, and the Reasoning Behind Them	Satoshi Sugiyama	Soshim	2800
9	Representation theory of symmetric groups and affine Lie algebras	Noriyuki Abe	Iwanami Shoten	6200
10	Methods and tips for obtaining research grants	Masayasu Kojima	Yodosha	4300

*Sales due to special circumstances such as designated textbooks, large orders, and event sales have been excluded from the calculation. *If the top-selling science and engineering books at Komaba were to be compiled as is, the ranking would be dominated by reference books and exercise books for first-year courses such as differential and integral calculus, linear algebra, and mechanics. These may be excluded from this ranking as they are considered equivalent to textbooks. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department ranking

August 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Deep Learning and Statistical Neurodynamics	Shunichi Amari	Science Company	2900
2	Half a Step Ahead of Probability: 30 Episodes Before Tackling Predictive and Diffusion Models	Jun Okubo	Kodansha	3200
3	Academia Swimming Techniques	Nozomi Taniguchi	Yodosha	3300
4	The New Common Sense of Quantum Mechanics: Physics Redefining Consciousness, Existence, and Information	Masahiro Hotta	Kodansha	2900
5	Half a step ahead of linear algebra: 30 lessons before tackling data science and machine learning	Jun Okubo	Kodansha	3000
6	Quantum devices and quantum technology	Arito Nagata	University of Tokyo Press	4500
7	Visual Differential Geometry and Differential Forms	Tristan Needham	Maruzen Publishing	9000
8	Lattice gauge theory and chiral symmetry	Tetsuya Ohnogi	Kyoritsu Publishing	2800
9	Fundamentals and Modeling of Solid Continuum Mechanics	Muneaki Hori	University of Tokyo Press	5000
10	Atkins Physical Chemistry, Part 2	Peter W. Atkins	Tokyo Chemical Industry Association	6000

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

Komaba

Komaba Bookstore
does not create rankings because its inventory/sales of medical and pharmaceutical books are limited.

July 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Experimental Medicine, July 2026: Strategies and Tips for Obtaining Research Grants	Masayasu Kojima	Yodosha	2500
2	Diversity & Inclusion classes taken by medical students at the University of Tokyo	Kiyoto Kasai	Medical Publishing Company	2500
3	Introduction to Epidemiological Design	Daniel Westreich	Academic book publishers	3200
4	Clinical ethics in the age of longevity	Kaoruko Aida	University of Tokyo Press	2900
5	Does that graph convey the message correctly?	Ryosuke Fujii	Yodosha	3600
6	Basics and tips for creating graphical abstracts useful for applications and papers	Masana Ariga	Yodosha	3800
7	Special Issue of Experimental Medicine: How Oral Microbiota is Linked to Systemic Diseases	Kazuhisa Yamazaki	Yodosha	5600
8	Year Note: Internal Medicine and Surgery Edition 2027	Toyo Okano	Medic Media	27600
9	Pocket Respiratory Care 2026	Yu Kurahara	Sign	2000
10	Experimental Medicine, August 2026: Cancer Neuroscience	Narita Toshi	Yodosha	2500

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Eternal memories	Keigo Higashino	Bungeishunju	2100
2	Volcanoes: An Attempt at a Journey - A Collection of Pre-Debut Novels by Kenzaburo Oe	Kenzaburo Oe	Kodansha	1800
3	Kaho	Haruki Murakami	Shinchosha	2600
4	What goes on inside the heads of people who read books super fast? (Murder case)	Tomoyuki Shirai	Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha	600
5	Collected Essays of Kenzaburo Oe	Shigehiko Hasumi	Kodansha	3800
6	Zombie Collector	Kosagawa Chito	Kodansha	1800
7	Nighttime thoughts	Yoru Sumino	Futabasha	1700
8	Novel thinking for verbalization	Satoshi Ogawa	Kodansha	1100

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Eternal memories	Keigo Higashino	Bungeishunju	2100
2	In the Megachurch	Ryo Asai	Nikkei BP	2000
2	The Story of the University of Tokyo (Volumes 1 & 2)	Yukinori Fukatsu	Yugeisha	1500 each
4	Kaho	Haruki Murakami	Shinchosha	2600
5	Novel thinking for verbalization	Satoshi Ogawa	Kodansha	1100
5	A society without “couples”	Kaho Miyake	Kodansha	1200
7	Paradise	Haruo Yuki	Kodansha	1800
7	University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus	Campus Planning Office, University of Tokyo	University of Tokyo Press	2800
7	Choosing the University of Tokyo in 2027	University of Tokyo Newspaper	University of Tokyo Newspaper	1600

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	There are too many losing heroines! 9	Amamori Bonfire	Shogakukan	760
2	Philosophizing about mathematics	Stewart Shapiro	Chikuma Shobo	1800
3	Blumenberg Collection	Hans Blumenberg	Chikuma Shobo	2100
4	About the gold you were supposed to have	Satoshi Ogawa	Shinchosha	630
5	supremacy	Georges Bataille	Chikuma Shobo	1700
6	foreigner	Albert Camus	Shinchosha	590
7	Essays on Madame Bovary, Volumes 1 & 2	Shigehiko Hasumi	Chikuma Shobo	1900
8	The eye of words	Jacques Derrida	Chikuma Shobo	1200
9	There is no anti-meme category	qntm	Hayakawa Publishing	1600
10	The Key to Universality	Paolo Rossi	Chikuma Shobo	1800

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Snow country	Yasunari Kawabata	Shinchosha	460
2	Blumenberg Collection	Hans Blumenberg	Chikuma Shobo	2100
3	Naruse follows the path he believes in	Mina Miyajima	Shinchosha	630
4	One-dimensional cuttings	Ryunosuke Matsushita	Takarajimasha	818
5	ark	Haruo Yuki	Kodansha	830
6	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	Shinchosha	1250
7	Three bodies	Liu Cixin	Hayakawa Publishing	1450
8	Listen to the Wind's Song	Haruki Murakami	Kodansha	580
9	You are like a star	Nagira Yu	Kodansha	900
10	Byakuya row	Keigo Higashino	Shueisha	1300

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Defeat against the Emperor	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	900
2	Introduction to modern thought	Masaya Chiba	Kodansha	900
3	Humans and AI	Daisuke Okanohara	Iwanami Shoten	940
4	Reading Kenzaburo Oe: From a Multifaceted Perspective of Literature and History	Yoichi Komori (Japanese Literature)	Shueisha	1350
5	The mechanics of gambling	Ichiro Tanioka	Kodansha	1200
6	An Introduction to the Aesthetics of the Body	Asa Ito	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1000
7	annual tax	Takashi Watanabe	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1050
8	Inequality and Education	Takehiko Kariya	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1050
9	Shinzo Abe	Ryuji Hattori	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1100
10	A book that explains how to read the law	Tadashi Shiraishi	Chikuma Shobo	1050

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Humans and AI	Daisuke Okanohara	Iwanami Shoten	940
2	What is currency intervention? The mystery behind the creation of the 200 trillion yen "Foreign Exchange Special Account"	Takahiro Hattori	Shueisha	1200
3	annual tax	Takashi Watanabe	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1050
4	Technical college	Yasunobu Teshima	Chuokoron-Shinsha	940
5	Aftermath of bullying	Tamaki Saito	Iwanami Shoten	940
6	A book that explains how to read the law	Tadashi Shiraishi	Chikuma Shobo	1050
7	Unraveling the mystery of kanji and their on'yomi readings	Nobuyuki Nakazawa	Chuokoron-Shinsha	920
7	The essence of life	Masaharu Takemura	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1100
9	world politics 5	Masahiro Iwasaki / Hideya Matsuo	Chikuma Shobo	980
10	First time buying Japanese government bonds	Takahiro Hattori	Shueisha	1000

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	TOEIC L&R TEST Appearing Words Express Golden Phrase	TEX Kato	Asahi Shimbun Publications	900
2	Official TOEFL English Vocabulary	ETS	The Japan Times	3000
3	Official TOEIC Listening & Reading Questions 12	Educational Testing	International Business Communication Association	3300
4	TOEFL iBT Official Comprehensive Preparation	ETS	Obunsha	2700
5	TOEFL Test English Vocabulary 3800	Takashi Kambe	Obunsha	2300
6	Practical IELTS Vocabulary 3500	Keiichi Uchimiya	Obunsha	2600
7	Complete TOEFL iBT test preparation for those taking the test for the first time or those aiming for a high score	Yuki Yamauchi	J Research Publishing	2800
8	Pass the HSK Exam! New HSK Levels 1-4 Vocabulary Training Book	Lee Jeong-ae	Ask Publishing	1800
9	Complete Guide to Your First TOEFL Test	TOEFL Seminar	TS Planning	3200
10	French reading comprehension skills honed with Le Monde	Kyohei Muramatsu	Left and Right Company	2500

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	TOEIC L&R TEST Appearing Words Express Golden Phrase	TEX Kato	Asahi Shimbun Publications	900
2	TOEFL Test English Vocabulary 3800	Takashi Kambe	Obunsha	2300
3	TOEFL iBT Official Comprehensive Preparation	ETS	Obunsha	2700
4	Official TOEIC Listening & Reading Questions 12	Educational Testing	International Business Communication Association	3300
5	A dictionary of English vocabulary that helps you learn words quickly through etymology, sound, and imagery	Hiroshi Suzuki	Bere Publishing	2000
6	Complete Guide to Your First TOEFL Test	TOEFL Seminar	TS Planning	3200
7	A Complete Guide to English Chunks Frequently Used by Native Speakers in Everyday Conversation	Blake Turnbull	Bere Publishing	2200
8	Official TOEFL English Vocabulary	ETS	The Japan Times	3000
9	Serious Intermediate and Advanced Italian	Takaaki Honda	Bere Publishing	3200
10	Official TOEIC Listening & Reading 800+	ETS	International Business Communication Association	3000

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

Komaba

Komaba Bookstore
does not have a ranking system in place due to its limited stock and sales of job-hunting and civil service-related books.

July 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Case study notebook written by a University of Tokyo student to improve your problem-solving skills	University of Tokyo Case Study Research Group	Toyo Keizai Inc	1600
2	This is the real web test! 1 2028 edition	SPI Note Club	Kodansha	1500
3	Company Quarterly Report Industry Map 2026 Edition	Toyo Keizai Inc	Toyo Keizai Inc	1800
4	Fermi Estimation Notes: A guide to developing your natural intelligence, written by a current Tokyo University student	University of Tokyo Case Study Research Group	Toyo Keizai Inc	1600
5	Guaranteed Job Offer 2028	Taro Sugimura	Diamond Inc	1800
6	The Ultimate SPI & Test Center Super Practice Problem Collection 2028 Latest Edition	Office Umi	Natsumesha	1500
7	Key points of administrative issues and policy arguments that will be asked in essays and interviews	Junichi Takase	Practical Education Publishing	1500
8	Current Affairs for Civil Service Exams: Fully Covered for the 2026 Exam	Qualification Examination Research Group	Practical Education Publishing	1200
9	New Super Past Exam Questions Seminar for Civil Service Exams, Vol. 7: Numerical Reasoning	Qualification Examination Research Group	Practical Education Publishing	1800
10	New Super Past Questions Seminar for Civil Service Exams, Vol. 7: Logical Reasoning	Qualification Examination Research Group	Practical Education Publishing	1800

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Kingdom 80	Yasuhisa Hara	Shueisha	700
2	Samwan Hertz 4	Mountain ray	Shueisha	520
3	Jadougah of the Tent 6	Tomato soup	Akita Shoten	800
4	Witchwatch 27	Kenta Shinohara	Shueisha	520
5	ONE PIECE Volume 115	Eiichiro Oda	Shueisha	540
6	Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Vol. 18	Izumi Tsubaki	Square Enix	1500
7	The Young Lord Who's Good at Running Away 26	Yusei Matsui	Shueisha	520
8	Made in Abyss 15	Tsukushi Akihito	Takeshobo	1000
9	The Pharmacist's Monologue 17	Hyuganatsu	Square Enix	700
10	space brothers 46	Chuuya Koyama	Kodansha	1028

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

August 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Samwan Hertz 4	Mountain ray	Shueisha	520
2	Kingdom 80	Yasuhisa Hara	Shueisha	700
3	The Young Lord Who's Good at Running Away 26	Yusei Matsui	Shueisha	520
4	TimeTuber Yukari 4	Osamu Akimoto	Shueisha	720
5	Made in Abyss 15	Tsukushi Akihito	Takeshobo	1000
6	Books purchased with tax money (20)	Zui no	Kodansha	720
7	Chiikawa is a small and cute one. 8	Nagano	Kodansha	1250
8	MAO 30	Rumiko Takahashi	Shogakukan	540
9	Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Vol. 18	Izumi Tsubaki	Square Enix	1500
10	Q. E. D. UNIV. - Proof complete - 4	Motohiro Kato	Kodansha	540

*Sales figures for designated textbooks, bulk orders, and event sales are excluded from the calculation. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

The designated textbooks referred to here are as follows:
1) Books that have been approved by the student cooperative by the instructor in charge.
2) Books other than those listed in 1 above that have been introduced in class and have been purchased by many students.
Please note that designated textbooks may include independently bound books or foreign books,
and these may not be reflected in this ranking.

ranking textbooks
is meaningless because the number of required textbooks supplied depends on the number of students enrolled.
However, there have been requests for information on which textbooks are frequently purchased at the University of Tokyo and when and what textbooks are purchased. Therefore, we
have decided to make this information public starting in January 2024.
For more information on the University of Tokyo Co-op's approach to textbook sales, please see the page below.

Sales of textbooks and reference books

August 2026 Ranking

Komaba

This ranking is based on the stocks scheduled for sale in the A semester of the 2026 academic year

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Electromagnetism Starting with Maxwell's Equations	Susumu Komiyama	Shokabo	2800
2	quantum chemistry	Fumitaka Mafune	Kagaku Dojin	3900
3	Electromagnetism 1	Yosuke Nagaoka	Iwanami Shoten	2400
4	Theoretical electromagnetism	Shigenobu Sunagawa	Kinokuniya Bookstore	4200
5	Masahiko Saito Calculus	Masahiko Saito	Tokyo Books	3000
6	A book that explains how to read the law	Tadashi Shiraishi	Chikuma Shobo	1050
7	Electromagnetism 2	Yosuke Nagaoka	Iwanami Shoten	1800
8	Electromagnetism	Shigenobu Sunagawa	Iwanami Shoten	2800
9	The Power of Microeconomics	Michihiro Kamitori	Nippon Hyoronsha	3200
10	One Hundred Selected Constitutional Law Cases, Vol. 1	Yasuo Hasebe	Yuhikaku	2500

*Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

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Due to the nature of the sales method, it is difficult to compile statistics for the Hongo Book Department, so there are no plans to make them public

January to December 2022 Overall Ranking (Top 20)

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Lecture on "Vocaloid Music Theory" at the University of Tokyo	Ayukawa Pate	Bungeishunju	2200
2	University liberal arts calculus	Fumimoto Kato	Suken Publishing	2800
3	Introduction to modern thought	Masaya Chiba	Kodansha	900
4	The ethics of leisure and boredom	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	800
5	ONE PIECE Volume 104	Eiichiro Oda	Shueisha	480
6	ONE PIECE Volume 102	Eiichiro Oda	Shueisha	440
7	What is feminism?	Shimizu Akiko	Bungeishunju	980
8	nonequilibrium statistical mechanics	Takahiro Sagawa	Kyoritsu Publishing	2200
9	The campus seminar on linear algebra is highly acclaimed for its excellent learning potential	Takayuki Baba	Masema	2380
10	Jujutsu Kaisen 19	Akutami Gege	Shueisha	440
11	The science of organizing thoughts	Shigehiko Toyama	Chikuma Shobo	520
12	Modern Russian Military Strategy	Yu Koizumi	Chikuma Shobo	940
13	Spinoza for Beginners	Koichiro Kokubun	Kodansha	860
14	The campus seminar on differential and integral calculus has a reputation for building amazing skills	Takayuki Baba	Masema	2380
15	Algebra 1	Akihiko Yukie	Nippon Hyoronsha	2000
16	Easy-to-understand analytical mechanics	Masahiro Maeno	Tokyo Books	2800
17	Capital in the Anthropocene	Kohei Saito	Shueisha	1020
18	It's all about being popular	Hitoshi Futamura	East Press	667
19	Petit Royal French-Japanese Dictionary	Hidenori Kurakata	Obunsha	4200
20	Spinoza	Koichiro Kokubun	Iwanami Shoten	1280

*In the calculation process, sales figures due to special circumstances such as large orders or event sales have been excluded. *Textbooks designated by the university have been excluded. * Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

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January to December 2023 Overall Ranking (Top 20)

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Chart Series: University Education: Linear Algebra	Fumimoto Kato	Suken Publishing	2800
2	The ethics of leisure and boredom	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	800
3	Chart Series University Education Calculus	Fumimoto Kato	Suken Publishing	2800
4	Delusional Academism 1	Yuki Hiyama	Houbunsha	900
5	Lecture on "Vocaloid Music Theory" at the University of Tokyo	Ayukawa Pate	Bungeishunju	2200
6	Introduction to modern thought	Masaya Chiba	Kodansha	900
7	The city and its uncertain walls	Haruki Murakami	Shinchosha	2700
8	The essence of language	Mutsumi Imai	Chuokoron-Shinsha	960
9	righteous desire	Ryo Asai	Shinchosha	850
10	TOEFL Test English Vocabulary 3800	Takashi Kambe	Obunsha	2300
11	TOEIC L&R TEST Appearing Words Express Golden Phrase	TEX Kato	Asahi Shimbun Publications	890
12	Das Kapital from Scratch	Kohei Saito	NHK Publishing	930
13	Algebra 1	Akihiko Yukie	Nippon Hyoronsha	2000
14	The science of organizing thoughts	Shigehiko Toyama	Chikuma Shobo	520
15	Introduction to sets and topology	Kazuo Matsuzaka	Iwanami Shoten	2600
16	The campus seminar on linear algebra is highly acclaimed for its excellent learning potential	Takayuki Baba	Masema	2380
17	Campus seminar on thermodynamics, a highly acclaimed program that builds students' skills	Yutaka Takasugi	Masema	2020
18	Did the Nazis do any "good things"?	Takuya Onodera	Iwanami Shoten	820
19	Latest Paper Classroom	Kazuhisa Todayama	NHK Publishing	1400
20	Thermodynamics of fluctuating systems	Keiji Saito	Science Company	2500

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	The ethics of leisure and boredom	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	800
2	Diffusion Model	Daisuke Okanohara	Iwanami Shoten	3200
3	Case study notebook written by a University of Tokyo student to improve your problem-solving skills	University of Tokyo Case Study Research Group	Toyo Keizai Inc	1500
4	The essence of language	Mutsumi Imai	Chuokoron-Shinsha	960
5	Are large-scale language models the new intelligence?	Daisuke Okanohara	Iwanami Shoten	1400
6	TOEFL Test English Vocabulary 3800	Takashi Kambe	Obunsha	2300
7	Theory and algorithms for optimal transportation	Ryuma Sato	Kodansha	3000
8	The city and its uncertain walls	Haruki Murakami	Shinchosha	2700
9	Academic Phrase Bank: Ready to use! 200 sentence structures and 1900 examples	John Morley	Kodansha	2500
10	Official TOEIC Listening & Reading Questions 9	Educational Testing	International Business Communication Association	3000
11	Did the Nazis do any "good things"?	Takuya Onodera	Iwanami Shoten	820
12	Inspection techniques	Masaki Kobayashi	Koseisha	2000
13	Fermi Estimation Notes: A guide to developing your natural intelligence, written by a current Tokyo University student	University of Tokyo Case Study Research Group	Toyo Keizai Inc	1450
14	Deep Learning	Takayuki Okatani	Kodansha	3000
15	Postwar Japanese Political History	Shiro Sakai	Chuokoron-Shinsha	960
16	Techniques of Administrative Law Interpretation	Ken Ito	Kobundo	2600
17	The science of causal inference	Judea Pearl	Bungeishunju	3400
18	Deep Learning from Scratch	Yasutake Saito	O'Reilly Japan	3400
19	Introduction to modern thought	Masaya Chiba	Kodansha	900
20	Introduction to large-scale language models	Ikuya Yamada	Gijutsu Hyoronsha	3200

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January to December 2024 Overall Ranking (Top 20)

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	The science of organizing thoughts	Shigehiko Toyama	Chikuma Shobo	630
2	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	Shinchosha	1250
3	The ethics of leisure and boredom	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	900
4	A brand new academic writing textbook	Kodai Abe	Kobunsha	1800
5	Three bodies	Liu Cixin	Hayakawa Publishing	1100
6	TOEIC L&R TEST Appearing Words Express Golden Phrase	TEX Kato	Asahi Shimbun Publications	890
7	Ethics of care	Yashiro Okano	Iwanami Shoten	1240
8	TOEFL Test English Vocabulary 3800	Takashi Kambe	Obunsha	2300
9	A mathematician's musings	Yasuyuki Kawahigashi	Iwanami Shoten	1600
10	Introduction to LATEX document creation	Haruhiko Okumura	Gijutsu Hyoronsha	3300
11	Naruse goes to take over the world	Mina Miyajima	Shinchosha	1550
12	Philosophy of Sense	Masaya Chiba	Bungeishunju	1600
13	Algebra 1	Akihiko Yukie	Nippon Hyoronsha	2100
14	Of all the white things	Han Kang	Kawade Shobo Shinsha	850
15	The campus seminar on linear algebra is highly acclaimed for its excellent learning potential	Takayuki Baba	Masema	2380
16	Why is Tokyo University so male-dominated?	Yuto Yaguchi	Shueisha	990
17	righteous desire	Ryo Asai	Shinchosha	850
18	Campus seminar on electromagnetism, a highly acclaimed exercise that builds students' skills	Yutaka Takasugi	Masema	2050
19	Master University Calculus in One Book	Shunzen Ishii	Gijutsu Hyoronsha	2280
20	Butler Introduction	Kazuteru Fujitaka	Chikuma Shobo	940

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	Shinchosha	1250
2	A brand new academic writing textbook	Kodai Abe	Kobunsha	1800
3	The science of organizing thoughts	Shigehiko Toyama	Chikuma Shobo	630
4	TOEFL Test English Vocabulary 3800	Takashi Kambe	Obunsha	2300
5	Case study notebook written by a University of Tokyo student to improve your problem-solving skills	University of Tokyo Case Study Research Group	Toyo Keizai Inc	1500
6	TOEIC L&R TEST Appearing Words Express Golden Phrase	TEX Kato	Asahi Shimbun Publications	890
7	History thinks so	Yusaku Matsuzawa	Chikuma Shobo	940
8	Three bodies	Liu Cixin	Hayakawa Publishing	1100
9	The ethics of leisure and boredom	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	900
10	Field theory and Green's functions for condensed matter physics	Masao Ogata	Science Company	2700
11	Graph Neural Networks	Ryuma Sato	Kodansha	3000
12	How generative AI will change the world	Shota Imai	SB Creative	900
13	Naruse goes to take over the world	Mina Miyajima	Shinchosha	1550
14	Why is Tokyo University so male-dominated?	Yuto Yaguchi	Shueisha	990
15	Philosophy of Sense	Masaya Chiba	Bungeishunju	1600
16	Introduction to large-scale language models	Ikuya Yamada	Gijutsu Hyoronsha	3200
17	Econometrics of Causal Inference	Kohei Kawaguchi	Nippon Hyoronsha	3200
18	Deep Learning 5 from Scratch	Yasutake Saito	O'Reilly Japan	3600
19	Machine learning as a liberal arts subject	Masashi Sugiyama	University of Tokyo Press	2600
20	Fermi Estimation Notes: A guide to developing your natural intelligence, written by a current Tokyo University student	University of Tokyo Case Study Research Group	Toyo Keizai Inc	1450

*In the calculation process, sales figures due to special circumstances such as large orders or event sales have been excluded. *Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

January to December 2025 Overall Ranking (Top 20)

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	The science of organizing thoughts	Shigehiko Toyama	Chikuma Shobo	630
2	The ethics of leisure and boredom	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	900
3	Delusional Academism 2	Yuki Hiyama	Houbunsha	1000
4	TOEIC L&R TEST Appearing Words Express Golden Phrase	TEX Kato	Asahi Shimbun Publications	890
5	A brand new academic writing textbook	Kodai Abe	Kobunsha	1800
6	The world of middle voice	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	900
7	Jewish History	Taro Tsurumi	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1080
8	Freedom from means	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	880
9	Naruse goes to take over the world	Mina Miyajima	Shinchosha	630
10	What is Logical Thinking?	Masako Watanabe	Iwanami Shoten	920
11	Official TOEIC Listening & Reading Questions 11	Educational Testing	International Business Communication Association	3000
12	ONE PIECE Volume 113	Eiichiro Oda	Shueisha	520
13	Why don't girls from rural areas aim for Tokyo University?	Kawasaki Rion	Kobunsha	860
14	Introduction to modern thought	Masaya Chiba	Kodansha	900
15	National Treasures Volumes 1 and 2	Shuichi Yoshida	Asahi Shimbun Publications	800
16	Why working makes it hard to read books	Kaho Miyake	Shueisha	1000
17	TOEFL Test English Vocabulary 3800	Takashi Kambe	Obunsha	2300
18	Research on "Tokyo University Graduates"	Yuki Honda	Chikuma Shobo	920
19	righteous desire	Ryo Asai	Shinchosha	850
20	Detective Conan 107	Gosho Aoyama	Shogakukan	540

*In the calculation process, sales figures due to special circumstances such as large orders or event sales have been excluded. *Textbooks designated by the university have been excluded. * Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	TOEIC L&R TEST Appearing Words Express Golden Phrase	TEX Kato	Asahi Shimbun Publications	890
2	A brand new academic writing textbook	Kodai Abe	Kobunsha	1800
3	Research on "Tokyo University Graduates"	Yuki Honda	Chikuma Shobo	920
4	The world of middle voice	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	900
5	The science of organizing thoughts	Shigehiko Toyama	Chikuma Shobo	630
6	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	Shinchosha	1250
7	TOEFL Test English Vocabulary 3800	Takashi Kambe	Obunsha	2300
8	What is Logical Thinking?	Masako Watanabe	Iwanami Shoten	920
9	How generative AI works	Daisuke Okanohara	Iwanami Shoten	1500
10	NEXUS: The History of Information for Humankind, Vol	Yuval Noah Harari	Kawade Shobo Shinsha	2000
11	What is a research question?	Ikuya Sato	Chikuma Shobo	960
12	National Treasures Vol. 2	Shuichi Yoshida	Asahi Shimbun Publications	800
13	National Treasures Vol. 1	Shuichi Yoshida	Asahi Shimbun Publications	800
14	I understand the language of birds	Toshitaka Suzuki	Shogakukan	1700
15	ONE PIECE Volume 113	Eiichiro Oda	Shueisha	520
16	NEXUS: The History of Information for Humankind, Vol. 2	Yuval Noah Harari	Kawade Shobo Shinsha	2000
17	University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus	Campus Planning Office, University of Tokyo	University of Tokyo Press	2800
18	Quantum field theory in condensed matter	Hiroyuki Tajima	Kyoritsu Publishing	3500
19	Jewish History	Taro Tsurumi	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1080
20	Half a step ahead of linear algebra: 30 lessons before tackling data science and machine learning	Jun Okubo	Kodansha	3000

*In the calculation process, sales figures due to special circumstances such as large orders or event sales have been excluded. *Textbooks designated by the university have been excluded. * Clicking on the book title will open the corresponding page in the University of Tokyo Co-op's inventory search system. *For inquiries regarding the reproduction or use of the published content, please contact us via the inquiry form regarding the book department rankings