Book Section Ranking

September 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Weaving together the history of images 1	Yumi Matsui	University of Tokyo Press	3000
2	A completely new textbook on text analysis	Kodai Abe	Kobunsha	2000
3	The Adventurers of Image Theory	Osamu Maekawa	University of Tokyo Press	4200
4	Beyond the curtain	Koichiro Kokubun	Bungeishunju	1700
5	American Revolutionary History	Takashi Ishikawa	Yamakawa Publishing Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda Ward)	1800
6	University of Tokyo Komaba Style	College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo	University of Tokyo Press	2500
7	The history of the end of the war, including the abdication of the emperor	Hideya Kasai	Keio University Press	2500
8	Art Theory in the Palm of Your Hand	Yumi Matsui	Keiso Shobo	4000
9	The Japanese Spirit 2	Keishi Saeki	Shinchosha	1800
10	Me and "Teacher"	Kai Nagase	Kodansha	2500

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September 2026 Ranking

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September 2026 Ranking

Komaba　

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Liberalism	Shigenori Uno	University of Tokyo Press	2900
2	League of Dictatorships	Anne Applebaum	Soshisha	2700
3	Japan-North Korea relations under the Nakasone administration	Choi Ji Hee	Hosei University Press	4700
4	Separatist conflicts in the former Soviet bloc	Kimitaka Matsusato	Nagoya University Press	5400
5	Political communication	Masaki Taniguchi	University of Tokyo Press	3300

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September 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Basic administrative law	Shigeki Nakahara	Nippon Hyoronsha	3400
2	Basic criminal law 2	Hirofumi Otsuka	Nippon Hyoronsha	3400
3	Private Government	Elizabeth Anderson	Keiso Shobo	3200
4	Legal subject, legal act, intention	Yuta Ikeda	Yuhikaku	11000
5	Modern Japanese political history	Koji Nakakita	Yuhikaku	2700
6	Constitution Girl 3	Yoshinori Oshima	Law Bunkasha	2300
7	Standard Practices in Criminal Practice	Ito Juku	Kobundo	2600
8	Purpose and Guidelines Handbook 3		Tatsumi Law Institute	4500
9	The Perfect Analysis Book of Past Answers to Judicial Examination Essay Questions, 2025 Edition	Ryuji Nishiguchi	Tatsumi Law Institute	4800
10	Constitution Girl	Yoshinori Oshima	Law Bunkasha	2500

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September 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Private Government	Elizabeth Anderson	Keiso Shobo	3200
2	The Apocalypse of the Anthropocene	Kohei Saito	Shueisha	1700
3	365-day AI	Joanna Stern	HarperCollins Japan	2600
4	Private equity capitalism will devour the world	Brendan Ballou	Toyo Keizai Inc	3200
5	Solve and Master Game Theory	Shigeo Muto	Nikkei BP	2600

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September 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	New Environmental Economics	Yoshifumi Konishi	Nippon Hyoronsha	3300
2	Empirical Business Economics	Yasuaki Uetake	Nippon Hyoronsha	2700
3	Economy and Society	Shinichiro Inaba	Yuhikaku	2400
4	The Evolution of Competition Policy	Keita Fukunaga	Nikkei BP	2800
5	Behavioral economics	Takeshi Murooka	Nippon Hyoronsha	2500
6	Future thinking 2045	Shinichiro Yasukawa	Diamond Inc	2000
7	AI Management Course	Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory, University of Tokyo	Shueisha International	2000
8	The economics of healthcare collapse	Reon Takaku	Keio University Press	3000
9	New regional revitalization theory	Keisuke Murakami	Nikkei BP	2200
10	Capital in the Anthropocene	Kohei Saito	Shueisha	1800

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September 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Large Deviation Principle	Yuzuru Inahama	Kyoritsu Publishing	5200
2	A Guide to Physics at the University of Tokyo	Kensuke Kobayashi	University of Tokyo Press	3000
3	Representation theory and Fourier series/Fourier transform	Hisayoshi Matsumoto	Kyoritsu Publishing	3200
4	Introduction to the Theory of Representation	Susumu Ariki	Kyoritsu Publishing	3200
5	Fourier analysis and hyperfunctions	Ryosuke Kida	University of Tokyo Press	4200
6	The Mathematics of Directed Percolation	Tetsu Sakai	Kyoritsu Publishing	4200
7	Quantum devices and quantum technology	Arito Nagata	University of Tokyo Press	4500
8	prime number distribution theory	Keiki Muneno	Morikita Publishing	4500
9	An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Building Upon Quantum Mechanics	Nobuhiko Taniguchi	scientific information publishing	4000
10	The New Common Sense of Quantum Mechanics: Physics Redefining Consciousness, Existence, and Information	Masahiro Hotta	Kodansha	2900

*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.
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September 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Half a Step Ahead of Probability: 30 Episodes Before Tackling Predictive and Diffusion Models	Jun Okubo	Kodansha	3200
2	Deep Learning and Statistical Neurodynamics	Shunichi Amari	Science Company	2900
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	Numerical simulation of seismic wave propagation	Takuto Maeda	University of Tokyo Press	6600
6	Quantum theory of black holes	Norihiro Iizuka	Asakura Shoten	6000
7	Reaching the pinnacle of Gödel's incompleteness theorems	Shunzen Ishii	Bere Publishing	3500
8	animal systematics	Hiroshi Yoshihara	Nakayama Human Sciences Promotion Foundation	4500
9	Robot modeling using differential geometry	Robotics Society of Japan	Ohmsha	3800
10	Fundamentals of Software Engineering	Nathaniel Schüttler	O'Reilly Japan	3800

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

September 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Special Issue of Experimental Medicine: The Natural History of Cancer	Nobuyuki Kakiuchi	Yodosha	5600
2	Experimental Medicine Special Issue: 100 Q&A Troubleshooting Tips from Immunohistochemical Experts	Hideki Takahashi	Yodosha	5200
3	University Hospital	Kensuke Yoshimura	University of Tokyo Press	2900
4	standard physiology	Haruki Omori	Medical Publishing Company	12000
5	Diseases Made Visible Vol. 2	Medical Informatics Research Institute	Medic Media	4300
6	A Beginner's Guide! Real-World Data x SQL x Clinical Research Analysis	Hideki Yasunaga	Kinpodo	4100
7	A book that helps you unconsciously acquire the basics of medical statistics and data analysis	Nobuaki Michibata	Yodosha	3200
8	Become a Pro in 7 Days: Molecular Biology Drills	Takehiko Kobayashi	Yodosha	4500
9	A book that makes the complex statistical methods in medical papers easy to understand	Hideki Yasunaga	Kinbara Publishing	3200
10	Diseases Made Visible Vol. 10	Medical Informatics Research Institute	Medic Media	3600

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September 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Novel thinking for verbalization	Satoshi Ogawa	Kodansha	1100
2	Eternal memories	Keigo Higashino	Bungeishunju	2100
3	Sophistry and Philosophy	Satoshi Ogawa	Shueisha	1200
4	Volcanoes: An Attempt at a Journey - A Collection of Pre-Debut Novels by Kenzaburo Oe	Kenzaburo Oe	Kodansha	1800
5	Collected Essays of Kenzaburo Oe	Shigehiko Hasumi	Kodansha	3800
6	Kaho	Haruki Murakami	Shinchosha	2600
7	“Stone Ball Castle” Murder Case	Takekuni Kitayama	Kodansha	2150

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September 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Beyond the curtain	Koichiro Kokubun / Masayasu Wakabayashi	Bungeishunju	1700
2	Eternal memories	Keigo Higashino	Bungeishunju	2100
3	Sophistry and Philosophy	Satoshi Ogawa	Shueisha	1200
3	In the Megachurch	Ryo Asai	Nikkei BP	2000
5	Novel thinking for verbalization	Satoshi Ogawa	Kodansha	1100

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September 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Shore of the Underworld	Fuyumi Ono	Shinchosha	750
2	The science of organizing thoughts	Shigehiko Toyama	Chikuma Shobo	630
3	The world of middle voice	Koichiro Kokubun	Shinchosha	900
4	righteous desire	Ryo Asai	Shinchosha	850
5	Swans and Bats (Volumes 1 & 2)	Keigo Higashino	Gentosha	800
6	The Odyssey, Volumes 1 & 2	Homer	Iwanami Shoten	1050
7	The birth of ownership	Masanobu Kato	Kodansha	1100
8	The Ethics of Memory	Tetsuya Takahashi	Iwanami Shoten	1670
9	There is no anti-meme category	qntm	Hayakawa Publishing	1600
10	Whimsical Capsule	Shinichi Hoshi	Shinchosha	630

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September 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Shore of the Underworld	Fuyumi Ono	Shinchosha	750
2	The Triumphant Return of Sherlock Holmes	Tomihiko Morimi	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1100
2	Who are they?	Ryo Asai	Shinchosha	670
4	What is Enlightenment? and four other essays	Immanuel Kant	Iwanami Shoten	780
4	world justice theory	Tatsuo Inoue	Chikuma Shobo	1700
4	The Devotion of Suspect X	Keigo Higashino	Bungeishunju	780
4	The Odyssey, Part 1/Part 2	Homer	Iwanami Shoten	1050
8	The birth of ownership	Masanobu Kato	Kodansha	1100
9	A fatal episode	Anthony Horowitz	Tokyo Sogensha	1300
10	There is no anti-meme category	qntm	Hayakawa Publishing	1600

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September 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Modern Chinese history	Motoya Nakamura	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1200
2	What is currency intervention? The mystery behind the creation of the 200 trillion yen "Foreign Exchange Special Account"	Takahiro Hattori	Shueisha	1200
3	Fighting war crimes	Tomoko Akane	Bungeishunju	950
4	The Economics of Preconceptions	Fumio Otake	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1140
5	An era of ambiguity and vulnerability	Masayoshi Ito	Iwanami Shoten	920
6	Introduction to modern thought	Masaya Chiba	Kodansha	900
7	An Introduction to the Aesthetics of the Body	Asa Ito	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1000
8	Popular Religion: Faith and Nationalism in Imperial Japan	Takashi Nagaoka	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1000
9	How to succeed as a researcher	Shuji Hasegawa	Kodansha	1000
10	Mughal Empire	Ken Aoki (Religious Studies)	Chikuma Shobo	920

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September 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Humans and AI	Daisuke Okanohara	Iwanami Shoten	940
1	Fighting war crimes	Tomoko Akane	Bungeishunju	950
3	Why are we always pressed for time?	Tsuyoshi Deguchi	SB Creative	1000
4	Popular Religion: Faith and Nationalism in Imperial Japan	Takashi Nagaoka	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1000
5	Agatha Christie's TIME	Junmi Arai	Iwanami Shoten	1000
6	Reading the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)	Takamitsu Kanno	Kodansha	1200
7	Unraveling the mystery of kanji and their on'yomi readings	Nobuyuki Nakazawa	Chuokoron-Shinsha	920
8	The World's Most Interesting Brain Lecture	Japanese Neuroscience Society	Kodansha	1300
9	Modern Chinese history	Motoya Nakamura	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1200
10	The Economics of Preconceptions	Fumio Otake	Chuokoron-Shinsha	1140

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September 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Official TOEIC Listening & Reading Questions 12	Educational Testing	International Business Communication Association	3300
2	TOEIC L&R TEST Appearing Words Express Golden Phrase	TEX Kato	Asahi Shimbun Publications	900
3	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
4	New French Grammar for Beginners	Alliance Française	J Research Publishing	1200
5	French reading comprehension skills honed with Le Monde	Kyohei Muramatsu	Left and Right Company	2500
6	Pass in the shortest time possible! Complete mastery of the Eiken Grade 1 summary and essay sections	Japan Times Publishing English Editorial Department	The Japan Times	2500
7	Official TOEIC Listening & Reading Questions 11	Educational Testing	International Business Communication Association	3000
8	80 Useful Russian Sentence Patterns	Gota Sayama	Toyo Shoten Shinsha	2800
9	Instant English composition training for speaking fluently	Yosuke Morisawa	Bere Publishing	1700
10	1000 TOEIC L&R Test Grammar Questions	TEX Kato	Ask Publishing	2300

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September 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Official TOEIC Listening & Reading Questions 12	Educational Testing	International Business Communication Association	3300
2	TOEIC L&R TEST Appearing Words Express Golden Phrase	TEX Kato	Asahi Shimbun Publications	900
3	TOEFL iBT Official Comprehensive Preparation	ETS	Obunsha	2700
4	Complete TOEFL iBT test preparation for those aiming for a score of 100 (5.5) or higher	Yuki Yamauchi	J Research Publishing	3000
5	TOEFL TEST Essential English Vocabulary 5600	Hayashi Isao	Bere Publishing	2500
6	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
7	Serious Intermediate/Advanced French	Izumi Yoshida	Bere Publishing	2900
8	Practical IELTS Vocabulary 3500	Keiichi Uchimiya	Obunsha	2600
9	Master it! TOEIC L&R TEST 990-Point Listening Training	Akira Yashima	Three A Network	2500
10	TOEFL iBT Complete Practice Tests (5 sets) [Includes 5 Web-based Practice Tests]	Yuki Yamauchi	J Research Publishing	5000

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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.

August 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Company Handbook Industry Map 2027 Edition	Toyo Keizai Inc	Toyo Keizai Inc	2000
2	Current Affairs for Civil Service Exams: Fully Covered for the 2026 Exam	Qualification Examination Research Group	Practical Education Publishing	1200
3	Civil Service Exam Quick Preparation: Practical Training Edition (Fully Covered for the 2026 Exam)	Qualification Examination Research Group	Practical Education Publishing	1200
4	The Ultimate SPI & Test Center Super Practice Problem Collection 2028 Latest Edition	Office Umi	Natsumesha	1500
5	This is the real web test! 2 2028 Edition	SPI Note Club	Kodansha	1500
6	New Super Past Exam Questions Seminar for Civil Service Exams, Vol. 8: Numerical Reasoning	Qualification Examination Research Group	Practical Education Publishing	1900
7	Nikkei Industry Map 2027 Edition	Nikkei Inc	Nikkei BP	2000
8	New Super Past Questions Seminar for Civil Service Exams 8: Logical Reasoning	Qualification Examination Research Group	Practical Education Publishing	1900
9	New Super Past Questions Seminar for Civil Service Exams, Vol. 8: Reading Comprehension and Data Interpretation	Qualification Examination Research Group	Practical Education Publishing	1900
10	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

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September 2026 Ranking

Komaba

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Kagurabachi 12	Ken Sozono	Shueisha	520
2	The Star of the Girls' Garden 5	Wayama Yama	Shodensha	820
3	Samwan Hertz 1-4	Mountain ray	Shueisha	520
4	Kingdom 80	Yasuhisa Hara	Shueisha	700
5	Made in Abyss 15	Tsukushi Akihito	Takeshobo	1000
6	Licorice Recoil 9	Bizen Yasunori	KADOKAWA	840
7	A slightly longer moment	Ken Kumakura	Tokyo Sogensha	900
8	Silver Mountain 5	Kazuhiro Fujita	Shogakukan	570
9	Ghost in the Shell 1-2	Masamune Shirow	Kodansha	1500
10	HUNTER×HUNTER 39	Yoshihiro Togashi	Shueisha	520

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September 2026 Ranking

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Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	The Star of the Girls' Garden 5	Wayama Yama	Shodensha	820
2	Kingdom 80	Yasuhisa Hara	Shueisha	700
3	MIX 25	Mitsuru Adachi	Shogakukan	570
4	Kagurabachi 12	Ken Sozono	Shueisha	520
5	Dan Mitsu 3	Toru Seino	Kodansha	720
6	Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo (This is the Police Station in front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward), Volume 202	Osamu Akimoto	Shueisha	630
7	Samwan Hertz 4	Mountain ray	Shueisha	520
8	Professor Munakata's World Chapter 09	Yukinobu Hoshino	Shogakukan	1450
9	Haikyuu!! Character Remix Bonds Hinata and Kageyama Part 1	Haruichi Furudate	Shueisha	1500
10	The Magnificent Suffering of the Habsburgs, Part 3	Azuma Rei	Kodansha	720

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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

September 2026 Ranking

Komaba

This ranking is based on the stocks sold during the 2026 A semester

Ranking	Book title	author	Publisher	Price excluding tax
1	Basic Physics Experiments: Fall 2026 - Spring 2027	Textbook for the Basic Physics Experiment, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo	Academic book publishers	1900
2	Basic Chemistry Experiments	Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo	Tokyo Chemical Industry Association	2800
3	Engineering Mathematics 4	Kurt Meiberg	Science Company	1800
4	Engineering Mathematics 5	Kurt Meiberg	Science Company	2300
5	Engineering Mathematics 6	Kurt Meiberg	Science Company	2200
6	quantum chemistry	Fumitaka Mafune	Kagaku Dojin	3900
7	Introduction to Programming with Python: A Textbook from the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo	Akimasa Morihata	University of Tokyo Press	2300
8	An Introduction to Geometric Science Using 3D CAD	Yurika Yokoyama	Science Company	2100
9	Comparative Politics of Democracy	Takeshi Ito	Yuhikaku	2200
10	Atkins' Physical Chemistry, Volume 1	Peter W. Atkins	Tokyo Chemical Industry Association	6000

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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

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*Textbooks designated by the university have been excluded. *
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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

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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

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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

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