"Homeless Junior High School Student" Ranked Best Seller for the First Half of the Year
Tohan Corporation and Nippan Publishing recently announced best sellers for the first half of the year. Ranked in first place by both companies was Hiroshi Tamura's "The Homeless Junior High School Student" (Wani Books). Second was Mariko Bando's "The Dignity of Women" (PHP Kenkyujo), while Keiya Mizuno's "The Dream-Granting Elephant" (Asuka Shinsha) was third. The top ten rankings were the same for both Tohan and Nippan.
"The Homeless Junior High School Student" is a humorous autobiographical account of the impoverished childhood of the author, member of the comic duo "Kirin." According to Wani Books, total copies for the book which went on sale in September of last year are 2.22 million, with 1.12 million having been issued within the first half of this year. Along with the second and third place winners, these are the long time best sellers published last year.
* Some of the book titles are tentative translations.
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