We are announcing the winning entries for the "#AutumnReading2025" book review contest, held in collaboration with nine publishers on note!

The "#AutumnReading2025" book review contest was held for about a month starting September 30, 2025. During the period (9/30-10/31), we received 16,528 entries! Thank you for submitting works that convey the joy of reading.

For a list of entries on note, please see here.

The "note Award" selected by the note management office and the winning works selected by the nine publishers have been decided as follows.

▼note Award

• [Book Review] Hayako Takase's "May You Eat Delicious Rice" | et cetera

• [Reading and Miscellaneous Thoughts] Ban Obara's "Please Don't Eat Your Fried Chicken Bento Here" | Kabosu Masumi

• The Violence of Creating Stories—The Trap of Understanding Others and Self-Understanding Depicted in "Vagabond" | Hiratobou

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT.

▼Asahi Shimbun Publications

• Living in Helplessness | Reading "Because I Don't Know Your April" | Ukiyo Nakajima

• "August Cenote / Teppei Ohara" The sign of growth was in the heart that perceives color | Jinna Moriyama (Dokushochi)

• In the days that repeat like waves | Kosuzu Yokoyama

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT. Please also see this article for the winning works.

▼KADOKAWA

• Reading "Jukushi" (Ripe Persimmon) | Ame

• Even if you can't see that star now. | TOMOKO | A mom trying again, overcoming postpartum depression and living with an ASD child

• "Light shining in the darkness—Reading Mizuki Tsujimura's 'Yamibarai'" | Seiko

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT and a brass bookmark. Please also see this article for the winning works.

▼Sanctuary Publishing

• What is the self? ~Does the self exist? Or not?~ | Kohei Negishi (Negi)

• Indescribable feelings that even a freelancer in their 50s could deeply empathize with #AutumnReading2025 | Rira no Hana ꕤ Word Healer

• After reading the manga "What the Dog Wanted to Tell Me." | Yumemi Inoko

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT. In addition, the Excellence Award winner, Kohei Negishi (Negi), will receive a Kindle Paperwhite, and the runners-up, Rira no Hana ꕤ Word Healer and Yumemi Inoko, will receive a rechargeable book light.
Please also see this article for the winning entries.

▼Shueisha Bunko

• [Review] "Thinking About a Future Without War with You" (Author: Akira Ikegami) Even when I think, 'How can you say that with a straight face?' | Tobu @ Pencil Bebop

• [Nagao's Book Review] Meets the World by Hitomi Kanehara | Pen-saki no Kakera

• Review of "Tsumi ni Negai wo" (*Few spoilers, includes descriptions of content) | Yukineko

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT, an original Tosho Card (1,000 yen value), and a "Yomanya" tin case. They will also receive one book of their choice from the "Fuyu-Ichi" fair selection.
Please also see this article for the winning entries.

▼Shueisha International

• I couldn't stop saying 'Is that even possible?', and I felt a little closer to the world through this adventure story by a language geek | nambamiwa

• I'm a failed guardian of words, but still | Mizuki

• I feel like I was finally able to go and retrieve the emotions I had left behind back then | Book Review | Yui to Shimasa | Life Coach

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT, an original ballpoint pen and pin badge, and one book of their choice from past publications.
Please also see this article for the winning entries.

▼Diamond Inc.

• [Book Review] The Art of Questioning Without Asking "Why" - A Message to Author Toyokazu Nakada - | Yu | A Life of Never-Ending Learning

• The Book That Saved a Parent and Child Who Always Ended Conversations with "How was your day?" "I don't know" | The Art of Questioning Without Asking "Why" | Milk | A Mother's Struggle Log

• A Dyscalculic Reader Reviews "The Book That Makes 'Numbers Aren't Scary'" | Snow Honda

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT and one bestseller of their choice.
Please also check this article for the winning entries.

▼ Nikkei BP

• Book Review: "Elegant Ways to Spit Poison: Learning 'How to Smartly Communicate Difficult Things' from Brain Science and Kyoto People" by Nobuko Nakano | Ayane

• Ami Otsuka's #100DayChallenge Was Not What I Imagined | nambamiwa

• Crush Nissin Foods #AutumnReading2025 | Sana_F

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT and one book of their choice from the paperback label's backlist or new releases.
Please also check this article for the winning entries.

▼ Poplar Publishing

• Review of "N no Itsudatsu" (N's Deviation) | Nanaki Kawase

• To Sleep Is to Live | Kanako

• To Keep Living Even on Sleepless Nights | syokko

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT.
Please also check this article for the winning entries.

▼ Rights Sha

• Reading Record: "Dictionary of Time - A 365-Day Tanka Collection" | Nasu

• Even an Ordinary Person Like Me Wants to Make a Book! A Reading Experience That Sparked Hope | Akisa | Akisa

• The 50 Masterpieces That Ruin Your Life Also Ruin a Fatty's Stomach | By Conscious Fatty

The three winners will receive a 3,000 yen Tosho Card NEXT, an octopus sticker, and Akashi's famous "Takosen" crackers.
Please also take a look at this article for more information on the winning entries.

We hope you enjoyed "#AutumnReading2025," a project we planned with the hope that book-loving creators would share their thoughts and reflections on their favorite books and authors.
Through the recommended books from various publishers, some of you may have found an opportunity to encounter books in genres you had never experienced before.

The number of note articles about reading is increasing every day.

At note, we recently published the Everyone's Book Ranking 2025 to summarize which books are currently trending among creators, or

we have partnered with the comprehensive book chart Billboard JAPAN Book Charts so that your reading articles can be used as one of the indicators for the rankings.

We hope that through these initiatives and submission projects, we can continue to support you in reading books and writing reviews.

Not just in autumn, but at any time, we look forward to your book reviews on note.
We hope that many more connections will be born from books and note in the future!