GW is coming soon!5 Best All-Night Books[2024 Edition]| Kadobun

Have you already decided your plans for Golden Week?
“I want to relax at home without traveling far. But I also feel like it’s a waste to spend the time sleeping.”
“I basically have to work, but there are days when I can stay up late!”
For those of you, we’d like to introduce you to the best all-nighter book that will make you want to read it even while you’re sleeping!

This time we will be featuring only works published within the past year.
You are sure to meet new people.

Surrender yourself to the accelerating excitement–before you know it, it’s morning.
You can keep going and pick up the next book, or you can go for a nap.
If you are working, please take care of yourself…
Why not spend a night immersed in reading?

5 Best All-Night Books[2024 Edition]

Bare your fangs to the world. A huge mystery mystery!

“Underdogs” (Kadokawa Bunko)
Author: Kyo Nagaura

In 1996, Keita Furuba, a former bureaucrat and securities man, is forced into a plan by his client, Massimo, a millionaire.
The mission was to capture confidential information being transported out of Hong Kong, which was about to be returned to China.
Furuha, who was once embroiled in a political dispute and lost his position, flies to the area thinking it is an opportunity to take revenge on those who have ensnared him.
Waiting for them were four team members and American, Russian, British, and Chinese intelligence agencies targeting the plan.
In Hong Kong, where schemes and bullets fly, “losers” bare their fangs to the world!
The ultimate entertainment novel, which was nominated for the Naoki Prize.

Number of pages: 512 pages
Release date: September 22, 2023
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A casual word gave birth to a murderer. The pinnacle of Nukui mystery!

“Buds of Evil” (Kadokawa Bunko)
Author: Tokuro Nukui

41-year-old Adachi, who works at a major bank, is shocked by the news of an indiscriminate mass murder incident. The man who attacked nearly 40 people and self-immolated on the spot was his classmate from elementary school. Back then, I made an irreparable mistake with him. Is this incident my “crime”? Anxious, Adachi traces the criminal’s life in search of the origin of the crime. What was the last scene Adachi saw after learning of his fierce anger and despair? A masterpiece full-length mystery that cuts sharply into the “evil” that manifests in everyone’s heart!

Number of pages: 400 pages
Release date: January 23, 2024
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The people who visited the hotel were the unfortunate girlfriend who was on the run, and the unfortunate assassin. and–

“777 Triple Seven” (KADOKAWA hardcover)
Author: Kotaro Isaka

Cumulative sales exceed 3 million copies, the latest work in the hitman series
A few years after “Maria Beetle”, the troublesome people are again and again!
Nanao is a hitman who is abandoned because of his inability to do anything. Commonly known as “Tendou Mushi,” he was supposed to undertake an “easy and safe job” of delivering a present to a room in a super-luxury hotel. At the same time, Yuka Kamino, a woman with an amazing memory, is hiding in the hotel. People who make a living doing her illegal underground work are gathering to target her…
A bunch of noisy people gather at that hotel!

Number of pages: 296 pages
Release date: September 21, 2023
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★Although you can enjoy this book on its own, we also recommend reading it together with Kadokawa Bunko’s existing series “Grasshopper” (352 pages), “Maria Beetle” (592 pages), and “AX Ax” (384 pages)!

Winner of the 26th Haruhiko Oyabu Award! A social youth drama about hope and growth.

“Fortress of Dawn” (KADOKAWA hardcover)
Author: Ai Ota

That day, the first suspect on conspiracy charges was about to be arrested. The person who took action was the Metropolitan Police Department’s Organized Crime Control Division. The targets are Tatsuya Yagami, Hayato Waki, Hironori Akiyama, and Junpei Izuhara, all young non-regular workers at the major automobile manufacturer Yushima. The four were under perfect surveillance, and it seemed certain that they would be in custody. However, the four of them take advantage of the chaos caused by the sudden fire and escape. Someone had informed them of the police’s movements. The detective in charge, Yabushita, believes there is something behind this arrest and begins his own investigation. On the other hand, the four people who ran away were aiming for one place. It is a “summer house” in Fuegahama, Chiba Prefecture. The summer vacation he spent there was what started it all.

Number of pages: 616 pages
Release date: July 31, 2023
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“What should I do if I’m frustrated by my family?” A masterpiece family novel that has received a great response since it was serialized in newspapers.

“Katabami” (KADOKAWA hardcover)
Author: Noboru Kiuchi

Just before the Pacific War, Teiko Yamaoka moved to Tokyo from her hometown of Gifu and was active as a javelin thrower at the Japan Women’s Physical Education College, but when she broke her shoulder, she retired and became a substitute teacher at a national school. Tetsuko, who started her life as a teacher in Koganei, western Tokyo, was planning to marry her childhood friend, Seiichi Kamishiro, the ace of the Waseda University baseball team, but she fell out of love and was sent to the family of her boarding house to watch over her. She faces her students while being forced to do so. Eventually, during the post-war turmoil and period of high economic growth, when women’s lifestyles are in turmoil, what will happen to Teiko, who has started her own family due to unavoidable circumstances…

Number of pages: 560 pages
Release date: August 4, 2023
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