Popular author Haruki Murakami's latest novel, "IQ84," is the best-selling book of the year in Japan for any genre.
Leading book wholesaler Tohan said on Friday that the two-volume work has sold a total of 2.23 million copies. The distributor says it is the first time in its 20 years of gathering data that a novel has made it to the top of an annual best-seller list.
"IQ84," a story about a man and woman living in Tokyo in the year 1984, is the first full-length novel Murakami has published in 5 years and deals with issues such as love, violence and religion.
The hardcover edition has more than 1,000 pages but sold out almost as soon as it hit stores in May.
Murakami is one of Japan's best-known contemporary novelists and is often tipped as a candidate for the Nobel Prize for literature.
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