Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper coducted a survey "Who are your favorite Japanese authors?" in September. According to it, Keigo Higashino is the most popular author in 2016.
Table: Top 20 Popular Authors in Japan, 2016
| Rank | Author | Total votes | Men's votes | Women's votes |
| 1 | Keigo Higashino | 61 | 29 | 32 |
| 2 | Ryotaro Shiba | 32 | 22 | 10 |
| 2 | Miyuki Miyabe | 32 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Haruki Murakami | 29 | 12 | 17 |
| 5 | Jun Ikeido | 23 | 18 | 5 |
| 5 | Seicho Matsumoto | 23 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | Kanae Minato | 22 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Jiro Akagawa | 20 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | Shotaro Ikenami | 19 | 13 | 6 |
| 10 | Kotaro Isaka | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| 11 | Soseki Natsume | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | Shuhei Fujisawa | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 13 | Hiro Arikawa | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Kyotaro Nishimura | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 15 | Jiro Asada | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 15 | Naoki Hyakuta | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 17 | Toyoko Yamasaki | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | Yasuo Uchida | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 19 | Hiroyuki Itsuki | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 20 | Yasunari Kawabata | 9 | 1 | 8 |
Source is Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, article on Oct 24 in 2016.
Image: "The Devotion of Suspect X" by Keigo Higashino, most popular author
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