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Heres a start. Thanks to Kinny Riddle for the English titles of the novels.


Kotenbu is a series of mystery novels written by Honobu Yonezawa. The anime Hyouka is named after the first volume in this series. The series is set in Takayama City of the Gifu Prefecture, where the author was born.

Currently five volumes have been published starting from November 2001 by Kadokawa Shoten:

Volume 1: Hyouka (氷菓) - You can't escape / The niece of time
- Published: November 2001 (by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko)
- Received an honor in the Young Mystery & Horror category of the 5th Kadokawa School Novel Prizes.
- The original English title was You can't escape, but after the change in publishing division to Kadokawa Bunko the English title changed. From the novels 28th edition onwards, the official English title is The niece of time.

Volume 2: The Credit Roll of the Fool (愚者のエンドロール) - Why didn't she ask EBA?
- Published: August 2002 (by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko)

Volume 3: The Kudryavka Sequence (クドリャフカの順番) - Welcome to KANYA FESTA!
- Published: June 2005 (by Kadokawa Shoten)
- Republished: May 2008 (by Kadokawa Bunko)

Volume 4: The Doll that Took a Detour (遠まわりする雛) - Little birds can remember
- Published: October 2007 (by Kadokawa Shoten)
- Republished: July 2010 (by Kadokawa Bunko)

Volume 5: The Approximation of the Distance of Two ふたりの距離の概算 - It walks by past
- Published: June 2010 (by Kadokawa Shoten)
- Republish: planned for June 2012 (by Kadokawa Bunko)