Which prize did Kafka on the Shore receive in 2006?

Kafka on the Shore received the World Fantasy Award—Novel in 2006.

Haruki Murakami’s 2002 novel follows two interwoven stories: fifteen-year-old Kafka Tamura runs away from home, while the elderly Nakata, who can communicate with cats, begins an extraordinary journey. Their narratives unfold through dreams, prophecies, talking animals, mysterious forests, and shifting boundaries between ordinary life and the supernatural.

The 2006 World Fantasy Award recognized the novel in the Best Novel category, commonly listed as the World Fantasy Award for Novel. It was honored in English translation, published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf and in the United Kingdom by Harvill Press.

A frequent mistake is choosing a famous Japanese literary prize such as the Akutagawa Prize. That prize is associated with Japanese fiction, but Kafka on the Shore did not receive it. The Hugo Award and Booker Prize are also different honors and were not the 2006 prize attached to this novel.