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Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2013
posted on by Egan Loo
Sword Art Online & Kagerō Days take top 5 spots, followed by Kuroko's Basketball, Monogatari, Oreimo
This list covers sales surveyed from November 19, 2012 to November 17, 2013.
Rank | Estimated Copies Sold in Period |
Title | Publisher | Release Date |
Author | ||||
1 | 364,837 | Sword Art Online 11 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/12 |
Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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2 | 349,827 | Sword Art Online 12 | ASCII Media Works | 2013/04 |
Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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3 | 341,747 | Kagerō Days III -the children reason- | Enterbrain | 2013/05 |
Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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4 | 319,713 | Sword Art Online 13 | ASCII Media Works | 2013/08 |
Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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5 | 268,487 | Kagerō Days Ⅳ -the missing children- | Enterbrain | 2013/08 |
Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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6 | 254,639 | Kuroko's Basketball -Replace IV- 1/6 no Kiseki | Shueisha | 2013/08 |
Sawako Hirabayashi/Tadatoshi Fujimaki | ||||
7 | 230,042 | Koyomimonogatari | Kodansha | 2013/05 |
NisiOisin/VOFAN | ||||
8 | 226,990 | Kagerō Days -in a daze- | Enterbrain | 2012/05 |
Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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9 | 219,395 | Oreimo 12 | ASCII Media Works | 2013/06 |
Tsukasa Fushimi/Hiro Kanzaki | ||||
10 | 214,081 | Kagerō Days II -a headphone actor- | Enterbrain | 2012/09 |
Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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11 | 195,214 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) 6 | ASCII Media Works | 2013/01 |
Kazuma Kamachi/Kiyotaka Haimura | ||||
12 | 182,233 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) 7 | ASCII Media Works | 2013/05 |
Kazuma Kamachi/Kiyotaka Haimura | ||||
13 | 181,345 | Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends 9 | Media Factory | 2013/08 |
Yomi Hirasaka/Buriki | ||||
14 | 174,563 | Owarimonogatari Part I | Kodansha | 2013/10 |
NisiOisin/VOFAN | ||||
15 | 170,295 | Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends Connect | Media Factory | 2012/12 |
Yomi Hirasaka/Buriki | ||||
16 | 165,732 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) 8 | ASCII Media Works | 2013/09 |
Kazuma Kamachi/Kiyotaka Haimura | ||||
17 | 153,148 | Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 11 | Enterbrain | 2013/03 |
Kenji Inoue/Yui Haga | ||||
18 | 146,387 | One Piece Film Z | Shueisha | 2012/12 |
Eiichiro Oda/Tatsuya Hamazaki | ||||
19 | 145,690 | The Irregular at Magic High School 8 Tsuisō-hen | ASCII Media Works | 2012/12 |
Story: Tsutomu Satou Art: Kana Ishida |
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20 | 143,998 | The Irregular at Magic High School 10 Raihōsha-hen Part II | ASCII Media Works | 2013/06 |
Story: Tsutomu Satou Art: Kana Ishida |
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21 | 141,220 | The Irregular at Magic High School 9 Raihōsha-hen Part I | ASCII Media Works | 2013/03 |
Story: Tsutomu Satou Art: Kana Ishida |
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22 | 138,034 | The Irregular at Magic High School 11 Raihōsha-hen Part III | ASCII Media Works | 2013/08 |
Story: Tsutomu Satou Art: Kana Ishida |
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23 | 135,559 | Accel World 13 | ASCII Media Works | 2013/02 |
Reki Kawahara/HIMA | ||||
24 | 134,693 | Accel World 14 | ASCII Media Works | 2013/06 |
Reki Kawahara/HIMA | ||||
25 | 127,120 | The Irregular at Magic High School 12 Double Seven-Hen | Kadokawa | 2013/10 |
Story: Tsutomu Satou Art: Kana Ishida |
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26 | 124,457 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU 6 | Shogakukan | 2012/11 |
Story: Wataru Watari Art: Ponkan8 |
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27 | 118,125 | Accel World 15 | Kadokawa | 2013/10 |
Reki Kawahara/HIMA | ||||
28 | 117,524 | Date A Live 7 | Fujimi Shobo | 2013/03 |
Koushi Tachibana/Tsunako | ||||
29 | 116,690 | Sword Art Online 1 | ASCII Media Works | 2009/04 |
Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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30 | 112,183 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | Shogakukan | 2011/03 |
Story: Wataru Watari Art: Ponkan8 |
Source: Oricon
follow-up of Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2013