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Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019 Series Ranking

The 2019 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel Is Amazing!) guidebook reported its list of the top light novel series on Saturday. As with last year, the category is divided between bunkobon (smaller A6-sized books) and tankōbon (larger B6-sized books).

The bunkobon rankings include:

1. Sabikui no Bisco (Rust-Eater Bisco)
   Author: Shinji Kobukubo
   Illustrations: Akagishi K
   World Illustrations: Mocha
   
2. The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!
   Author: Shiratori Shirow
   Illustrations: Shirabi
   
3. Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun
   Author: Yūki Yaku
   Illustrations: Fly
   
4. Hige o Soru. Soshite Joshi Kōsei o Hirou
   Author: Shimesaba
   Illustrations: Buuta
   
5. 86 -Eighty-Six-
   Author: Asato Asato
   Illustrations: Shirabi
   Mechanical Design: I-IV
   
6. Classroom of the Elite
   Author: Syougo Kinugasa
   Illustrations: Shunsaku Tomose
   
7. Boku-tachi no Remake
   Author: Nachi Kio
   Illustrations: Eretto
   
8. Sankaku no Kyori wa Kagiri Nai Zero
   Author: Saginomiya Misaki
   Illustrations: Hiten
   
   
9. A Certain Magical Index Series
   Author: Kazuma Kamachi
   Illustrations: Kiyotaka Haimura
   
10. Sword Art Online
    Author: Reki Kawahara
    Illustrations: abec
    

Sabikui no Bisco also topped the "New Title Ranking" list, marking the first time a work has ranked #1 on both the overall bunkobon list and the New Title Ranking list. The novels' illustrator Akagishi K drew an image to commemorate the announcement.

The Ryuo's Work is Never Done! topped the bunkobon list in the previous two years. Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun ranked at #7 last year, while Boku-tachi no Remake ranked at #6 last year. Sword Art Online ranked at #5 last year.

The tankōbon rankings include:

1. Honzuki no Gekokujō ~Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen~
   Author: Miya Kazuki
   Illustrations: You Shiina
   
2. Umibe no Byōin de Kanojo to Hanashita Ikutsuka no Koto
   Author: Hakushina Ishikawa
   Illustrations: Mai Yoneyama
   
3. Monogatari series
   Author: NisiOisin
   Illustrations: VOFAN
   
4. Overlord
   Author: Kugane Maruyama
   Illustrations: so-bin
   
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
   Author: Fuse
   Illustrations: Mitz Vah
   
6. Majo no Tabitabi
   Author: Jogi Shiraishi
   Illustrations: Azul
   
7. JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World
   Author: Ko Hiratori
   Illustrations: shimano
   
8. Mushoku Tensei - Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu (Mushoku Tensei - Jobless Reincarnation)
   Author: Rifujin na Magonote
   Illustrations: Shirotaka
   
9. I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
   Author: Kisetsu Morita
   Illustrations: Benio
   
10. So I'm A Spider, So What?
    Author: Okina Baba
    Illustrations: Tsukasa Kiryu
    

Honzuki no Gekokujō also ranked at #1 last year. The Monogatari series ranked at #5 last year, while Overlord maintained its #4 ranking from last year. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ranked at #6 last year, while Majo no Tabitabi ranked at #9. Mushoku Tensei ranked #7 last year, while So I'm a Spider, So What? ranked at #2.

Tōma Kamijō and Mikoto Misaka, both from the A Certain Magical Index novels, topped the list of male and female characters, respectively.

Shirabi (The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!, 86 -Eighty-Six-), Kiyotaka Haimura (A Certain Magical Index, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria), and Fly (Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun, IRODUKU: The World in Colors) topped the list of illustrators.

Sources: Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! guidebook 2019 edition, press release