Top 50 Best-Selling Digital Manga and Light Novels on Book☆Walker in 2023 – Isekai Light Novels Strike Again

December 12, 2023 – BOOK☆WALKER Global has announced its annual eBook download ranking, and isekai continues to reign supreme! First place goes to the light novel series Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, which grew more in popularity with the release of its second anime season in Summer 2023. So I'm a Spider, So What? at No. 2 and Ascendance of a Bookworm at No. 3 are following closely behind and are also light novel series that benefited from their successful anime adaptations. Standing out amidst isekai entries, the popular rom-com manga Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro proved its enduring appeal by securing the No. 5 spot as the only manga series in the overall ranking.

GLOBAL STORE OVERALL RANKING:
Ranking reflects downloads from November 1st, 2022 PT ~ October 31st, 2023 PT on the Global Store. ※Please note that the ranking changes depending on safe-search setting.

1. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (light novel)
2. So I'm a Spider, So What? (light novel)
3. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel)
4. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (light novel)
5. Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (manga)
6. Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (light novel)
7. Overlord (light novel)
8. Reincarnated as a Sword (light novel)
9. Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest (light novel)
10. The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (Light Novel)

To see the full rankings by category, visit the ranking page here: https://global.bookwalker.jp/ex/feature/year-ranking/?adpcnt=0xfn757w

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BOOK☆WALKER Global is an eBook store for worldwide audiences that launched in October 2015. There are over 39,000 English light novels and manga being offered from publishers like KADOKAWA, Yen Press, J-Novel Club, Kodansha Comics, Seven Seas Entertainment, and more.

“Our mission is to bring Japanese publishing to the world faster, with more variety. We strive to create worldwide hits simultaneously, not just in Japan.”

With this motto in mind, the service not only offers eBooks, but it has also been made a priority to expand the catalog with audiobooks and plan promotions that are catered to international audiences.
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