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Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2013
posted on by Egan Loo
Sword Art Online sells 2 million, followed by Kagerō Days, The Irregular at Magic High School, The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
This list covers sales surveyed from November 19, 2012 to November 17, 2013.
| Rank | Estimated Copies Sold in Period |
Title | Publisher |
| Author | |||
| 1 | 2,006,033 | Sword Art Online | ASCII Media Works |
| Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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| 2 | 1,051,305 | Kagerō Days | Enterbrain |
| Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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| 3 | 947,772 | The irregular at magic high school | ASCII Media Works |
| Story: Tsutomu Satou Art: Kana Ishida |
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| 4 | 727,435 | The Devil is a Part-Timer! | ASCII Media Works |
| Story: Satoshi Wagahara Art: 029 |
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| 5 | 707,626 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | Shogakukan |
| Story: Wataru Watari Art: Ponkan8 |
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| 6 | 650,692 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) | ASCII Media Works |
| Kazuma Kamachi/Kiyotaka Haimura | |||
| 7 | 618,026 | Monogatari Series | Kodansha |
| NisiOisin/VOFAN | |||
| 8 | 612,472 | Date A Live | Fujimi Shobo |
| Koushi Tachibana/Tsunako | |||
| 9 | 565,787 | Kuroko's Basketball -Replace- | Shueisha |
| Sawako Hirabayashi/Tadatoshi Fujimaki | |||
| 10 | 546,142 | Accel World | ASCII Media Works |
| Reki Kawahara/HIMA | |||
| 11 | 516,907 | Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they? | Kadokawa |
| Tarō Tatsunoko/Amanoyū | |||
| 12 | 369,306 | Strike the Blood | ASCII Media Works |
| Gakuto Mikumo/Manyako | |||
| 13 | 358,990 | Infinite Stratos | Overlap |
| Izuru Yumizuru/Choco | |||
| 14 | 357,498 | Oreimo | ASCII Media Works |
| Tsukasa Fushimi/Hiro Kanzaki | |||
| 15 | 346,173 | High School DxD | Fujimi Shobo |
| Ichiei Ishibumi/Miyama-Zero | |||
| 16 | 290,715 | Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends | Media Factory |
| Yomi Hirasaka/Buriki | |||
| 17 | 271,999 | The Pet Girl of Sakurasou | ASCII Media Works |
| Hajime Kamoshida/Keeji Mizoguchi | |||
| 18 | 267,088 | The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat. (Henneko) | Media Factory |
| Sou Sagara/Kantoku | |||
| 19 | 235,532 | Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts | Enterbrain |
| Kenji Inoue/Yui Haga | |||
| 20 | 198,895 | Aria the Scarlet Ammo | Media Factory |
| Chūgaku Akamatsu/Kobuichi | |||
| 21 | 191,094 | Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (Oreshura) | SB Creative |
| Yūji Yūji/LLO | |||
| 22 | 189,537 | Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance | Media Factory |
| Issei Hyōju | |||
| 23 | 180,426 | Unbreakable Machine-Doll | Media Factory |
| Reiji Kaitō/LLO | |||
| 24 | 178,154 | Ryū-Goroshi no Sugosu Hibi | Shufunotomo |
| Tona Akayuki/Midorifū | |||
| 25 | 170,295 | Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends Connect | Media Factory |
| Yomi Hirasaka/Buriki | |||
| 26 | 169,178 | Gate Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri Bunko Edition | Alphapolis |
| Takumi Yanai/Kurojishi | |||
| 27 | 165,883 | Genesis Series Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere | ASCII Media Works |
| Minoru Kawakami/Satoyasu (TENKY) | |||
| 28 | 158,304 | Blue Exorcist | Shueisha |
| Kazue Katō/Aya Yajima | |||
| 29 | 157,423 | Kotenbu Series | Kadokawa |
| Honobu Yonezawa | |||
| 30 | 155,964 | A Certain Magical Index | ASCII Media Works |
| Kazuma Kamachi/Kiyotaka Haimura |
Source: Oricon
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