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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
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