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Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2014
posted on by Egan Loo
5 Kagerou Daze books, 3 SAO books, 2 The irregular at magic high school books, 1 Kuroko's Basketball book, 3 Monogatari Series books
This list covers sales surveyed from November 18, 2013 to November 16, 2014.
| Rank | Estimated Copies Sold in Period |
Title | Publisher | Release Date |
| Author | ||||
| 1 | 398,038 | Kagerou Daze V -the deceiving- | Kadokawa | 2014/03 |
| JIN (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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| 2 | 350,693 | Sword Art Online 14 Alicization Uniting | Kadokawa | 2014/04 |
| Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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| 3 | 332,314 | Sword Art Online 15 Alicization Invading | Kadokawa | 2014/08 |
| Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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| 4 | 331,256 | Sword Art Online Progressive 2 | Kadokawa | 2013/12 |
| Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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| 5 | 226,371 | The irregular at magic high school 13 Steeplechase Arc | Kadokawa | 2014/04 |
| Tsutomu Satou Illustration: Kana Ishida |
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| 6 | 215,859 | Kuroko's Basketball -Replace V- Fuzoroi no Ace-tachi | Shueisha | 2014/05 |
| Sawako Hirabayashi Original Story/Illustration: Tadatoshi Fujimaki |
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| 7 | 210,846 | Owarimonogatari Part II | Kodansha | 2014/01 |
| NisiOisin Illustration: VOFAN |
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| 8 | 206,593 | The irregular at magic high school 14 | Kadokawa | 2014/09 |
| Tsutomu Satou Illustration: Kana Ishida |
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| 9 | 202,795 | Owarimonogatari Part III | Kodansha | 2014/04 |
| NisiOisin Illustration: VOFAN |
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| 10 | 202,453 | Kagerou Daze -in a daze- | Enterbrain | 2012/05 |
| JIN (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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| 11 | 182,795 | Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 12 | Kadokawa | 2013/11 |
| Kenji Inoue Illustration: Yui Haga |
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| 12 | 173,694 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) 9 | Kadokawa | 2014/01 |
| Kazuma Kamachi Illustration: Kiyotaka Haimura |
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| 13 | 172,450 | Kagerou Daze IV -the missing children- | Enterbrain | 2013/08 |
| JIN (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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| 14 | 172,072 | Kagerou Daze II -a headphone actor- | Enterbrain | 2012/09 |
| JIN (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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| 15 | 169,575 | No Game, No Life 5 | Kadokawa | 2013/11 |
| Yuu Kamiya | ||||
| 16 | 169,022 | Haikyu!! Novel Edition!! III | Shueisha | 2014/06 |
| Original Story: Haruichi Furudate/ Writer: Kiyoko Hoshi | ||||
| 17 | 168,121 | Haikyu!! Novel Edition!! II | Shueisha | 2013/12 |
| Original Story: Haruichi Furudate/ Writer: Kiyoko Hoshi | ||||
| 18 | 167,275 | No Game, No Life 1 | Kadokawa | 2012/04 |
| Yuu Kamiya | ||||
| 19 | 163,409 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) 10 | Kadokawa | 2014/05 |
| Kazuma Kamachi Illustration: Kiyotaka Haimura |
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| 20 | 161,618 | Kagerou Daze III -the children reason- | Enterbrain | 2013/05 |
| JIN (Shizen no Teki-P) Illustration: Shizu |
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| 21 | 160,631 | No Game, No Life 6 | Kadokawa | 2014/04 |
| Yuu Kamiya | ||||
| 22 | 160,352 | Zoku Owarimonogatari | Kodansha | 2014/09 |
| NisiOisin Illustration: VOFAN |
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| 23 | 152,918 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU 9 | Shogakukan | 2014/04 |
| Wataru Watari Illustration: Ponkan8 |
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| 24 | 147,448 | No Game, No Life 2 | Kadokawa | 2012/09 |
| Yuu Kamiya | ||||
| 25 | 146,146 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) 11 | Kadokawa | 2014/10 |
| Kazuma Kamachi Illustration: Kiyotaka Haimura |
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| 26 | 145,035 | Haganai 10 | Kadokawa | 2014/06 |
| Writer: Yomi Hirasaka/Illustration: Buriki | ||||
| 27 | 142,652 | No Game, No Life 3 | Kadokawa | 2013/01 |
| Yuu Kamiya | ||||
| 28 | 140,970 | Haikyu!! Novel Edition!! Ⅰ | Shueisha | 2013/06 |
| Original Story: Haruichi Furudate/ Writer: Kiyoko Hoshi | ||||
| 29 | 137,292 | No Game, No Life 4 | Kadokawa | 2013/06 |
| Yuu Kamiya | ||||
| 30 | 129,860 | Accel World 16 | Kadokawa | 2014/02 |
| Reki Kawahara Illustration: HIMA |
Source: Oricon
follow-up of Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2014