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Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2016 (First Half)
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KONOSUBA sells 757,412, followed by SAO, Irregular at Magic High School, SAO: Progressive, Monogatari Series
This list covers sales surveyed from November 23, 2015 to May 22, 2016.
| Rank | Estimated Sales in Period |
Title | Publisher |
| Author | |||
| 1 | 757,412 | KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!! | Kadokawa |
| Writer: Natsume Akatsuki/ Illustration: Kurone Mishima | |||
| 2 | 489,374 | Sword Art Online | ASCII Media Works |
| Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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| 3 | 371,880 | The Irregular at Magic High School | ASCII Media Works |
| Tsutomu Satou Illustration: Kana Ishida |
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| 4 | 321,535 | Sword Art Online: Progressive | ASCII Media Works |
| Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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| 5 | 308,471 | Monogatari Series | Kodansha |
| Writer: NisiOisin/ Illustration: VOfan | |||
| 6 | 304,721 | No Game, No Life | Media Factory |
| Writer/Illustration: Yuu Kamiya | |||
| 7 | 302,013 | Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash | Overlap |
| Writer: Ō Jūmonji/ Illustration: Eiri Shirai | |||
| 8 | 297,459 | Bōkyaku Tantei Series (Okitegami Kyōko no Bibōroku) | Kodansha |
| Writer: NisiOisin/ Illustration: VOfan | |||
| 9 | 280,586 | Kokuhaku Yokō Renshū | Kadokawa |
| Writer: Tōko Fujitani/Original Concept: HoneyWorks/Illustration: Yamako | |||
| 10 | 263,357 | Re:Zero | Kadokawa |
| Writer: Tappei Nagatsuki/ Illustration: Shinichirou Otsukai | |||
| 11 | 238,163 | Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle | SB Creative |
| Writer: Senri Akatsuki/ Illustration: Ayumu Kasuga | |||
| 12 | 213,521 | Overlord | Enterbrain |
| Kugane Maruyama | |||
| 13 | 210,762 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | SB Creative |
| Writer: Fujino Ōmori/Illustration: Suzuhito Yasuda | |||
| 14 | 178,019 | And you thought there is never a girl online? | ASCII Media Works |
| Writer: Shibai Kineko/ Illustration: Hisasi | |||
| 15 | 165,442 | Haikyu!! Novel Edition!! | Shueisha |
| Original Story: Haruichi Furudate/ Writer: Kiyoko Hoshi | |||
| 16 | 157,460 | KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!! Spinoff | Kadokawa |
| Writer: Natsume Akatsuki/ Illustration: Kurone Mishima | |||
| 17 | 155,250 | Chivalry of a Failed Knight | SB Creative |
| Writer: Riku Misora/ Illustration: Won | |||
| 18 | 138,679 | Orange Novelization | Futabasha |
| Original Creator/Illustration: Ichigo Takano/ Writer: Yui Tokiumi | |||
| 19 | 132,196 | Regarding Reincarnated to Slime | Micro Magazine |
| Writer: Fuse/ Illustration: Mitz Vah | |||
| 20 | 128,460 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) | ASCII Media Works |
| Kazuma Kamachi / Illustration: Kiyotaka Haimura | |||
| 21 | 127,373 | Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign Kyūketsuki Miraera no Monogatari | Shueisha |
| Takaya Kagami / Illustration: Yamato Yamamoto | |||
| 22 | 123,649 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | Shogakukan |
| Wataru Watari Illustration: Ponkan8 |
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| 23 | 120,955 | Assassination Classroom Movie Novelization | Shueisha |
| Novel: Tatsuya Kanazawa/ Original Story: Yusei Matsui | |||
| 24 | 119,692 | The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water | Media Factory |
| Writer: Yuu Miyazaki/ Illustration: okiura | |||
| 25 | 105,145 | Imōto Sae Ireba Ii. | Shogakukan |
| Writer: Yomi Hirasaka/ Illustration: Kantoku | |||
| 26 | 104,704 | Bungō Stray Dogs Dazai Osamu no Nyūsha Shiken | Kadokawa |
| Writer: Kafka Asagiri/ Illustration: Harukawa35 | |||
| 27 | 104,267 | The Irregular at Magic High School Short Story Collection | Kadokawa |
| Tsutomu Satou Illustration: Kana Ishida |
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| 28 | 101,012 | Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri Side Story | AlphaPolis |
| Takumi Yanai | |||
| 29 | 100,077 | Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen | Kodansha |
| Takaya Kagami / Illustration: Yamato Yamamoto | |||
| 30 | 96,084 | Date A Live | Fujimi Shobo |
| Writer: Koushi Tachibana/ Illustration: Tsunako |
Source: Oricon
follow-up of Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2015
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