News Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2012
posted on 2012-12-03 14:45 AEDT
This list covers sales surveyed from November 21, 2011 to November 18, 2012.
| Rank | Estimated Copies Sold |
Title | Publisher | Release Date |
| Creators | ||||
| 1 | 368,089 | Sword Art Online 1 | ASCII Media Works | 2009/04 |
| Author: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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| 2 | 317,124 | Sword Art Online 2 | ASCII Media Works | 2009/08 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 3 | 304,731 | Sword Art Online 9 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/02 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 4 | 299,319 | Sword Art Online 3 | ASCII Media Works | 2009/12 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 5 | 286,781 | Sword Art Online 10 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/07 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 6 | 286,031 | Sword Art Online 4 | ASCII Media Works | 2010/04 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 7 | 256,812 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) 3 | ASCII Media Works | 2011/12 |
| Kazuma Kamachi/Kiyotaka Haimura | ||||
| 8 | 256,003 | Hyouka | Kadokawa Group Publishing | 2001/10 |
| Honobu Yonezawa | ||||
| 9 | 249,531 | Sword Art Online 5 | ASCII Media Works | 2010/08 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 10 | 248,944 | Sword Art Online Progressive 1 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/10 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 11 | 238,096 | Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends 8 | Media Factory | 2012/06 |
| Yomi Hirasaka/Buriki | ||||
| 12 | 234,235 | Sword Art Online 6 | ASCII Media Works | 2010/12 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 13 | 225,343 | Kagerō Days -in a daze- | Enterbrain | 2012/05 |
| Jin (Shizen no Teki-P)/Jizu | ||||
| 14 | 221,681 | Oreimo 10 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/04 |
| Tsukasa Fushimi/Hiro Kanzaki | ||||
| 15 | 213,382 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) 4 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/03 |
| Kazuma Kamachi/Kiyotaka Haimura | ||||
| 16 | 211,803 | Sword Art Online 7 | ASCII Media Works | 2011/04 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 17 | 206,810 | Sword Art Online 8 | ASCII Media Works | 2011/08 |
| Reki Kawahara/abec | ||||
| 18 | 203,672 | Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 10 | Enterbrain | 2011/12 |
| Kenji Inoue/Yui Haga | ||||
| 19 | 196,364 | Oreimo 11 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/09 |
| Tsukasa Fushimi/Hiro Kanzaki | ||||
| 20 | 187,129 | Gusha no Endroll | Kadokawa Group Publishing | 2002/07 |
| Honobu Yonezawa | ||||
| 21 | 178,722 | Kagerō Days Ⅱ -a headphone actor- | Enterbrain | 2012/09 |
| Jin (Shizen no Teki-P)/Jizu | ||||
| 22 | 173,589 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) 5 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/10 |
| Kazuma Kamachi/Kiyotaka Haimura | ||||
| 23 | 169,291 | Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 10.5 | Enterbrain | 2012/09 |
| Yui Haga/Miwa Oshima | ||||
| 24 | 165,492 | Kudryavka no Junban | Kadokawa Group Publishing | 2008/05 |
| Honobu Yonezawa | ||||
| 25 | 158,612 | To Mawari Suru Hina | Kadokawa Group Publishing | 2010/07 |
| Honobu Yonezawa | ||||
| 26 | 133,564 | Durarara!! ×11 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/05 |
| Ryohgo Narita/Suzuhito Yasuda | ||||
| 27 | 129,807 | Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei 4 | ASCII Media Works | 2011/12 |
| Tsutomu Sajima/Kana Ishida/font> | ||||
| 28 | 128,955 | Accel World 11 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/04 |
| Reki Kawahara/HIMA | ||||
| 29 | 126,704 | Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei 5 | ASCII Media Works | 2012/04 |
| Tsutomu Sajima/Kana Ishida/font> | ||||
| 30 | 123,542 | Accel World 10 | ASCII Media Works | 2011/12 |
| Reki Kawahara/HIMA |
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