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Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2015
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? sells 1.2 million, followed by The Irregular at Magic High School, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Overlord, Naruto
This list covers sales surveyed from November 17, 2014 to November 22, 2015.
| Rank | Estimated Sales in Period |
Title | Publisher |
| Author | |||
| 1 | 1,220,217 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | SB Creative |
| Writer: Fujino Ōmori/Illustration: Suzuhito Yasuda | |||
| 2 | 1,175,978 | The irregular at magic high school | ASCII Media Works |
| Tsutomu Satou Illustration: Kana Ishida |
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| 3 | 1,050,446 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | Shogakukan |
| Wataru Watari Illustration: Ponkan8 |
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| 4 | 927,413 | Overlord | Enterbrain |
| Kugane Maruyama | |||
| 5 | 883,833 | Naruto Story Series | Shueisha |
| Original Story: Masashi Kishimoto / Text: Akira Higashiyama, Others | |||
| 6 | 788,895 | Sword Art Online | ASCII Media Works |
| Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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| 7 | 494,721 | Kagerou Daze | Enterbrain |
| JIN (Shizen no Teki-P) / Illustration: Shizu | |||
| 8 | 413,663 | Kokuhaku Yokō Renshū | Kadokawa |
| Writer: Tōko Fujitani/Original Concept: HoneyWorks/Illustration: Yamako | |||
| 9 | 405,666 | Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (New Testament: A Certain Magical Index) | ASCII Media Works |
| Kazuma Kamachi / Illustration: Kiyotaka Haimura | |||
| 10 | 390,856 | Sword Art Online Progressive | ASCII Media Works |
| Story: Reki Kawahara Illustration: abec |
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| 11 | 380,413 | Bōkyaku Tantei Series (Okitegami Kyōko no Bibōroku) | Kodansha |
| Writer: NisiOisin/ Illustration: VOfan | |||
| 12 | 336,883 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Side Story | SB Creative |
| Writer: Fujino Ōmori/Illustration: Kiyotaka Haimura | |||
| 13 | 333,922 | Haikyu!! Novel Edition!! | Shueisha |
| Original Story: Haruichi Furudate/ Writer: Kiyoko Hoshi | |||
| 14 | 326,179 | No Game, No Life | Media Factory |
| Writer/Illustration: Yuu Kamiya | |||
| 15 | 314,890 | Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online | Kadokawa |
| Writer: Keiichi Sigsawa / Supervisor: Reki Kawahara / Illustration: Kouhaku Kuroboshi | |||
| 16 | 313,744 | Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend | Fujimi Shobo |
| Story: Fumiaki Maruto / Illustration: Kurehito Misaki | |||
| 17 | 313,159 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Short Story Collection | Shogakukan |
| Wataru Watari Illustration: Ponkan8 |
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| 18 | 302,486 | Kodansha | |
| Takaya Kagami / Illustration: Yamato Yamamoto | |||
| 19 | 294,451 | Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri | Alphapolis |
| Takumi Yanai | |||
| 20 | 289,046 | The Devil is a Part-Timer! | ASCII Media Works |
| Satoshi Wagahara / Illustration: 029 | |||
| 21 | 288,060 | Kodansha | |
| Writer: NisiOisin/ Illustration: VOfan | |||
| 22 | 263,824 | Date A Live | Fujimi Shobo |
| Writer: Koushi Tachibana/ Illustration: Tsunako | |||
| 23 | 254,547 | The Boy and the Beast | Kadokawa |
| Mamoru Hosoda | |||
| 24 | 250,630 | Kuroko's Basketball -Replace- | Shueisha |
| Writer: Sawako Hirabayashi/ Original Creator/Illustration: Tadatoshi Fujimaki | |||
| 25 | 242,408 | World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman | SB Creative |
| Akamitsu Awamura / Illustration: refeia | |||
| 26 | 237,742 | Accel World | ASCII Media Works |
| Writer: Reki Kawahara/ Illustration: Hima | |||
| 27 | 234,809 | The Testament of Sister New Devil | Kadokawa |
| Tetsuto Uesu / Illustration: Nekosuke Okuma | |||
| 28 | 230,153 | Aria the Scarlet Ammo | Media Factory |
| Writer: Chūgaku Akamatsu/ Illustration: Kobuichi | |||
| 29 | 226,010 | Chivalry of a Failed Knight | SB Creative |
| Writer: Riku Misora/ Illustration: Won | |||
| 30 | 216,734 | Naruto Shinden Series | Shueisha |
| Original Story: Masashi Kishimoto/ Writer: Takashi Yano, Shin Towada |
Source: Oricon
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