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Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2022
posted on by Egan Loo
Makoto Shinkai's Suzume & Even If This Love Disappears Tonight sell 234,777 & 259,363, followed by Overlord, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, My Happy Marriage, Lycoris Recoil
Makoto Shinkai's Suzume no Tojimari novel also ranked #8 on the general bunko (pocket-sized paperbook) category. In the same category, Misaki Ichijo's Even If This Love Disappears Tonight novel sold 259,363 at #7, and Akumi Agitogi's sixth My Happy Marriage volume sold 151,176 at #19.
This list covers sales of physical copies surveyed from November 22, 2021 to November 20, 2022.
| Rank | Title | Author | Estimated Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzume no Tojimari novel | Makoto Shinkai | 234,777 |
| 2 | Overlord 16 | Writer: Kugane Maruyama/Illustration: so-bin | 158,391 |
| 3 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 19 | Writer: Fuse/Illustration: Mitz Vah | 158,202 |
| 4 | Overlord 15 | Writer: Kugane Maruyama/Illustration: so-bin | 150,367 |
| 5 | Lycoris Recoil Ordinary days | Writer: Asaura/ Illustration: Imigimuru/ (Original Story/Supervision) Spider Lily | 142,610 |
Source: Oricon
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