Novel difficulty list This is a list of novels, both light novels and traditional novels, ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 is very easy and 100 is very hard. You can use it to find the most appropriate novel to read based on how good your Japanese is.
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Gyakusatsu Kikan Length (in words) 79938 Unique words 9787 Unique words (used once) 4605 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1920 Unique kanji (used once) 269 Unique kanji readings 3262 Average difficulty 69/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 32.8 Characters 188191 Volumes 1
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Yagate Koisuru Vivi Lane Length (in words) 400873 Unique words 19619 Unique words (used once) 6178 Unique words (used once %) 31% Unique kanji 2544 Unique kanji (used once) 197 Unique kanji readings 4881 Average difficulty 69/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 24.3 Characters 927138 Volumes 7
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The Chinese Gold Murders Length (in words) 62958 Unique words 7558 Unique words (used once) 3603 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1902 Unique kanji (used once) 354 Unique kanji readings 3112 Average difficulty 69/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 31.0 Characters 137296 Volumes 1
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The Emperor's Snuff-Box Length (in words) 71809 Unique words 7351 Unique words (used once) 3447 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1640 Unique kanji (used once) 303 Unique kanji readings 2656 Average difficulty 69/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 86/100 Average sentence length 28.4 Characters 169250 Volumes 1
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Kurosu Kadia Length (in words) 198137 Unique words 11781 Unique words (used once) 4562 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1983 Unique kanji (used once) 268 Unique kanji readings 3553 Average difficulty 69/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 83/100 Average sentence length 20.3 Characters 455747 Volumes 6
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Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou Length (in words) 209676 Unique words 15248 Unique words (used once) 6525 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2129 Unique kanji (used once) 294 Unique kanji readings 3943 Average difficulty 69/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 22.7 Characters 513884 Volumes 6
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Soushi, Kouya wo Kakeru Length (in words) 64361 Unique words 9132 Unique words (used once) 4504 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 2091 Unique kanji (used once) 346 Unique kanji readings 3705 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 81/100 Average sentence length 32.7 Characters 133979 Volumes 1
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K no Higeki Length (in words) 71374 Unique words 10518 Unique words (used once) 5215 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1964 Unique kanji (used once) 324 Unique kanji readings 3456 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 83/100 Average sentence length 27.1 Characters 165393 Volumes 1
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Baccano! 2001 The Children of Bottle Length (in words) 53768 Unique words 5930 Unique words (used once) 2821 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1644 Unique kanji (used once) 331 Unique kanji readings 2658 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 87/100 Average sentence length 24.3 Characters 119660 Volumes 1
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Mikoshiba Reiji Series Length (in words) 131806 Unique words 14099 Unique words (used once) 6282 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 2371 Unique kanji (used once) 322 Unique kanji readings 4494 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 83/100 Average sentence length 25.0 Characters 302592 Volumes 2
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Oujo no Yuigon Length (in words) 172847 Unique words 13410 Unique words (used once) 5030 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2396 Unique kanji (used once) 314 Unique kanji readings 4404 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 25.2 Characters 422926 Volumes 3
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Resin Cast Milk Length (in words) 392013 Unique words 16470 Unique words (used once) 5923 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2443 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 4647 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 83/100 Average sentence length 18.7 Characters 898746 Volumes 8
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Maboroshi no Shougun Length (in words) 100702 Unique words 9001 Unique words (used once) 3752 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1887 Unique kanji (used once) 266 Unique kanji readings 3389 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 24.4 Characters 227134 Volumes 2
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Shisho to Hasami to Mijikai Enpitsu Length (in words) 283641 Unique words 14495 Unique words (used once) 5792 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2225 Unique kanji (used once) 271 Unique kanji readings 4176 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 80/100 Average sentence length 19.8 Characters 652923 Volumes 7
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Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha Length (in words) 1257677 Unique words 21818 Unique words (used once) 5424 Unique words (used once %) 24% Unique kanji 2562 Unique kanji (used once) 153 Unique kanji readings 5158 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 19.8 Characters 2843356 Volumes 20
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Propeller Opera Length (in words) 319402 Unique words 18052 Unique words (used once) 6189 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2486 Unique kanji (used once) 227 Unique kanji readings 4771 Average difficulty 70/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 83/100 Average sentence length 24.3 Characters 718980 Volumes 5
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Yume Juuya Length (in words) 7203 Unique words 1779 Unique words (used once) 1040 Unique words (used once %) 58% Unique kanji 948 Unique kanji (used once) 339 Unique kanji readings 1304 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 79/100 Average sentence length 21.6 Characters 14642 Volumes 1
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Akai Hitomi no Shesuta Length (in words) 129349 Unique words 10874 Unique words (used once) 4369 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2027 Unique kanji (used once) 268 Unique kanji readings 3660 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 22.3 Characters 295771 Volumes 3
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Yuki Guni Length (in words) 31711 Unique words 4820 Unique words (used once) 2459 Unique words (used once %) 51% Unique kanji 1587 Unique kanji (used once) 408 Unique kanji readings 2534 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 80/100 Average sentence length 24.8 Characters 67162 Volumes 1
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Waga Gyouyuu ni Furueyo Tenchi Alexis Teikoku Kouryuuki Length (in words) 167033 Unique words 15364 Unique words (used once) 6088 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2526 Unique kanji (used once) 267 Unique kanji readings 4909 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 86/100 Average sentence length 23.5 Characters 385410 Volumes 3
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Akuma no Kodoku to Suigintou no Shoujo Length (in words) 75323 Unique words 6578 Unique words (used once) 2945 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1708 Unique kanji (used once) 319 Unique kanji readings 2830 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 79/100 Average sentence length 19.2 Characters 174659 Volumes 2
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Yozakura Vanpanella Length (in words) 98397 Unique words 9752 Unique words (used once) 4346 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1927 Unique kanji (used once) 340 Unique kanji readings 3343 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 77/100 Average sentence length 21.3 Characters 234906 Volumes 2
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Sangria: In the Dracuria Earth Length (in words) 89582 Unique words 9058 Unique words (used once) 4166 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 2029 Unique kanji (used once) 320 Unique kanji readings 3536 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 84/100 Average sentence length 24.6 Characters 208390 Volumes 2
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Baccano! The Rolling Bootlegs Length (in words) 48382 Unique words 6355 Unique words (used once) 3107 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1692 Unique kanji (used once) 329 Unique kanji readings 2769 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 20.5 Characters 109972 Volumes 1
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Hyouten Length (in words) 263761 Unique words 13427 Unique words (used once) 5258 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2021 Unique kanji (used once) 257 Unique kanji readings 3881 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 79/100 Average sentence length 19.7 Characters 606820 Volumes 4
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Taiju no Nekko Yuna Length (in words) 70999 Unique words 8482 Unique words (used once) 4157 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1922 Unique kanji (used once) 307 Unique kanji readings 3415 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 84/100 Average sentence length 27.8 Characters 153135 Volumes 1
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Kyuuketsuki no Oshigoto Length (in words) 466733 Unique words 18366 Unique words (used once) 6344 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2396 Unique kanji (used once) 258 Unique kanji readings 4660 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 80/100 Average sentence length 25.6 Characters 1074117 Volumes 8
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Nobi Length (in words) 41810 Unique words 5803 Unique words (used once) 2927 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1884 Unique kanji (used once) 415 Unique kanji readings 2997 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 81/100 Average sentence length 24.6 Characters 85727 Volumes 1
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Fang of Underdog Length (in words) 284919 Unique words 14286 Unique words (used once) 5304 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2272 Unique kanji (used once) 213 Unique kanji readings 4363 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 86/100 Average sentence length 21.2 Characters 614649 Volumes 4
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Shika no Ou Length (in words) 189101 Unique words 11334 Unique words (used once) 4373 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2214 Unique kanji (used once) 285 Unique kanji readings 4059 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 25.5 Characters 426654 Volumes 2
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The Irregular at Magic High School Length (in words) 1629048 Unique words 35898 Unique words (used once) 9997 Unique words (used once %) 27% Unique kanji 2933 Unique kanji (used once) 230 Unique kanji readings 6362 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 84/100 Average sentence length 27.3 Characters 3791903 Volumes 32
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Koukyuu no Karasu Length (in words) 332011 Unique words 14804 Unique words (used once) 5159 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2574 Unique kanji (used once) 284 Unique kanji readings 4859 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 78/100 Average sentence length 20.5 Characters 711469 Volumes 7
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Boogiepop and Others Length (in words) 286347 Unique words 15215 Unique words (used once) 6158 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2127 Unique kanji (used once) 247 Unique kanji readings 3951 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 86/100 Average sentence length 21.1 Characters 677592 Volumes 8
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Wizard's Brain Length (in words) 1006018 Unique words 23482 Unique words (used once) 6697 Unique words (used once %) 28% Unique kanji 2415 Unique kanji (used once) 202 Unique kanji readings 4784 Average difficulty 71/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 84/100 Average sentence length 27.0 Characters 2272095 Volumes 17
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Houkago no Mahou Sensou Length (in words) 164897 Unique words 11700 Unique words (used once) 4676 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2046 Unique kanji (used once) 274 Unique kanji readings 3689 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 80/100 Average sentence length 19.2 Characters 397449 Volumes 3
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Strike the Blood Length (in words) 1182989 Unique words 28389 Unique words (used once) 8372 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 2794 Unique kanji (used once) 204 Unique kanji readings 5715 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 81/100 Average sentence length 22.5 Characters 2705471 Volumes 21
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Mushiuta Length (in words) 897327 Unique words 22554 Unique words (used once) 6746 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 2447 Unique kanji (used once) 177 Unique kanji readings 4865 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 20.5 Characters 2066445 Volumes 15
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Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan Length (in words) 548670 Unique words 26244 Unique words (used once) 9081 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2661 Unique kanji (used once) 221 Unique kanji readings 5525 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 96/100 Average sentence length 22.3 Characters 1241950 Volumes 11
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Inoru Kami no Na wo Shirazu, Negau Kokoro no Katachi mo Miezu, Sore Demo Tsuki wa Yozora ni Noboru Length (in words) 83458 Unique words 9697 Unique words (used once) 4498 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 2089 Unique kanji (used once) 328 Unique kanji readings 3671 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 87/100 Average sentence length 22.6 Characters 190105 Volumes 1
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Baccano! 1711 Whitesmile Length (in words) 55831 Unique words 6294 Unique words (used once) 2981 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1714 Unique kanji (used once) 340 Unique kanji readings 2816 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 30.7 Characters 127803 Volumes 1
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Girly Air Force Length (in words) 440244 Unique words 23451 Unique words (used once) 8471 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2538 Unique kanji (used once) 253 Unique kanji readings 5014 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 84/100 Average sentence length 17.4 Characters 1056584 Volumes 12
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Reinousha Minato Length (in words) 449303 Unique words 20594 Unique words (used once) 7499 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2420 Unique kanji (used once) 244 Unique kanji readings 4783 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 85/100 Average sentence length 21.2 Characters 1033385 Volumes 11
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1Q84 Length (in words) 404799 Unique words 18513 Unique words (used once) 7105 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2373 Unique kanji (used once) 258 Unique kanji readings 4464 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 79/100 Average sentence length 25.7 Characters 959493 Volumes 3
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Mukashi Yuusha de Ima wa Hone Length (in words) 182864 Unique words 14800 Unique words (used once) 6141 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2318 Unique kanji (used once) 290 Unique kanji readings 4447 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 86/100 Average sentence length 16.3 Characters 407790 Volumes 4
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Valkyria no Kikou Length (in words) 204096 Unique words 13850 Unique words (used once) 5515 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2195 Unique kanji (used once) 264 Unique kanji readings 4025 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 82/100 Average sentence length 23.7 Characters 477116 Volumes 4
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Venezia Vampire Saga Length (in words) 138289 Unique words 12020 Unique words (used once) 5473 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 2174 Unique kanji (used once) 291 Unique kanji readings 3980 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 27.3 Characters 320383 Volumes 2
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Length (in words) 1079083 Unique words 26402 Unique words (used once) 6662 Unique words (used once %) 25% Unique kanji 2839 Unique kanji (used once) 166 Unique kanji readings 5896 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 88/100 Average sentence length 22.7 Characters 2445326 Volumes 17
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Bara no Maria Length (in words) 443643 Unique words 21917 Unique words (used once) 7816 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2616 Unique kanji (used once) 283 Unique kanji readings 5146 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 86/100 Average sentence length 22.2 Characters 1071328 Volumes 6
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Mouryou no Hako Length (in words) 194139 Unique words 14927 Unique words (used once) 6429 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 2685 Unique kanji (used once) 372 Unique kanji readings 5179 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 84/100 Average sentence length 20.3 Characters 425585 Volumes 1
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Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora" Length (in words) 35751 Unique words 5000 Unique words (used once) 2610 Unique words (used once %) 52% Unique kanji 1357 Unique kanji (used once) 346 Unique kanji readings 2157 Average difficulty 72/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 23.1 Characters 84302 Volumes 1