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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Kimi no Wasurekata wo Oshiete Length (in words) 103156 Unique words 11570 Unique words (used once) 4815 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2056 Unique kanji (used once) 226 Unique kanji readings 3801 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 20.2 Characters 243618 Volumes 2
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Mahou no Kuni no Madan Length (in words) 252813 Unique words 16538 Unique words (used once) 6114 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2368 Unique kanji (used once) 266 Unique kanji readings 4517 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 30.5 Characters 574842 Volumes 4
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Rapunzel no Tsubasa Length (in words) 186648 Unique words 9829 Unique words (used once) 3714 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1824 Unique kanji (used once) 218 Unique kanji readings 3111 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 57/100 Average sentence length 18.6 Characters 436934 Volumes 4
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Yoake wo Shirazu ni -Tenchuugumi no Yowa- Length (in words) 48733 Unique words 6897 Unique words (used once) 3403 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1850 Unique kanji (used once) 368 Unique kanji readings 3190 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 21.3 Characters 104871 Volumes 1
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Ao no Ou Length (in words) 62500 Unique words 6749 Unique words (used once) 3037 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1561 Unique kanji (used once) 285 Unique kanji readings 2559 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 20.2 Characters 144337 Volumes 1
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Boku wa Yappari Kizukanai Length (in words) 211592 Unique words 13437 Unique words (used once) 5348 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2151 Unique kanji (used once) 274 Unique kanji readings 3955 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 60/100 Average sentence length 18.2 Characters 503083 Volumes 6
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Kino no Tabi -the Beautiful World- Length (in words) 154916 Unique words 10655 Unique words (used once) 4494 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1938 Unique kanji (used once) 252 Unique kanji readings 3444 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 59/100 Average sentence length 20.7 Characters 347673 Volumes 5
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The Hunger Games 1 Length (in words) 105307 Unique words 8781 Unique words (used once) 3616 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1699 Unique kanji (used once) 262 Unique kanji readings 2883 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 24.3 Characters 254751 Volumes 2
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Sword & Wizards: Haken no Koutei to Shichisei no Himekishi Length (in words) 121261 Unique words 10674 Unique words (used once) 4433 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2047 Unique kanji (used once) 234 Unique kanji readings 3748 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 22.9 Characters 284439 Volumes 4
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Nina to Usagi to Mahou no Sensha Length (in words) 117053 Unique words 10922 Unique words (used once) 4700 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1945 Unique kanji (used once) 278 Unique kanji readings 3511 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 22.8 Characters 278437 Volumes 2
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Norway no Mori Length (in words) 122390 Unique words 8515 Unique words (used once) 3732 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1735 Unique kanji (used once) 258 Unique kanji readings 2976 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 25.1 Characters 271467 Volumes 1
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Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo Length (in words) 26510 Unique words 3795 Unique words (used once) 1837 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1272 Unique kanji (used once) 286 Unique kanji readings 1950 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 75/100 Average sentence length 19.0 Characters 63285 Volumes 1
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Kanojo ni Uwaki Sareteita Ore ga, Koakuma na Kouhai ni Natsukareteimasu Length (in words) 164695 Unique words 10376 Unique words (used once) 4025 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1929 Unique kanji (used once) 257 Unique kanji readings 3444 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 60/100 Average sentence length 21.1 Characters 386193 Volumes 4
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Umidori Tougetsu no Detarame na Jijou Length (in words) 54676 Unique words 5781 Unique words (used once) 2627 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1543 Unique kanji (used once) 311 Unique kanji readings 2533 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 28.5 Characters 129131 Volumes 1
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Houkago no Magus Length (in words) 304095 Unique words 14886 Unique words (used once) 5564 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2073 Unique kanji (used once) 223 Unique kanji readings 3852 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 19.0 Characters 684817 Volumes 7
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Shiroi Hebi Nemuru Shima Length (in words) 65959 Unique words 7164 Unique words (used once) 3318 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1758 Unique kanji (used once) 308 Unique kanji readings 2998 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 60/100 Average sentence length 28.5 Characters 151171 Volumes 1
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Hon wo Mamorou to Suru Neko no Hanashi Length (in words) 44559 Unique words 5821 Unique words (used once) 2793 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1566 Unique kanji (used once) 323 Unique kanji readings 2539 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 25.1 Characters 102257 Volumes 1
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Suzume no Tojimari Length (in words) 57521 Unique words 6583 Unique words (used once) 3074 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1620 Unique kanji (used once) 316 Unique kanji readings 2698 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 20.8 Characters 127396 Volumes 1
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Tenki no Ko Length (in words) 44896 Unique words 6342 Unique words (used once) 3099 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1514 Unique kanji (used once) 274 Unique kanji readings 2498 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 18.4 Characters 100579 Volumes 1
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Kyu Kyu Cute! Length (in words) 499073 Unique words 19111 Unique words (used once) 6484 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2281 Unique kanji (used once) 227 Unique kanji readings 4512 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 56/100 Average sentence length 19.8 Characters 1216072 Volumes 14
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F-Rank no Boukun Length (in words) 101315 Unique words 8026 Unique words (used once) 3444 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1752 Unique kanji (used once) 275 Unique kanji readings 2948 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 57/100 Average sentence length 22.2 Characters 246646 Volumes 2
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Yomesen! Length (in words) 320117 Unique words 17015 Unique words (used once) 6365 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2266 Unique kanji (used once) 272 Unique kanji readings 4507 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 54/100 Average sentence length 18.6 Characters 758216 Volumes 7
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Kanojo no Iro ni Todoku Made Length (in words) 71981 Unique words 7759 Unique words (used once) 3740 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1763 Unique kanji (used once) 326 Unique kanji readings 2949 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 59/100 Average sentence length 28.6 Characters 163085 Volumes 1
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Akkan no Grimoire Length (in words) 110717 Unique words 12158 Unique words (used once) 5271 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 2107 Unique kanji (used once) 313 Unique kanji readings 3849 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 25.1 Characters 256819 Volumes 4
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Talent Choukyoushi no Ryuugi Length (in words) 120131 Unique words 8161 Unique words (used once) 3148 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1641 Unique kanji (used once) 226 Unique kanji readings 2774 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 58/100 Average sentence length 22.4 Characters 290689 Volumes 3
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Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Length (in words) 345459 Unique words 19119 Unique words (used once) 7618 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2359 Unique kanji (used once) 259 Unique kanji readings 4611 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 57/100 Average sentence length 19.5 Characters 832139 Volumes 10
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Boku no Sekai wo Mamoru Hito Length (in words) 126325 Unique words 12448 Unique words (used once) 5682 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 2029 Unique kanji (used once) 286 Unique kanji readings 3680 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 21.2 Characters 297510 Volumes 3
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Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu Length (in words) 380329 Unique words 13016 Unique words (used once) 4470 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2035 Unique kanji (used once) 212 Unique kanji readings 3735 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 16.2 Characters 883509 Volumes 11
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Kokoro Connect Length (in words) 571279 Unique words 19538 Unique words (used once) 6634 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2261 Unique kanji (used once) 208 Unique kanji readings 4411 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 60/100 Average sentence length 17.4 Characters 1355861 Volumes 11
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Kohitsuji wa Mayowanai Length (in words) 263920 Unique words 18554 Unique words (used once) 7938 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2442 Unique kanji (used once) 357 Unique kanji readings 4809 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 26.3 Characters 622204 Volumes 6
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Kimi ni Chikau Length (in words) 118113 Unique words 8152 Unique words (used once) 3338 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1874 Unique kanji (used once) 255 Unique kanji readings 3224 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 59/100 Average sentence length 23.6 Characters 264903 Volumes 4
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The Rising of the Shield Hero Length (in words) 1194254 Unique words 23924 Unique words (used once) 6920 Unique words (used once %) 28% Unique kanji 2566 Unique kanji (used once) 175 Unique kanji readings 5261 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 19.2 Characters 2767048 Volumes 22
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Ritateki na Marie Length (in words) 62034 Unique words 7091 Unique words (used once) 3336 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1642 Unique kanji (used once) 279 Unique kanji readings 2716 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 23.0 Characters 150700 Volumes 1
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Tasogaregai no Korosanai Ansatsusha Length (in words) 48461 Unique words 6145 Unique words (used once) 2925 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1620 Unique kanji (used once) 312 Unique kanji readings 2646 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 118673 Volumes 1
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Length (in words) 175994 Unique words 12063 Unique words (used once) 4854 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2085 Unique kanji (used once) 254 Unique kanji readings 3793 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 57/100 Average sentence length 23.5 Characters 437093 Volumes 1
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Erisu no Seihai Length (in words) 59192 Unique words 7889 Unique words (used once) 3826 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 2010 Unique kanji (used once) 384 Unique kanji readings 3395 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 22.0 Characters 143793 Volumes 1
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Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! Length (in words) 579395 Unique words 17267 Unique words (used once) 5666 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2175 Unique kanji (used once) 191 Unique kanji readings 4144 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 57/100 Average sentence length 23.3 Characters 1467014 Volumes 12
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Spy Kyoushitsu Short Stories Length (in words) 41408 Unique words 6408 Unique words (used once) 3261 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1695 Unique kanji (used once) 292 Unique kanji readings 2804 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 18.4 Characters 97145 Volumes 1
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Tatoe Anata ga Hone ni Nattemo Length (in words) 43607 Unique words 5836 Unique words (used once) 2888 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1564 Unique kanji (used once) 299 Unique kanji readings 2555 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 20.2 Characters 97808 Volumes 1
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Sound! Euphonium Length (in words) 177313 Unique words 10339 Unique words (used once) 3954 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1826 Unique kanji (used once) 266 Unique kanji readings 3199 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 21.6 Characters 419632 Volumes 3
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Kimi no Na wa Another Side: Earthbound Length (in words) 39737 Unique words 6479 Unique words (used once) 3429 Unique words (used once %) 52% Unique kanji 1576 Unique kanji (used once) 311 Unique kanji readings 2550 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 25.6 Characters 91392 Volumes 1
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Miru Miru Uchi ni Suki ni Naru Length (in words) 43544 Unique words 5779 Unique words (used once) 2877 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1527 Unique kanji (used once) 312 Unique kanji readings 2512 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 99252 Volumes 1
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Shoujo Fujuubun Length (in words) 60287 Unique words 6301 Unique words (used once) 2921 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1561 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 2551 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 36.2 Characters 143019 Volumes 1
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Shinigami no Ballad. Length (in words) 370044 Unique words 15554 Unique words (used once) 5865 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2025 Unique kanji (used once) 204 Unique kanji readings 3824 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 16.6 Characters 890313 Volumes 12
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Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Length (in words) 170402 Unique words 10686 Unique words (used once) 4355 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1959 Unique kanji (used once) 236 Unique kanji readings 3507 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 16.3 Characters 410004 Volumes 4
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Ame no Hi no Iris Length (in words) 43958 Unique words 6315 Unique words (used once) 3113 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1547 Unique kanji (used once) 301 Unique kanji readings 2529 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 99714 Volumes 1
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Koushite Daremo Inakunatta Length (in words) 72516 Unique words 9928 Unique words (used once) 4970 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 2031 Unique kanji (used once) 359 Unique kanji readings 3590 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 23.0 Characters 169247 Volumes 1
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Shukumei to Raiu Length (in words) 64441 Unique words 7514 Unique words (used once) 3825 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1592 Unique kanji (used once) 283 Unique kanji readings 2705 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 23.4 Characters 150637 Volumes 1
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Tata no Mahoutsukai Length (in words) 163617 Unique words 12917 Unique words (used once) 5496 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2193 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 4021 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 26.9 Characters 370996 Volumes 3
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Shingun Destroy! Bishoujo Senshatai, Shutsugeki!! Length (in words) 81211 Unique words 8496 Unique words (used once) 3878 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1798 Unique kanji (used once) 309 Unique kanji readings 3062 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 21.3 Characters 191522 Volumes 2