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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Z no Jikan Length (in words) 83350 Unique words 8980 Unique words (used once) 4179 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1908 Unique kanji (used once) 302 Unique kanji readings 3276 Average difficulty 51/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 20.1 Characters 190284 Volumes 2
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My Little Sister is a Tyrannosaurus Length (in words) 73003 Unique words 6981 Unique words (used once) 3147 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1680 Unique kanji (used once) 325 Unique kanji readings 2719 Average difficulty 51/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 16.4 Characters 173086 Volumes 3
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Shayou Length (in words) 35377 Unique words 4869 Unique words (used once) 2409 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1499 Unique kanji (used once) 358 Unique kanji readings 2370 Average difficulty 51/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 29.7 Characters 79668 Volumes 1
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Yuushiki Length (in words) 43023 Unique words 5985 Unique words (used once) 3100 Unique words (used once %) 51% Unique kanji 1569 Unique kanji (used once) 336 Unique kanji readings 2545 Average difficulty 51/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 21.3 Characters 97221 Volumes 1
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Ken to Mahou no Fantasy Length (in words) 53283 Unique words 8017 Unique words (used once) 3911 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1724 Unique kanji (used once) 237 Unique kanji readings 2941 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 16.8 Characters 118946 Volumes 1
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Isekai Ryouridou Length (in words) 1798236 Unique words 26330 Unique words (used once) 6499 Unique words (used once %) 24% Unique kanji 2626 Unique kanji (used once) 182 Unique kanji readings 5318 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 27.7 Characters 4242935 Volumes 28
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Colosseum Length (in words) 120963 Unique words 7941 Unique words (used once) 3197 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1706 Unique kanji (used once) 240 Unique kanji readings 2851 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 18.6 Characters 282986 Volumes 3
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Rokunin no Aka Zukin wa Konya Taberareru Length (in words) 49467 Unique words 6253 Unique words (used once) 3010 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1761 Unique kanji (used once) 356 Unique kanji readings 2908 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 19.3 Characters 110017 Volumes 1
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Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru Length (in words) 42633 Unique words 4952 Unique words (used once) 2401 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1489 Unique kanji (used once) 367 Unique kanji readings 2377 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 23.9 Characters 98597 Volumes 1
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Shita no Ue no Kimi Length (in words) 43883 Unique words 6054 Unique words (used once) 3045 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1767 Unique kanji (used once) 381 Unique kanji readings 2899 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 23.0 Characters 95551 Volumes 1
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Irimuko Samurai Akinai Jou Sekiyado Goyoutashi Length (in words) 132022 Unique words 9240 Unique words (used once) 3724 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2046 Unique kanji (used once) 308 Unique kanji readings 3731 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 19.5 Characters 295032 Volumes 3
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Maria-sama ga Miteru Length (in words) 1084721 Unique words 27765 Unique words (used once) 8499 Unique words (used once %) 30% Unique kanji 2524 Unique kanji (used once) 192 Unique kanji readings 5262 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 22.2 Characters 2630604 Volumes 36
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Koujo Denka no Kateikyoushi Length (in words) 853562 Unique words 21451 Unique words (used once) 6019 Unique words (used once %) 28% Unique kanji 2645 Unique kanji (used once) 165 Unique kanji readings 5402 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 1861933 Volumes 18
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Narnia Koku Monogatari Length (in words) 145992 Unique words 9584 Unique words (used once) 4022 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1246 Unique kanji (used once) 250 Unique kanji readings 2117 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 28.6 Characters 368150 Volumes 3
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Rokunin no Usotsuki na Daigakusei Length (in words) 68682 Unique words 8049 Unique words (used once) 3993 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1801 Unique kanji (used once) 347 Unique kanji readings 3044 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 30.5 Characters 164411 Volumes 1
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Shichinin no Maken Hime to Zero no Kishidan Length (in words) 90158 Unique words 8270 Unique words (used once) 3614 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1750 Unique kanji (used once) 225 Unique kanji readings 3037 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 20.4 Characters 210300 Volumes 2
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Anata ni Denwa Length (in words) 37748 Unique words 5268 Unique words (used once) 2663 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1357 Unique kanji (used once) 272 Unique kanji readings 2197 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 22.5 Characters 86090 Volumes 1
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The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire Length (in words) 108164 Unique words 9193 Unique words (used once) 3815 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1680 Unique kanji (used once) 217 Unique kanji readings 2910 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 24.6 Characters 264910 Volumes 2
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Suri Length (in words) 33780 Unique words 3908 Unique words (used once) 1755 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1345 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 2031 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 24.1 Characters 70587 Volumes 1
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Danzai sareta Akuyaku Reijou wa, Gyakkou shite Kanpeki na Akujo wo Mezasu Length (in words) 216499 Unique words 13471 Unique words (used once) 5009 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2201 Unique kanji (used once) 228 Unique kanji readings 4145 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 23.0 Characters 520743 Volumes 4
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Saihate no Shroud Length (in words) 78540 Unique words 8753 Unique words (used once) 3944 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1882 Unique kanji (used once) 283 Unique kanji readings 3294 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 60/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 170210 Volumes 2
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Yojouhan Time Machine Blues Length (in words) 37321 Unique words 5640 Unique words (used once) 2827 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1659 Unique kanji (used once) 361 Unique kanji readings 2623 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 25.8 Characters 90439 Volumes 1
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Hikari no Oujo to Honoo no Ouji Length (in words) 50547 Unique words 5266 Unique words (used once) 2153 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1448 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 2299 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 24.4 Characters 115823 Volumes 1
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Sherlock Holmes: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Length (in words) 86902 Unique words 10282 Unique words (used once) 4823 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1872 Unique kanji (used once) 265 Unique kanji readings 3260 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 28.9 Characters 208695 Volumes 1
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Kaze Tachinu Length (in words) 23071 Unique words 3136 Unique words (used once) 1523 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1115 Unique kanji (used once) 336 Unique kanji readings 1671 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 31.3 Characters 50455 Volumes 1
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Ken Hime no Fushidara na Ouji Length (in words) 41428 Unique words 6372 Unique words (used once) 3118 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1672 Unique kanji (used once) 288 Unique kanji readings 2792 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 24.7 Characters 97123 Volumes 1
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Getsugyo Length (in words) 39531 Unique words 6257 Unique words (used once) 3273 Unique words (used once %) 52% Unique kanji 1735 Unique kanji (used once) 392 Unique kanji readings 2830 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 27.7 Characters 91473 Volumes 1
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AGI - Agi - Virtual Shoujo wa Koi Shitai Length (in words) 55270 Unique words 7046 Unique words (used once) 3495 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1658 Unique kanji (used once) 323 Unique kanji readings 2693 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 20.2 Characters 126852 Volumes 1
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Shunkashuutou Daikousha Length (in words) 147851 Unique words 11362 Unique words (used once) 4987 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 2162 Unique kanji (used once) 314 Unique kanji readings 3958 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 19.6 Characters 323598 Volumes 2
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Ten no Hanayome Length (in words) 41253 Unique words 5589 Unique words (used once) 2505 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1519 Unique kanji (used once) 292 Unique kanji readings 2531 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 18.4 Characters 91023 Volumes 1
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Chikyuu no Joker Length (in words) 145872 Unique words 11971 Unique words (used once) 5194 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1934 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 3438 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 22.3 Characters 349060 Volumes 3
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Artemis Fowl 1 Length (in words) 61033 Unique words 7404 Unique words (used once) 3611 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1444 Unique kanji (used once) 237 Unique kanji readings 2290 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 22.0 Characters 149349 Volumes 1
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Itsuwari no Dragoon Length (in words) 257558 Unique words 13319 Unique words (used once) 4727 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2138 Unique kanji (used once) 243 Unique kanji readings 3952 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 21.4 Characters 607493 Volumes 5
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RDG Red Data Girl Length (in words) 309558 Unique words 16870 Unique words (used once) 6529 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2079 Unique kanji (used once) 289 Unique kanji readings 3922 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 58/100 Average sentence length 23.1 Characters 758772 Volumes 6
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Sokushi Cheat ga Saikyou sugite, Isekai no Yatsura ga Maru de Aite ni Naranaindesu ga. Length (in words) 612616 Unique words 19943 Unique words (used once) 6753 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2516 Unique kanji (used once) 238 Unique kanji readings 4901 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 22.6 Characters 1426870 Volumes 12
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Rakuen no Canvas Length (in words) 73312 Unique words 8732 Unique words (used once) 4075 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1797 Unique kanji (used once) 307 Unique kanji readings 3059 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 26.1 Characters 178150 Volumes 1
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White Album 2: Yuki ga Tsumugu Senritsu Length (in words) 306745 Unique words 13441 Unique words (used once) 5126 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1984 Unique kanji (used once) 234 Unique kanji readings 3681 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 745084 Volumes 6
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Battery Length (in words) 245545 Unique words 12492 Unique words (used once) 4789 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1976 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 3608 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 15.9 Characters 578933 Volumes 6
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A Christmas Carol Length (in words) 29644 Unique words 6672 Unique words (used once) 4019 Unique words (used once %) 60% Unique kanji 1777 Unique kanji (used once) 462 Unique kanji readings 2958 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 27.1 Characters 69155 Volumes 1
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Girlish Number Length (in words) 84648 Unique words 9212 Unique words (used once) 4457 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1790 Unique kanji (used once) 343 Unique kanji readings 3050 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 23.9 Characters 205499 Volumes 2
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Ibiza Length (in words) 63207 Unique words 7885 Unique words (used once) 3811 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1686 Unique kanji (used once) 235 Unique kanji readings 2855 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 43.1 Characters 146058 Volumes 1
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Tasogare no Kimi Wolfinne Length (in words) 92969 Unique words 6927 Unique words (used once) 2723 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1780 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 3055 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 59/100 Average sentence length 18.4 Characters 212414 Volumes 2
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Monster no Goshujinsama Length (in words) 892320 Unique words 21113 Unique words (used once) 6178 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 2584 Unique kanji (used once) 225 Unique kanji readings 5107 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 22.1 Characters 2119707 Volumes 16
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Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome Length (in words) 61024 Unique words 8545 Unique words (used once) 4134 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 2050 Unique kanji (used once) 341 Unique kanji readings 3564 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 29.5 Characters 139273 Volumes 1
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Full Contact! Length (in words) 103328 Unique words 9425 Unique words (used once) 4154 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1848 Unique kanji (used once) 262 Unique kanji readings 3241 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 15.0 Characters 236654 Volumes 4
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Zero no Tsukaima Length (in words) 828874 Unique words 23488 Unique words (used once) 7265 Unique words (used once %) 30% Unique kanji 2608 Unique kanji (used once) 242 Unique kanji readings 5140 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 18.1 Characters 1967401 Volumes 22
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Order wa Tantei ni Length (in words) 508074 Unique words 21561 Unique words (used once) 7358 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2455 Unique kanji (used once) 227 Unique kanji readings 4799 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 20.0 Characters 1193683 Volumes 11
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Mahou Sensou Length (in words) 500993 Unique words 17437 Unique words (used once) 6299 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2383 Unique kanji (used once) 269 Unique kanji readings 4557 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 21.8 Characters 1140395 Volumes 12
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Kuzu ga Seiken Hirotta Kekka Length (in words) 149720 Unique words 12020 Unique words (used once) 5299 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 2055 Unique kanji (used once) 298 Unique kanji readings 3778 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 18.6 Characters 349357 Volumes 4
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World End no Arukikata Length (in words) 113518 Unique words 11616 Unique words (used once) 5155 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 2059 Unique kanji (used once) 314 Unique kanji readings 3696 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 17.4 Characters 267068 Volumes 3