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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Irimuko Samurai Akinai Jou Kyousakunen no Souran Length (in words) 125230 Unique words 8543 Unique words (used once) 3423 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1992 Unique kanji (used once) 319 Unique kanji readings 3570 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 19.8 Characters 285715 Volumes 3
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Tenkuu no Arcamiles Length (in words) 230360 Unique words 11770 Unique words (used once) 4426 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2003 Unique kanji (used once) 241 Unique kanji readings 3610 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 549461 Volumes 5
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Rebellio Machina Length (in words) 140999 Unique words 11279 Unique words (used once) 4670 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2155 Unique kanji (used once) 305 Unique kanji readings 3877 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 20.8 Characters 327738 Volumes 3
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Fukaoi Length (in words) 52256 Unique words 8002 Unique words (used once) 4146 Unique words (used once %) 51% Unique kanji 1852 Unique kanji (used once) 347 Unique kanji readings 3199 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 17.5 Characters 119109 Volumes 1
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Shinigami Shoujo to Saigo no Hatsukoi Length (in words) 46225 Unique words 5854 Unique words (used once) 2747 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1590 Unique kanji (used once) 299 Unique kanji readings 2661 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 22.8 Characters 104994 Volumes 1
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Ameku Takao no Suiri Karute: Genei no Shujutsushitsu Length (in words) 60219 Unique words 5862 Unique words (used once) 2515 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1564 Unique kanji (used once) 281 Unique kanji readings 2510 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 22.5 Characters 138170 Volumes 1
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CtG Zero Kara Sodateru Dennou Shoujo Length (in words) 134665 Unique words 13452 Unique words (used once) 6225 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 2165 Unique kanji (used once) 343 Unique kanji readings 4053 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 24.6 Characters 323304 Volumes 3
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Hoshi Mushi Length (in words) 65360 Unique words 7522 Unique words (used once) 3678 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1723 Unique kanji (used once) 308 Unique kanji readings 2864 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 19.8 Characters 149577 Volumes 1
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Dei Ecchi Ei Length (in words) 393045 Unique words 17544 Unique words (used once) 6872 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2389 Unique kanji (used once) 262 Unique kanji readings 4600 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 20.7 Characters 905161 Volumes 10
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Ryuugoroshi no Brunhild Length (in words) 41322 Unique words 5644 Unique words (used once) 2860 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1638 Unique kanji (used once) 338 Unique kanji readings 2657 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 19.7 Characters 93373 Volumes 1
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Moto Kizoku Reijou de Mikon no Haha Desu ga Musume-tachi ga Kawaisugite Boukenshagyou mo Ku ni Narimasen Length (in words) 170598 Unique words 14321 Unique words (used once) 5579 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2409 Unique kanji (used once) 281 Unique kanji readings 4640 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 29.2 Characters 387532 Volumes 3
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Magdala de Nemure Length (in words) 396332 Unique words 17118 Unique words (used once) 5979 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2471 Unique kanji (used once) 255 Unique kanji readings 4754 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 25.7 Characters 943375 Volumes 8
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Koi ni Itaru Yamai Length (in words) 53691 Unique words 6020 Unique words (used once) 2940 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1662 Unique kanji (used once) 337 Unique kanji readings 2718 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 78/100 Average sentence length 22.6 Characters 123445 Volumes 1
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Shadow Taker Length (in words) 228411 Unique words 11174 Unique words (used once) 4235 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1902 Unique kanji (used once) 242 Unique kanji readings 3393 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 21.3 Characters 533943 Volumes 5
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Kamisari Koku Hishou Nie no Hanayome to Rurou no Toganin Length (in words) 58675 Unique words 6443 Unique words (used once) 2841 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1729 Unique kanji (used once) 315 Unique kanji readings 2871 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 24.2 Characters 125632 Volumes 1
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Eien ni Tsuite no Shoumei Length (in words) 49872 Unique words 7079 Unique words (used once) 3440 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1639 Unique kanji (used once) 262 Unique kanji readings 2776 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 22.7 Characters 118074 Volumes 1
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Fire Girl Length (in words) 83751 Unique words 11083 Unique words (used once) 5448 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1991 Unique kanji (used once) 302 Unique kanji readings 3566 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 17.9 Characters 197792 Volumes 2
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Toradora! Spinoff Length (in words) 155807 Unique words 13990 Unique words (used once) 6042 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 2152 Unique kanji (used once) 293 Unique kanji readings 3947 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 370502 Volumes 3
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Deus Replica Length (in words) 120708 Unique words 9592 Unique words (used once) 4203 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1931 Unique kanji (used once) 309 Unique kanji readings 3435 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 21.6 Characters 284362 Volumes 3
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Koi Suru Kimon no Protocol Length (in words) 158229 Unique words 12970 Unique words (used once) 5545 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2204 Unique kanji (used once) 305 Unique kanji readings 4059 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 19.6 Characters 371011 Volumes 3
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Kugadachi no Tsurugi: Katana to Saya no Monogatari Length (in words) 133197 Unique words 9855 Unique words (used once) 4110 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2017 Unique kanji (used once) 304 Unique kanji readings 3668 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 18.4 Characters 307274 Volumes 4
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Irimuko Samurai Akinai Jou Shusshi Himei Length (in words) 139617 Unique words 9563 Unique words (used once) 3895 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2128 Unique kanji (used once) 340 Unique kanji readings 3881 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 20.8 Characters 313109 Volumes 3
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Violence☆Magical! Length (in words) 91546 Unique words 10628 Unique words (used once) 5103 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1916 Unique kanji (used once) 326 Unique kanji readings 3447 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 16.3 Characters 220971 Volumes 3
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Maou no Hajimekata Series Length (in words) 362519 Unique words 16933 Unique words (used once) 5895 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2421 Unique kanji (used once) 219 Unique kanji readings 4770 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 22.4 Characters 806723 Volumes 6
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Hazure Kijutsushi no Eiyuutan Length (in words) 125191 Unique words 9443 Unique words (used once) 3627 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2000 Unique kanji (used once) 253 Unique kanji readings 3535 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 19.2 Characters 285885 Volumes 3
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Urasekai Picnic Length (in words) 319837 Unique words 17427 Unique words (used once) 6586 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2324 Unique kanji (used once) 263 Unique kanji readings 4379 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 20.5 Characters 764978 Volumes 7
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Mirai Hourou Guldeen Length (in words) 98861 Unique words 11655 Unique words (used once) 5631 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1945 Unique kanji (used once) 350 Unique kanji readings 3553 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 17.8 Characters 241640 Volumes 3
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World Enemy Length (in words) 89381 Unique words 8680 Unique words (used once) 3687 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1956 Unique kanji (used once) 272 Unique kanji readings 3419 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 20.1 Characters 197113 Volumes 2
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Furube, Yura Yura Length (in words) 166722 Unique words 9581 Unique words (used once) 3536 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 1997 Unique kanji (used once) 282 Unique kanji readings 3585 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 18.1 Characters 372528 Volumes 2
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Fune wo Amu Length (in words) 55939 Unique words 7976 Unique words (used once) 3961 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1797 Unique kanji (used once) 312 Unique kanji readings 3078 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 29.3 Characters 132039 Volumes 1
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Shiroyama-san to Kuroi Kaban Length (in words) 213892 Unique words 12463 Unique words (used once) 4920 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2072 Unique kanji (used once) 278 Unique kanji readings 3807 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 22.3 Characters 507804 Volumes 4
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Rabukome Kinshi Desu no! Length (in words) 44531 Unique words 7104 Unique words (used once) 3731 Unique words (used once %) 52% Unique kanji 1677 Unique kanji (used once) 315 Unique kanji readings 2735 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 19.9 Characters 104593 Volumes 1
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Asura Cryin' Length (in words) 703236 Unique words 23453 Unique words (used once) 8015 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2562 Unique kanji (used once) 243 Unique kanji readings 5149 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 21.2 Characters 1639707 Volumes 14
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Kibou no Kuni no Exodus Length (in words) 100781 Unique words 10075 Unique words (used once) 4622 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1867 Unique kanji (used once) 283 Unique kanji readings 3216 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 34.6 Characters 234922 Volumes 1
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Monster no Goshujinsama Length (in words) 302320 Unique words 14322 Unique words (used once) 5233 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2304 Unique kanji (used once) 310 Unique kanji readings 4282 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 24.1 Characters 716989 Volumes 5
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Another: Episode S Length (in words) 44015 Unique words 4821 Unique words (used once) 2114 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1334 Unique kanji (used once) 273 Unique kanji readings 2091 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 75/100 Average sentence length 18.2 Characters 98416 Volumes 1
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Kaze ni Maiagaru Vinyl Sheet Length (in words) 67152 Unique words 10465 Unique words (used once) 5302 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 2025 Unique kanji (used once) 340 Unique kanji readings 3580 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 28.7 Characters 153763 Volumes 1
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Artemis Fowl 5: The Lost Colony Length (in words) 92154 Unique words 9011 Unique words (used once) 4200 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1634 Unique kanji (used once) 245 Unique kanji readings 2729 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 26.2 Characters 222017 Volumes 1
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Maougoroshi no Ryuukishi Length (in words) 78556 Unique words 9154 Unique words (used once) 4243 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1926 Unique kanji (used once) 340 Unique kanji readings 3361 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 76/100 Average sentence length 24.9 Characters 187389 Volumes 2
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OUT Length (in words) 140300 Unique words 11405 Unique words (used once) 4789 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2088 Unique kanji (used once) 292 Unique kanji readings 3798 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 20.9 Characters 328588 Volumes 2
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Medium Reibai Tantei Joudzuka Hisui Length (in words) 81207 Unique words 7441 Unique words (used once) 3104 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1798 Unique kanji (used once) 295 Unique kanji readings 2988 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 22.7 Characters 194592 Volumes 1
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Nanatsu no Kaigi Length (in words) 83584 Unique words 8824 Unique words (used once) 4179 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1844 Unique kanji (used once) 329 Unique kanji readings 3176 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 31.2 Characters 195539 Volumes 1
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100-man Kai Ikita Kimi Length (in words) 36802 Unique words 5746 Unique words (used once) 2901 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1660 Unique kanji (used once) 385 Unique kanji readings 2668 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 17.0 Characters 83999 Volumes 1
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Artemis Fowl 2: The Arctic Incident Length (in words) 63600 Unique words 7747 Unique words (used once) 3658 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1465 Unique kanji (used once) 226 Unique kanji readings 2324 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 24.1 Characters 157163 Volumes 1
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Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes Length (in words) 490566 Unique words 18660 Unique words (used once) 6057 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2485 Unique kanji (used once) 225 Unique kanji readings 5029 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 23.2 Characters 1151007 Volumes 10
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Kujira no Sora Length (in words) 182975 Unique words 12241 Unique words (used once) 5009 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1965 Unique kanji (used once) 246 Unique kanji readings 3542 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 441022 Volumes 4
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Kageboushi Length (in words) 69104 Unique words 7085 Unique words (used once) 3231 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1887 Unique kanji (used once) 361 Unique kanji readings 3279 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 26.8 Characters 149290 Volumes 1
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Kanojo ga Nakama ni Naritasou ni Kochira wo Miteiru Length (in words) 123273 Unique words 9464 Unique words (used once) 3981 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1750 Unique kanji (used once) 246 Unique kanji readings 3055 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 24.9 Characters 304978 Volumes 3
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Ichininshou Tansuu Length (in words) 43805 Unique words 6266 Unique words (used once) 3270 Unique words (used once %) 52% Unique kanji 1608 Unique kanji (used once) 325 Unique kanji readings 2590 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 31.1 Characters 103978 Volumes 1
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Ken to Honoo no Diazfeld Length (in words) 235762 Unique words 13683 Unique words (used once) 4887 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2361 Unique kanji (used once) 258 Unique kanji readings 4421 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 24.5 Characters 572325 Volumes 3