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Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2018 Series Ranking

The 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel Is Amazing!) guidebook reported its list of the top light novel series on Saturday. As with last year, the category is divided between bunkobon (smaller A6-sized books) and tankōbon (larger B6-sized books).

The bunkobon rankings include:

1. The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!
   Author: Shiratori Shirow
   Illustrations: Shirabi
   
2. 86 -Eighty-Six-
   Author: Asato Asato
   Illustrations: Shirabi
   Mechanical Design: I-IV
   
3. Infinite Dendrogram
   Author: Sakon Kaidō
   Illustrations: Taiki
   
4. Tsuki to Raika to nosferatu
   Author: Keisuke Masano
   Illustrations: Karei
   
5. Sword Art Online
   Author: Reki Kawahara
   Illustrations: abec
   
6. Boku-tachi no Remake
   Author: Nachi Kio
   Illustrations: Eretto
   
7. Jaku-chara Tomozaki-kun
   Author: Yūki Yaku
   Illustrations: Fly
   
8. Gamers!
   Author: Sekina Aoi
   Illustrations: SABOTEN
   
   
9. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
   Author: Fujino Ōmori
   Illustrations: Suzuhito Yasuda
   
10. A Sister's All You Need.
    Author: Yomi Hirasaka
    Illustrations: Kantoku
    

The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! also topped the list last year. Sword Art Online ranked at #4 last year, Gamers! ranked at #7, and Jaku-chara Tomozaki-kun ranked at #8.

The tankōbon rankings include:

1. Honzuki no Gekokujō ~Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen~
   Author: Miya Kazuki
   Illustrations: Yō Shiina
   
2. So I'm a Spider, So What?
   Author: Okina Baba
   Illustrations: Tsukasa Kiryū
   
3. The Saga of Tanya the Evil
   Author: Carlo Zen
   Illustrations: Shinobu Shinotsuki
   
4. Overlord
   Author: Kugane Maruyama
   Illustrations: so-bin
   
5. Monogatari series
   Author: NisiOisin
   Illustrations: VOFAN
   
6. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
   Author: Fuse
   Illustrations: Mitz Vah
   
7. Mushoku Tensei - Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu (Mushoku Tensei - Jobless Reincarnation)
   Author: Rifujin na Magonote
   Illustrations: Shirotaka
   
8. Yokohama Eki SF
   Author: Yuba Isukari
   Illustrations: Tatsuyuki Tanaka
   
9. Majo no Tabitabi
   Author: Jogi Shiraishi
   Illustrations: Azul
   
10. If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord
    Author: CHIROLU
    Illustrations: KEI
    

Overlord ranked #1 last year, the Monogatari series ranked at #2, So I'm a Spider, So What? ranked at #3, Mushoku Tensei - Jobless Reincarnation ranked at #4, Honzuki no Gekokujō ~Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen~ ranked at #5, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ranked at #8.

Kirito from Sword Art Online topped the list of male characters, and Mikoto Misaka from A Certain Magical Index topped the female characters list.

Kiyotaka Haimura (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria, A Certain Magical Index), abec (Sword Art Online), and Kurone Mishima (Konosuba - God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!) topped the list of illustrators.