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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Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Ex Length (in words) 290437 Unique words 17000 Unique words (used once) 5913 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2403 Unique kanji (used once) 231 Unique kanji readings 4759 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 22.9 Characters 653098 Volumes 5
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Parasite Moon Length (in words) 342421 Unique words 17194 Unique words (used once) 6302 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2423 Unique kanji (used once) 266 Unique kanji readings 4741 Average difficulty 80/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 21.8 Characters 757032 Volumes 6
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Strange Moon Length (in words) 184592 Unique words 13470 Unique words (used once) 5542 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2187 Unique kanji (used once) 267 Unique kanji readings 4091 Average difficulty 80/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 23.5 Characters 424257 Volumes 3
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Souchi no Bohimei Length (in words) 45147 Unique words 6754 Unique words (used once) 3360 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1748 Unique kanji (used once) 343 Unique kanji readings 2963 Average difficulty 80/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 15.0 Characters 98809 Volumes 1
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Devil Chronicle Length (in words) 131302 Unique words 12430 Unique words (used once) 5159 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2351 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 4404 Average difficulty 80/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 94/100 Average sentence length 20.4 Characters 294482 Volumes 7
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Rengoku Hime Length (in words) 297711 Unique words 16484 Unique words (used once) 5776 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2612 Unique kanji (used once) 228 Unique kanji readings 5002 Average difficulty 80/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 21.9 Characters 678642 Volumes 6
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Baccano! 1934 Length (in words) 181097 Unique words 11971 Unique words (used once) 4883 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2104 Unique kanji (used once) 273 Unique kanji readings 3842 Average difficulty 80/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 24.3 Characters 414261 Volumes 3
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Ten to Chi to Length (in words) 299500 Unique words 18658 Unique words (used once) 6999 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2614 Unique kanji (used once) 376 Unique kanji readings 5184 Average difficulty 80/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 26.5 Characters 663371 Volumes 5
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Trinity Blood Rage Against the Moons Length (in words) 291867 Unique words 19205 Unique words (used once) 7344 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2639 Unique kanji (used once) 296 Unique kanji readings 5088 Average difficulty 80/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 23.4 Characters 672898 Volumes 6
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Kyouiki no Ars Magna Length (in words) 214933 Unique words 16821 Unique words (used once) 6860 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2467 Unique kanji (used once) 289 Unique kanji readings 4771 Average difficulty 80/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 25.7 Characters 474458 Volumes 3
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Baccano! 1935 Length (in words) 182031 Unique words 12217 Unique words (used once) 4996 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2191 Unique kanji (used once) 276 Unique kanji readings 3989 Average difficulty 81/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 28.1 Characters 421287 Volumes 4
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Kyokou Suiri Length (in words) 375467 Unique words 17453 Unique words (used once) 6327 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2339 Unique kanji (used once) 241 Unique kanji readings 4507 Average difficulty 81/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 95/100 Average sentence length 30.5 Characters 862403 Volumes 6
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Sawayama Monogatari Length (in words) 263424 Unique words 14030 Unique words (used once) 5235 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2381 Unique kanji (used once) 293 Unique kanji readings 4663 Average difficulty 81/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 21.8 Characters 583593 Volumes 6
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Sora no Kane no Hibiku Hoshi de Length (in words) 665649 Unique words 19627 Unique words (used once) 5869 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 2457 Unique kanji (used once) 183 Unique kanji readings 4877 Average difficulty 81/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 24.5 Characters 1561275 Volumes 12
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Opera Series Length (in words) 415626 Unique words 16606 Unique words (used once) 5557 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2237 Unique kanji (used once) 201 Unique kanji readings 4251 Average difficulty 81/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 22.8 Characters 936488 Volumes 8
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Han Osaka no Jin Length (in words) 198908 Unique words 13296 Unique words (used once) 5032 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2449 Unique kanji (used once) 267 Unique kanji readings 4782 Average difficulty 81/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 19.9 Characters 426483 Volumes 4
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Hikari no Ou Length (in words) 365300 Unique words 13976 Unique words (used once) 4452 Unique words (used once %) 31% Unique kanji 2152 Unique kanji (used once) 252 Unique kanji readings 3858 Average difficulty 81/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 88/100 Average sentence length 24.6 Characters 812769 Volumes 5
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D-Crackers Length (in words) 390155 Unique words 20167 Unique words (used once) 7293 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2465 Unique kanji (used once) 230 Unique kanji readings 4912 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 94/100 Average sentence length 18.8 Characters 896200 Volumes 7
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Zaregoto Series Length (in words) 723229 Unique words 24864 Unique words (used once) 8813 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2727 Unique kanji (used once) 282 Unique kanji readings 5478 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 96/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 1695822 Volumes 10
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Ryuuban Nanachou: Dragon Buster Length (in words) 123957 Unique words 13794 Unique words (used once) 6240 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 2425 Unique kanji (used once) 362 Unique kanji readings 4685 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 30.1 Characters 265896 Volumes 2
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The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II Length (in words) 466317 Unique words 21308 Unique words (used once) 7746 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2687 Unique kanji (used once) 249 Unique kanji readings 5206 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 95/100 Average sentence length 27.4 Characters 1102521 Volumes 10
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Chuushingura Length (in words) 282889 Unique words 20381 Unique words (used once) 7759 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2930 Unique kanji (used once) 383 Unique kanji readings 6182 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 26.9 Characters 615473 Volumes 5
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Banner of the Stars Length (in words) 198126 Unique words 13620 Unique words (used once) 5508 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2322 Unique kanji (used once) 328 Unique kanji readings 4183 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 23.9 Characters 480028 Volumes 4
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Tenchi Meisatsu Length (in words) 116685 Unique words 11147 Unique words (used once) 4702 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2244 Unique kanji (used once) 336 Unique kanji readings 4212 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 24.8 Characters 259511 Volumes 1
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No Game No Life Length (in words) 350553 Unique words 18359 Unique words (used once) 6698 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2461 Unique kanji (used once) 227 Unique kanji readings 4850 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 18.9 Characters 771480 Volumes 8
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9S (Nine S) Length (in words) 715114 Unique words 24362 Unique words (used once) 7663 Unique words (used once %) 31% Unique kanji 2482 Unique kanji (used once) 199 Unique kanji readings 4936 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 95/100 Average sentence length 19.9 Characters 1666136 Volumes 13
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Durarara!! Gaiden!? Length (in words) 38726 Unique words 5687 Unique words (used once) 2951 Unique words (used once %) 51% Unique kanji 1549 Unique kanji (used once) 337 Unique kanji readings 2498 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 95/100 Average sentence length 23.4 Characters 88513 Volumes 1
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Durarara!! SH Length (in words) 168719 Unique words 11663 Unique words (used once) 4906 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2098 Unique kanji (used once) 272 Unique kanji readings 3803 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 94/100 Average sentence length 27.4 Characters 387341 Volumes 4
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Accel World Length (in words) 701346 Unique words 24505 Unique words (used once) 8021 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2614 Unique kanji (used once) 228 Unique kanji readings 5226 Average difficulty 82/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 27.4 Characters 1684020 Volumes 12
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Trinity Blood Reborn on the Mars Length (in words) 383716 Unique words 21380 Unique words (used once) 7686 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2718 Unique kanji (used once) 268 Unique kanji readings 5314 Average difficulty 83/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 28.4 Characters 889518 Volumes 6
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Double Breed Length (in words) 486932 Unique words 17913 Unique words (used once) 6313 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2432 Unique kanji (used once) 227 Unique kanji readings 4740 Average difficulty 83/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 22.0 Characters 1113507 Volumes 10
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Isekai Goumon Hime Length (in words) 485890 Unique words 17442 Unique words (used once) 5404 Unique words (used once %) 30% Unique kanji 2549 Unique kanji (used once) 197 Unique kanji readings 5006 Average difficulty 83/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 19.3 Characters 1029454 Volumes 10
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Mokushiroku Length (in words) 186194 Unique words 15802 Unique words (used once) 6532 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2786 Unique kanji (used once) 338 Unique kanji readings 5541 Average difficulty 83/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 19.7 Characters 402482 Volumes 2
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Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Length (in words) 2023112 Unique words 32455 Unique words (used once) 7519 Unique words (used once %) 23% Unique kanji 2859 Unique kanji (used once) 148 Unique kanji readings 6048 Average difficulty 83/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 23.2 Characters 4617247 Volumes 33
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Bakumatsu Mahoushi Length (in words) 204244 Unique words 16392 Unique words (used once) 6439 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2686 Unique kanji (used once) 316 Unique kanji readings 5314 Average difficulty 83/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 22.8 Characters 441202 Volumes 3
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Goju Kishidan Monogatari Younen Gakkou Hen Length (in words) 263721 Unique words 12623 Unique words (used once) 4124 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2032 Unique kanji (used once) 230 Unique kanji readings 3708 Average difficulty 83/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 19.2 Characters 585955 Volumes 5
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Orabatora Senki Length (in words) 511226 Unique words 20815 Unique words (used once) 7507 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2619 Unique kanji (used once) 297 Unique kanji readings 5113 Average difficulty 83/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 23.4 Characters 1223092 Volumes 11
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Densetsu Series Length (in words) 1151726 Unique words 27461 Unique words (used once) 8316 Unique words (used once %) 30% Unique kanji 2648 Unique kanji (used once) 249 Unique kanji readings 5351 Average difficulty 83/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 36.5 Characters 2772509 Volumes 10
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Swallowtail Jinkou Shoujo Hanbaisho Length (in words) 448917 Unique words 25238 Unique words (used once) 9221 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2834 Unique kanji (used once) 287 Unique kanji readings 5726 Average difficulty 84/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 97/100 Average sentence length 33.2 Characters 997038 Volumes 4
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Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin Length (in words) 878896 Unique words 28056 Unique words (used once) 8029 Unique words (used once %) 28% Unique kanji 2786 Unique kanji (used once) 205 Unique kanji readings 5756 Average difficulty 84/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 97/100 Average sentence length 24.5 Characters 1992300 Volumes 14
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Shakugan no Shana S Length (in words) 150885 Unique words 15092 Unique words (used once) 6458 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2480 Unique kanji (used once) 328 Unique kanji readings 4793 Average difficulty 84/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 97/100 Average sentence length 29.8 Characters 341662 Volumes 3
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Circlet Girl Length (in words) 895478 Unique words 27976 Unique words (used once) 9021 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2673 Unique kanji (used once) 226 Unique kanji readings 5429 Average difficulty 84/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 94/100 Average sentence length 26.4 Characters 2020442 Volumes 13
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Tokyo Ravens Length (in words) 937694 Unique words 27009 Unique words (used once) 7875 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 2861 Unique kanji (used once) 218 Unique kanji readings 5955 Average difficulty 84/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 20.1 Characters 2170993 Volumes 16
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Boukyaku Tantei Series Length (in words) 595399 Unique words 23373 Unique words (used once) 7800 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2503 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 4893 Average difficulty 84/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 38.8 Characters 1470390 Volumes 13
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Teito Monogatari Length (in words) 537823 Unique words 28182 Unique words (used once) 9971 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2995 Unique kanji (used once) 303 Unique kanji readings 6456 Average difficulty 84/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 99/100 Average sentence length 23.4 Characters 1206333 Volumes 6
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Anna Karenina Length (in words) 413621 Unique words 16559 Unique words (used once) 6168 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2170 Unique kanji (used once) 277 Unique kanji readings 3820 Average difficulty 85/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 94/100 Average sentence length 37.9 Characters 1004080 Volumes 3
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Iconoclast! Length (in words) 425741 Unique words 18560 Unique words (used once) 6415 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2542 Unique kanji (used once) 207 Unique kanji readings 5027 Average difficulty 85/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 94/100 Average sentence length 20.5 Characters 969123 Volumes 10
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Hako no Naka no Shitsuraku Length (in words) 157793 Unique words 12061 Unique words (used once) 5175 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2469 Unique kanji (used once) 403 Unique kanji readings 4390 Average difficulty 85/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 95/100 Average sentence length 29.1 Characters 359708 Volumes 1
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Vamp! Length (in words) 302988 Unique words 15531 Unique words (used once) 6068 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2346 Unique kanji (used once) 268 Unique kanji readings 4442 Average difficulty 85/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 99/100 Average sentence length 25.8 Characters 673488 Volumes 5
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Hitsugi no Chaika Length (in words) 439568 Unique words 17731 Unique words (used once) 6061 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2538 Unique kanji (used once) 240 Unique kanji readings 5001 Average difficulty 85/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 94/100 Average sentence length 24.9 Characters 957520 Volumes 9