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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Goju Kishidan Monogatari Length (in words) 574690 Unique words 19167 Unique words (used once) 5808 Unique words (used once %) 30% Unique kanji 2334 Unique kanji (used once) 183 Unique kanji readings 4556 Average difficulty 77/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 1265461 Volumes 11
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Kashin Yuugiden Length (in words) 484002 Unique words 17696 Unique words (used once) 5706 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2484 Unique kanji (used once) 233 Unique kanji readings 4904 Average difficulty 77/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 88/100 Average sentence length 18.8 Characters 1085707 Volumes 11
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Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko Length (in words) 477238 Unique words 22860 Unique words (used once) 8108 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2506 Unique kanji (used once) 218 Unique kanji readings 5085 Average difficulty 77/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 99/100 Average sentence length 21.9 Characters 1096612 Volumes 11
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1984 Length (in words) 104415 Unique words 10707 Unique words (used once) 4685 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 2034 Unique kanji (used once) 289 Unique kanji readings 3557 Average difficulty 77/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 32.8 Characters 244465 Volumes 1
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Baccano! 1931 The Grand Punk Railroad Length (in words) 95299 Unique words 8193 Unique words (used once) 3525 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1825 Unique kanji (used once) 282 Unique kanji readings 3132 Average difficulty 77/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 22.6 Characters 211111 Volumes 2
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Kaijin no Cardinal Red Length (in words) 174057 Unique words 12006 Unique words (used once) 4565 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2137 Unique kanji (used once) 255 Unique kanji readings 3914 Average difficulty 77/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 25.0 Characters 408397 Volumes 3
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Baccano! 1931 Another Junk Railroad Length (in words) 40838 Unique words 5561 Unique words (used once) 2768 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1560 Unique kanji (used once) 307 Unique kanji readings 2536 Average difficulty 77/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 24.2 Characters 92322 Volumes 1
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Kairei Length (in words) 224922 Unique words 14009 Unique words (used once) 5662 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2372 Unique kanji (used once) 321 Unique kanji readings 4608 Average difficulty 77/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 87/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 487458 Volumes 3
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BEATLESS Length (in words) 225630 Unique words 14780 Unique words (used once) 5998 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2173 Unique kanji (used once) 265 Unique kanji readings 3925 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 87/100 Average sentence length 25.1 Characters 529272 Volumes 2
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Mushiuta Bug Length (in words) 336713 Unique words 15400 Unique words (used once) 5405 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2177 Unique kanji (used once) 206 Unique kanji readings 4154 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 85/100 Average sentence length 19.6 Characters 786598 Volumes 8
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1984 Nen Length (in words) 113084 Unique words 11858 Unique words (used once) 5173 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 2126 Unique kanji (used once) 336 Unique kanji readings 3740 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 34.7 Characters 265729 Volumes 1
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Soukou Akki Muramasa: Uchuu-hen Length (in words) 57375 Unique words 9199 Unique words (used once) 4721 Unique words (used once %) 51% Unique kanji 2134 Unique kanji (used once) 397 Unique kanji readings 3734 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 125694 Volumes 1
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Baccano! 1932 (Summer) Man in the Killer Length (in words) 45898 Unique words 5650 Unique words (used once) 2758 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1570 Unique kanji (used once) 315 Unique kanji readings 2552 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 22.5 Characters 103824 Volumes 1
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Genesis Series: Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon Length (in words) 379452 Unique words 17224 Unique words (used once) 6525 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2390 Unique kanji (used once) 268 Unique kanji readings 4634 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 88/100 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 794133 Volumes 3
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Baccano! 2002 Length (in words) 99765 Unique words 9293 Unique words (used once) 4176 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1911 Unique kanji (used once) 303 Unique kanji readings 3319 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 24.2 Characters 227187 Volumes 2
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Kinkakuji Length (in words) 83915 Unique words 11145 Unique words (used once) 5419 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 2559 Unique kanji (used once) 435 Unique kanji readings 4759 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 30.2 Characters 170783 Volumes 1
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Noroware Length (in words) 131608 Unique words 10376 Unique words (used once) 4260 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2195 Unique kanji (used once) 317 Unique kanji readings 3949 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 27.5 Characters 290032 Volumes 3
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Full Metal Panic! Another Length (in words) 233030 Unique words 18290 Unique words (used once) 7489 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2425 Unique kanji (used once) 298 Unique kanji readings 4645 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 88/100 Average sentence length 24.4 Characters 558403 Volumes 7
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Scrapped Princess Length (in words) 547128 Unique words 21915 Unique words (used once) 7305 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2586 Unique kanji (used once) 197 Unique kanji readings 5211 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 21.5 Characters 1241100 Volumes 13
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Tokyo Dead Line Length (in words) 71128 Unique words 8420 Unique words (used once) 3894 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1688 Unique kanji (used once) 249 Unique kanji readings 2875 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 19.6 Characters 164391 Volumes 1
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Reimei no Sho Length (in words) 305279 Unique words 17327 Unique words (used once) 6623 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2592 Unique kanji (used once) 288 Unique kanji readings 5091 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 27.3 Characters 681407 Volumes 3
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Last Round Arthurs Length (in words) 243043 Unique words 15035 Unique words (used once) 5778 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2367 Unique kanji (used once) 253 Unique kanji readings 4562 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 18.0 Characters 573453 Volumes 5
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Danshou no Grimm Length (in words) 669229 Unique words 20593 Unique words (used once) 6677 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2623 Unique kanji (used once) 236 Unique kanji readings 5167 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 27.4 Characters 1533376 Volumes 17
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Material Night Length (in words) 198089 Unique words 12612 Unique words (used once) 4969 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2185 Unique kanji (used once) 263 Unique kanji readings 4048 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 20.4 Characters 467454 Volumes 5
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Ring Series Length (in words) 401030 Unique words 20938 Unique words (used once) 7355 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2536 Unique kanji (used once) 250 Unique kanji readings 5035 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 29.1 Characters 937684 Volumes 6
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OBSTACLE Series Length (in words) 221135 Unique words 11894 Unique words (used once) 4853 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2078 Unique kanji (used once) 289 Unique kanji readings 3815 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 20.1 Characters 470120 Volumes 4
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Rakuin no Monshou Length (in words) 671768 Unique words 21737 Unique words (used once) 6087 Unique words (used once %) 28% Unique kanji 2580 Unique kanji (used once) 221 Unique kanji readings 5108 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 26.7 Characters 1578074 Volumes 12
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Indefinite Linkcage Length (in words) 158858 Unique words 10713 Unique words (used once) 4233 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1929 Unique kanji (used once) 266 Unique kanji readings 3414 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 87/100 Average sentence length 23.5 Characters 363226 Volumes 4
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Paracelsus no Musume Length (in words) 468051 Unique words 23208 Unique words (used once) 8350 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2711 Unique kanji (used once) 297 Unique kanji readings 5292 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 93/100 Average sentence length 28.4 Characters 1112519 Volumes 10
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Baccano! 1933 The Slash Length (in words) 101819 Unique words 8522 Unique words (used once) 3734 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1828 Unique kanji (used once) 297 Unique kanji readings 3173 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 92/100 Average sentence length 23.8 Characters 230184 Volumes 2
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Momi no Ki wa Nokotta Length (in words) 239308 Unique words 12321 Unique words (used once) 4645 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2401 Unique kanji (used once) 351 Unique kanji readings 4535 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 85/100 Average sentence length 33.8 Characters 509146 Volumes 1
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Lunatic Moon Length (in words) 284695 Unique words 13180 Unique words (used once) 4493 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2394 Unique kanji (used once) 245 Unique kanji readings 4384 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 19.3 Characters 646928 Volumes 5
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Tsuki to Anata ni Hanataba wo Length (in words) 260584 Unique words 12859 Unique words (used once) 4376 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2151 Unique kanji (used once) 209 Unique kanji readings 4019 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 88/100 Average sentence length 20.3 Characters 580464 Volumes 6
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Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. Length (in words) 1084675 Unique words 30665 Unique words (used once) 8848 Unique words (used once %) 28% Unique kanji 2801 Unique kanji (used once) 188 Unique kanji readings 5883 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 22.8 Characters 2705049 Volumes 22
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Goblin Slayer Length (in words) 840663 Unique words 24380 Unique words (used once) 7076 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 2892 Unique kanji (used once) 212 Unique kanji readings 6052 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 20.0 Characters 1851561 Volumes 16
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Scrapped Princess Supplement Length (in words) 163732 Unique words 13310 Unique words (used once) 5700 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2271 Unique kanji (used once) 285 Unique kanji readings 4236 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 22.3 Characters 375592 Volumes 5
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Kara no Kyoukai Length (in words) 201528 Unique words 12639 Unique words (used once) 5036 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2189 Unique kanji (used once) 283 Unique kanji readings 4006 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 94/100 Average sentence length 20.8 Characters 447540 Volumes 3
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Magical City Night Length (in words) 342518 Unique words 17383 Unique words (used once) 6432 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2333 Unique kanji (used once) 268 Unique kanji readings 4432 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 94/100 Average sentence length 18.6 Characters 787392 Volumes 10
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Mardock Scramble Length (in words) 183060 Unique words 13236 Unique words (used once) 5235 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2116 Unique kanji (used once) 252 Unique kanji readings 3810 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 22.8 Characters 428401 Volumes 3
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Youki no Otomurai Length (in words) 59583 Unique words 8356 Unique words (used once) 4126 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1889 Unique kanji (used once) 365 Unique kanji readings 3277 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 16.2 Characters 129000 Volumes 1
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Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai Suru Length (in words) 304950 Unique words 17213 Unique words (used once) 6084 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2454 Unique kanji (used once) 273 Unique kanji readings 4786 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 90/100 Average sentence length 22.2 Characters 682920 Volumes 5
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Tokyo Ravens EX Length (in words) 171382 Unique words 13915 Unique words (used once) 5725 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2251 Unique kanji (used once) 311 Unique kanji readings 4252 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 91/100 Average sentence length 19.4 Characters 401659 Volumes 4
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Hyper Hybrid Organization Length (in words) 260213 Unique words 15485 Unique words (used once) 6026 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2317 Unique kanji (used once) 317 Unique kanji readings 4293 Average difficulty 79/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 89/100 Average sentence length 21.4 Characters 603930 Volumes 6
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Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Ex Length (in words) 290437 Unique words 16999 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 17193 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 13469 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 6753 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 12429 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 16482 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 11970 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