2015 in Japanese literature

The following is an overview of the year 2015 in Japanese literature. It includes winners of literary awards, yearly best-sellers, title debuts and endings, and deaths of notable Japanese literature-related people, as well as any other relevant Japanese literature-related events. For an overview of the year in literature from other countries, see 2015 in literature; for an overview of the year in manga (Japanese comics), see 2015 in manga.

Awards

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Best-sellers

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Light novel titles

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The following is a list of the 10 best-selling light novel titles in Japan during 2015[2] according to Oricon.[3]

Rank Title Author(s) Copies
1 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Ōmori (story), Suzuhito Yasuda (art) 1,220,217
2 The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satō (story), Kan Ishida (art) 1,175,978
3 My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Wataru Watari (story), Ponkan8 (art) 1,050,446
4 Overlord Kugane Maruyama (story), so-bin (art) 927,413
5 Naruto Story Series several 883,833
6 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara (story), abec (art) 788,895
7 Kagerou Daze Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) (story), Sidu (art) 494,721
8 Kokuhaku Yokō Renshū Tōko Fujitani (story), Yamako (art) 413,663
9 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Kazuma Kamachi (story), Kiyotaka Haimura (art) 405,666
10 Sword Art Online: Progressive Reki Kawahara (story), abec (art) 390,856

Light novel volumes

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The following is a list of the 10 best-selling light novel volumes in Japan during 2015[4] according to Oricon.[5]

Rank Volume Author(s) Copies
1 Sword Art Online: Progressive vol.3 Reki Kawahara (story), abec (art) 325,991
2 Sword Art Online vol.16 Reki Kawahara (story), abec (art) 285,081
3 Kagerou Daze VI -over the dimension- Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) (story), Sidu (art) 255,785
4 The Irregular at Magic High School vol.16 Tsutomu Satō (story), Kan Ishida (art) 251,640
5 The Irregular at Magic High School vol.15 Tsutomu Satō (story), Kan Ishida (art) 247,532
6 The Boy and the Beast Mamoru Hosoda 244,336
7 My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU vol.10 Wataru Watari (story), Ponkan8 (art) 224,761
8 Naruto: Kakashi's Story Akira Higashiyama 217,136
9 My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU vol.10.5 Wataru Watari (story), Ponkan8 (art) 207,460
10 The Irregular at Magic High School vol.17 Tsutomu Satō (story), Kan Ishida (art) 194,973

Title debuts

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Title endings

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References

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  1. ^ "第 52 回文藝賞が決定". kawade.co.jp (in Japanese). Kawade Shobō Shinsha. September 3, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  2. ^ From November 17, 2014 to November 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2015". Anime News Network. November 29, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  4. ^ From November 17, 2014 to November 22, 2015.
  5. ^ "Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2015". Anime News Network. November 29, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2016.