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.
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 | |
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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 | Reki Kawahara (story), abec (art) | 390,856 |
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 | |
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1 | 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 | 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 |