Light Novel sales 2012 (in number of volumes).
1. Sword Art Online (2,764,454)
2. Accel World (1,033,906)
3. Kotenbu Series [Hyouka] (767,236)
4. Mahouka-koukou no Rettousei (696,322)
5. Shinyaku To Aru Majutsu no Index (686,467)
6. High School DxD (654,224)
7. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (620,972)
8. Ore no Imouto wa Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (544,507)
9. Oda Nobuna no Yabou (450,794)
10. Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai (447,053)
Of note is that SAO and AW (#1-2) are written by the same author, Kawahara Reki.
Nishio Ishin tops the
non-paperback sales at 1.4 million volumes.