The Oricon Book Ranking - first half of 2011

[Doraneko]

And aren't those sales figures just for 1 week of a rehashed Vol 9?

Do you mean vol. 10? Vol.9 has nothing to do with any of the ranking above.

[TheGiftedMonkey]

And aren't those sales figures just for 1 week of a rehashed Vol 9?

Do you mean vol. 10? Vol.9 has nothing to do with any of the ranking above.

Oh damn, it finally came out?

[Mystes]

Did I see 109k for a monogatari book? Which is it?

Do you mean the fourth book in the first week sales ranking? It is Hana-monogatari.

Is it the latest one? After the White&Black ones?

[Doraneko]

Is it the latest one? Yes.
After the White&Black ones? The second book after White.

[Mystes]

Is it the latest one? Yes.
After the White&Black ones? The second book after White.

Ok, thanks. Haven't read them for a while.

[Darklor]

文庫 作家別 (Bunko paperbacks - by authors)
01 東野圭吾 3,571,968
02 佐伯泰英 1,442,546

Who are the first two, and what did they write`?

[Doraneko]

文庫 作家別 (Bunko paperbacks - by authors)
01 東野圭吾 3,571,968
02 佐伯泰英 1,442,546

Who are the first two, and what did they write`?

東野圭吾 - The omnipresence in any Japanese bookshop. He has written countless best-sellers (many of them are detective/mystery stories) that get adapted into successful movies and TV dramas. My classmates know nothing about Japanese but many of them are avid readers of his Detective Galileo series.

[Mystes]

And the second one?

[kuroi_shinigami]

東野圭吾 - The omnipresence in any Japanese bookshop. He has written countless best-sellers (many of them are detective/mystery stories) that get adapted into successful movies and TV dramas. My classmates know nothing about Japanese but many of them are avid readers of his Detective Galileo series.

I've read the Galileo series before. It's pretty good(although the part where they start to explain all those scientific jargon make me have to open my dictionary over and over again), but I can't get into it as much as I get into Agatha Christie's story. I wonder why myself, but maybe it's the modern setting and over the top trick(hard to believe there's that many genius who can do such a high-tech trick to be murderer) compared to Christie's victorian setting and simple trick that will get discovered pretty quickly with modern technology.

Still, a great detective/mystery novel though. Definitely recommending this to detective story lover. For people not knowing Japanese and wonder what's the setting is about, you can check the drama with the subtitle that should be floating across the net by now.

[Mystes]

Is there an author who went up very quickly this past year?

[Doraneko]

Oricon sales data: new works published in the first half of 2011. The list only includes the more prominent titles. For those which have a sales figure that is too low they are not included here.


Dengeki

*16,448部　11/05/10　**6日　ストライク・ザ・ブラッド　1　聖者の右腕
*15,293部　11/05/10　**6日　魔王なあの娘と村人A　〜幼なじみは勇者です〜
*13,389部　11/02/08　**6日　はたらく魔王さま！
*12,614部　11/06/10　**3日　僕と彼女のゲーム戦争
*11,151部　11/02/08　**6日　シロクロネクロ
**9,919部　11/02/08　**6日　青春ラリアット！！
**9,319部　11/02/08　**6日　アンチリテラルの数秘術師
**8,004部　11/05/10　**6日　アトリウムの恋人
**7,341部　11/06/10　**3日　ライアー・ライセンス
**7,285部　11/04/08　**3日　帰宅部のエースくん。
**6,936部　11/06/10　**3日　俺ミーツリトルデビル！
**6,283部　11/01/06　**4日　レイヤード・サマー
**6,188部　11/05/10　**6日　夜のちょうちょと同居計画！
**5,604部　11/05/10　**6日　雨の日のアイリス


MF

*10,715部　11/05/21　**9日　この部室は帰宅しない部が占拠しました。
**8,807部　11/04/22　**3日　魔弾の王と戦姫＜ヴァナディース＞
**7,931部　11/06/22　**5日　彼女に耳としっぽがついてる理由を説明できない。
**7,826部　11/04/22　**3日　しゅらばら！
**5,914部　11/04/22　**3日　詠う少女の創楽譜


Fujimi

*12,303部　11/03/19　**9日　デート・ア・ライブ　十香デッドエンド
*10,353部　11/01/20　**4日　カナクのキセキ　１
**8,812部　11/01/20　**4日　ヘルカム！ 地獄って、ステキだと思いませんか？
**7,425部　11/04/20　**5日　ニート吸血鬼、江藤さん　1
**5,747部　11/05/20　**3日　キミが誘う境界線　1　そのナマクラはよく斬れる


Sneaker
**7,395部　11/06/30　**4日　STEINS;GATE　蝶翼のダイバージェンス：Reverse


Famitsu

*18,940部　11/05/28　**9日　“葵”ヒカルが地球にいたころ・・・・・・　1
**8,936部　11/05/28　**9日　シュヴァルツェスマーケン　1　神亡き屍戚の大地に
**7,614部　11/02/28　**7日　犬とハサミは使いよう


GA

*17,743部　11/02/15　*23日　俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる
**5,658部　11/05/14　**2日　小手鞠荘は末期です。……詳しく。
**5,298部　11/04/15　**3日　おとーさんといっしょ！ 少女とメガネとハイペリオン


HJ

**7,983部　11/06/30　**4日　僕の妹は漢字が読める
**7,071部　11/05/30　**7日　俺がヒロインを助けすぎて世界がリトル黙示録！？


GAGAGA

**5,706部　11/02/18　**3日　花咲けるエリアルフォース


SD

(No title in the list)

[Mystes]

Doraneko, you really want to kill me with kanas, don't you?

Anyways, do you know some good novels on this list?

[Doraneko]

Doraneko, you really want to kill me with kanas, don't you?

The best way to learn any language is by immersion.

Anyways, do you know some good novels on this list?

Dengeki

*13,389部　11/02/08　**6日　はたらく魔王さま！
(Hataraku Maou-sama! An award winning novel on how a demon king got stuck in working on some low-pay jobs in Japan.)

**5,604部　11/05/10　**6日　雨の日のアイリス
(Iris on Rainy Days. There is a dedicated thread in the forums with a teaser available in the wiki. My favourite in 2011.)

HJ

**7,983部　11/06/30　**4日　僕の妹は漢字が読める
(Boku no Imouto wa Kanji ga Yomeru: About an alterante world where kanji has disappeared from Japan and light novels have taken over as the pillar of contemporary literature. The premise is weird but creative by SF sense. Some see the story as an indirect criticism against both light novels and traditional literature, wrapped in moe entertainment.)


GAGAGA

**5,706部　11/02/18　**3日　花咲けるエリアルフォース
(Hana Sakeru Eriaru Force: Another work from Sugii of Haganai, Kamimemo)

[Mystes]

**5,706部　11/02/18　**3日　花咲けるエリアルフォース
(Hana Sakeru Eriaru Force: Another work from Sugii of Haganai, Kamimemo)

I'm interested. Mind telling a bit more?

[Doraneko]

**5,706部　11/02/18　**3日　花咲けるエリアルフォース
(Hana Sakeru Eriaru Force: Another work from Sugii of Haganai, Kamimemo)

I'm interested. Mind telling a bit more?

Haven't started reading it yet so I can't tell you the details. But there's a review in Chinese which you may be interested in:

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/temjin707/21298851