'Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!' 2026 Rankings Revealed

The Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) guidebook has revealed its annual light novel rankings for 2026. This list includes the ten most popular light novels and illustrators as polled by readers. Characters were not included in the polls this year. Light No...
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'Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!' 2026 Rankings Revealed
The Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) guidebook has revealed its annual light novel rankings for 2026. This list includes the ten most popular light novels and illustrators as polled by readers. Characters were not included in the polls this year.

Light Novels
*1. Asobi no Kankei
*2. Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken
*3. Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!
*4. Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Aalya-san
*5. Tensei Teido de Mune no Ana wa Umaranai
*6. Delta to Gamma no Rigakubu Note
*7. Middle Note ni Sayonara
*8. Kochira, Shuumatsu Teitai Iinkai.
*9. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
10. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka

Books
*1. Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto
*2. Tensei shita Daiseijo wa, Seijo de Aru Koto wo Hitakakusu
*3. Madougushi Dahliya wa Utsumukanai: Kyou kara Jiyuu na Shokunin Life
*4. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
*5. Akuyaku Reijou wa Dekiai Route ni Hairimashita!?
*6. Nanji, Ankun wo Aiseyo
*7. Tensei shita Daiseijo wa, Seijo de Aru Koto wo Hitakakusu Zero
*8. Meikyuu Kuso Tawake
*9. Koishita Hito wa, Imouto no Kawari ni Shindekure to Itta. Imouto to Kekkon shita Kataomoi Aite ga Naze Imasara Watashi no Moto ni? To Omottara.
10. Orcsen Oukokushi

New Works (Light Novel)
*1. Asobi no Kankei
*2. Tensei Teido de Mune no Ana wa Umaranai
*3. Delta to Gamma no Rigakubu Note
*4. Middle Note ni Sayonara
*5. Amamori Junna wa Shitsudo ga Takai
*6. Yousei no Butsurigaku: Physics Phenomenon Phantom
*7. Shujinkou no Osananajimi ga, Wakiyaku no Ore ni Gui Gui Kuru
*8. Ano Natsu ni Sasagu ai Kotoba
*9. Class de Uiteru Uraragawa-san
10. Maken Shoujo no Hoshi Sagashi

New Works (Book)
*1. Nanji, Ankun wo Aiseyo
*2. Suterare Koushaku Fujin wa, Heion na Seikatsu wo Onozomi no You desu
*3. Majutsu Isari wa Erabi Toru
*4. Tekikoku ni Totsuide Koritsu Muen desu ga, Douyara Watashi wa Saikyou Shu no Majo rashii desu yo?
*5. Sasen Renkinjutsushi no Henkyou Gurashi Moto Elite wa Nidome no Jinsei mo Shippai Shita node Henkyou de Nonbiri to Yarinaosu Koto ni Shimashita
*6. Ake no Sora no Kafka
*7. 7 Knights to Die
*8. Faceless Dropout
*9. Usotsuki wa Yuusha no Hajimari 2 Nisemono Yuusha ni Tensei Shita kedo Daisuki na Game no Metsubou Route shika Nai Heroine no Kokyou o Sukuidasu.
10. Koushaku Reijou Arialein no Tsuihou

Illustrators
*1. Hanekoto (Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken)
*2. Muru Imigi (Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!)
*3. Momoco (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Aalya-san)
*4. Saori Toyota (Koishita Hito wa, Imouto no Kawari ni Shindekure to Itta. Imouto to Kekkon shita Kataomoi Aite ga Naze Imasara Watashi no Moto ni? To Omottara.)
*5. Eku Takeshima (Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?))
*6. Hachi Komada (Madougushi Dahliya wa Utsumukanai: Kyou kara Jiyuu na Shokunin Life)
*7. Machi Yoi (Akuyaku Reijou wa Dekiai Route ni Hairimashita!?)
*8. U35 (Shuu ni Ichido Classmate wo Kau Hanashi: Futari no Jikan, Iiwake no 5000-en)
*9. Ogipote (Kochira, Shuumatsu Teitai Iinkai.)
10. Hiten (Gimai Seikatsu)

Source: Official Guidebook

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