BookWalker Unveils Best Selling Manga & Light Novels Of 2023

Japanese e-book store BOOK☆WALKER Global unveiled its annual eBook download ranking on Dec 12, 2023, and the year 2023 saw a dominance in the isekai genre. The ranking is based on eBook downloads from Nov 1, 2022, to Oct 31, 2023, on the global store.

Topping the charts at number one is the light novel series Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation. The series experienced a surge in popularity following the release of its second season in Summer 2023. Notably, the Nanashi’s rom-com manga Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro stands out as the only manga series in the overall top ten.

Top 10 Best Selling titles on the platform (including both manga and light novel) are as follows:

1. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel)
2. So I’m a Spider, So What? (Light Novel)
3. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Light Novel)
4. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel)
5. Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (Manga)
6. Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (Light Novel)
7. Overlord (Light Novel)
8. Reincarnated as a Sword (Light Novel)
9. Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest (Light Novel)
10. The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (Light Novel)

Top 10 manga on BookWalker are:

1. Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (Vol. 13)
2. Oshi No Ko (Vol. 1)
3. This Is Screwed Up, but I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World! (Vol. 4)
4. You Like Me, Not My Daughter?! (Vol. 1)
5. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Vol. 16)
6. I Can’t Believe I Slept With You! (Vol. 3)
7. Hunting in Another World With My Elf Wife (Vol. 2)
8. Let’s Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a Different World (Vol. 1)
9. Mieruko-chan (Vol. 6)
10. I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too (Vol. 2)

Top 10 Light Novels on BookWalker are:

1. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Vol. 20)
2. So I’m a Spider, So What? (Vol. 15)
3. Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 (Vol. 1)
4. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Vol. 15)
5. Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (Vol. 8)
6. Overlord (Vol. 15)
7. Reincarnated as a Sword (Vol. 11)
8. Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest (Vol. 13)
9. The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (Vol. 3)
10. The Eminence in Shadow (Vol. 1)

For the complete list of top selling titles check the official website.

BOOK☆WALKER Global is an eBook store for worldwide audiences that launched in October 2015. There are over 39,000 English light novels and manga being offered from publishers like KADOKAWA, Yen Press, J-Novel Club, Kodansha Comics, Seven Seas Entertainment, and more.

Source: Press Release