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The results of the survey “Popularity vote of the light novels animated in 2019”, a survey asking “honto” members of the impressions of “the light novels which were animated in 2019” have been announced.
The most popular was “Ascendance of a Bookworm” which was popular with women. Coming in 2nd was “The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II” the spinoff of “Fate/zero”. 3rd place went to “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?” which is at the top of the sales ranking.

“Ascendance of a Bookworm” at 1st place is a Biblia Fantasy. The protagonist is reincarnated in a world where there are no books. She creates and prints books to become the first librarian in this world. It has moved up 2 ranks to the top from 3rd place in the “honto” sales ranking conducted in Dec. 2019.

“The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II” at 2nd place is a spinoff of “Fate/zero” which features Waver Velvet from the series. This novel also moved up 2 ranks from 4th place in the “honto” sales ranking.
“Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?” at 3rd place is a story of “Familias” woven by the young boy and written by the goddess. It is the first title to receive the grand prize of “GA Bunko”. Though it fell 2 positions from the top of the sales ranking, the numbers show how many male supporters it has.

Over 60% of the voters of “Ascendance of a Bookworm” at 1st place and “The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II” at 2nd place were women. The passion of the female fans hearing of the novels from the anime may have effected the ranking results.
The ranking below 4th place and the nominees are introduced at the “honoto+” special page.

honto “Popularity vote of the light novels animated in 2019” (voting period: Dec. 20, 2019, to Jan. 6, 2020)
1. “Ascendance of a Bookworm”
2. “The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II”
3. “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?”