<p>That's actually a pretty common size for Japanese novels (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkobon" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bunkobon</a>, designed to be compact). <a href="http://hosungw.blogspot.com/2016/01/sword-art-online-novel-book-size.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This blog entry</a> shows the respective sizes of a <em>Sword Art Online</em> book in Japan, Korea and USA - the standard page size for a Japanese book is about A6, or 105mm × 148mm (4.13in × 5.83in).</p>

<p>The thickness of the book is also not unusual - as you can see <a href="https://d3ei0t9fwgqcl.cloudfront.net/editorial_images/image_be32ff6818346dfa_lg.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, many Japanese books are quite thin even taking into account their small cover dimensions.</p>

<p>EDIT: And as pointed out in a comment, the paper used is often thinner, and both the font size and compactness of the Japanese language also contribute to the book being thinner than their Western counterparts.</p>

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The paper they use is thin, with fairly small type, and on top of that, Japanese on average takes fewer characters to convey the same meaning as most other languages. Compare Japanese Harry Potter with English paperbacks. https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Collection-Harry-Potter-Japanese/dp/491551269X vs https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/harry-potter-paperback-boxed-set-1-7-9780545162074.html
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<p>I've had this question on my mind for quite some time and saw in an anime again that the characters when not doing much read a thin book. </p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/7ZGx5.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/7ZGx5.png" alt="Reading Book"></a></p>

<p>Does anyone know what this books are because most books are bigger and thicker. </p>

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# What are the thin books that everyone reads when in a club in School/slice of life Anime?
Posted by: username_0 on 2019-04-29
I've had this question on my mind for quite some time and saw in an anime again that the characters when not doing much read a thin book.

[![Reading Book](https://i.sstatic.net/7ZGx5.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/7ZGx5.png)

Does anyone know what this books are because most books are bigger and thicker.
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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-30. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
That's actually a pretty common size for Japanese novels ([Bunkobon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkobon), designed to be compact). [This blog entry](http://hosungw.blogspot.com/2016/01/sword-art-online-novel-book-size.html) shows the respective sizes of a *Sword Art Online* book in Japan, Korea and USA - the standard page size for a Japanese book is about A6, or 105mm × 148mm (4.13in × 5.83in).

The thickness of the book is also not unusual - as you can see [here](https://d3ei0t9fwgqcl.cloudfront.net/editorial_images/image_be32ff6818346dfa_lg.jpg), many Japanese books are quite thin even taking into account their small cover dimensions.

EDIT: And as pointed out in a comment, the paper used is often thinner, and both the font size and compactness of the Japanese language also contribute to the book being thinner than their Western counterparts.
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> **username_2** (2019-04-30): The paper they use is thin, with fairly small type, and on top of that, Japanese on average takes fewer characters to convey the same meaning as most other languages. Compare Japanese Harry Potter with English paperbacks. https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Collection-Harry-Potter-Japanese/dp/491551269X vs https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/harry-potter-paperback-boxed-set-1-7-9780545162074.html  
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