The guide book publishes a list of the top ten most popular light novels according to readers polled on the Internet and votes from "collaborators" (critics, influencers, and other people related to the light novel industry).

Many of the light novels that have been listed in this guide book were later adapted into anime series.

A Certain Magical Index and Sword Art Online also hold the longest streak in the top 10, with 9 issues in a row each.

My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected and Ascendance of a Bookworm have been ranked first 3 times, more than any other series.

Only on three occasions did a series rank first in all four lists in the same issue: A Certain Magical Index in 2011, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected in 2015, and The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten in 2024.