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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.stack.imgur.com/7ZGx5.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7ZGx5.png)

Does anyone know what this books are because most books are bigger and
thicker.


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What are the thin books that everyone reads when in a club in School/slice of life Anime?


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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