In Kadokawa Shoten's Light Novel Award contest held in 2007, A Certain Magical Index was a runner-up in the action category.[50] The light novel series has ranked three times in Takarajimasha's light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! published yearly: fourth in 2009,[51] ninth in 2010,[52] and first in 2011.[53] Between the 2010 and 2014 issues of Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, Mikoto Misaka was voted the No. 1 ranked female light novel character five times in a row, a feat not achieved by any other light novel character.[52][53] Tōma Kamijō was voted the No. 1 ranked male light novel character in the 2011 issue.[53]