Light Novel

A light novel (or Ranobe) is a style of Japanese novel typically not more than 40-50,000 words long, usually published in bunkobon size, and are often illustrated. The text is often serialized in anthology magazines prior to collection in book form.

About a Place in the Kinki Region
Beware of Chicken (Beware of Chicken, #1)
Beware of Chicken 5 (Beware of Chicken, #5)
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 2
薬屋のひとりごと 10 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 10]
薬屋のひとりごと 16
Beware of Chicken 3 (Beware of Chicken, #3)
Beware of Chicken 4 (Beware of Chicken, #4)
Shadow Slave: Book1
The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 13
薬屋のひとりごと 12
Under the Oak Tree, Vol. 2
薬屋のひとりごと 15
薬屋のひとりごと 14
薬屋のひとりごと 11 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 11]
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 2
ソードアート・オンライン 1: アインクラッド [Sōdo āto onrain 1: Ainkuraddo] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #1)
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3
Spice & Wolf, Vol. 01
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 4
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Light Novel), Part 1 Volume 1
オーバーロード 1 不死者の王 (Overlord, #1)
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 5
86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 1
無職転生 ~異世界行ったら本気だす~ 1 (Mushoku Tensei, #1)
Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 1
So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 1
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 6
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 1 (Re:Zero Light Novels, #1)
ソードアート・オンライン 28 ユナイタル・リングVII [Sōdo āto onrain 28 Yunaitaru Ri... by Reki Kawaharaソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ 9 [Sōdo Āto Onrain Puroguresshibu 9] by Reki Kawahara薬屋のひとりごと 16 by Natsu HyuugaThe Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyuuga薬屋のひとりごと 14 by Natsu Hyuuga
Light Novels of 2025
6 books — 1 voter
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, Vol. 10 (light novel) by Saekisan薬屋のひとりごと 16 by Natsu Hyuuga
Light Novel of 2026
2 books — 1 voter

ラブシック 1 [Love Sick 1] by Satoshi MorieNo.6, Vol. 1 by Atsuko AsanoMy Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness by Bu Hui Xia Qi七爷 [Qī Yé] by Priest女将军和长公主 | Female General and Eldest Princess by 请君莫笑
Series Translated by Amateurs
7 books — 2 voters
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Light Novel), Part 1 Volume 1 by Miya KazukiSo I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 1 by Okina BabaThat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 1 by FuseMy Next Life as a Villainess by Satoru YamaguchiDeath March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, (Light Novel) Vol. 1 by Hiro Ainana
Isekai Light Novels
85 books — 52 voters



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