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A list of light novel (ライトノベル, raito noberu) titles. Series that have been licensed for U.S. publication (in part or in full) are in bold. Series that have been licensed for U.S. publication (in part or in full) are in bold.
A light novel (ライトノベル, raito noberu) is a style of Japanese young adult fiction primarily targeting high school and middle school students. [1] The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo , or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language .
[8] [9] The first five novels were released in North America from October 2005 to December 2007. [10] The sixth novel, translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash and Asumi Shibata, was released in October 2021. Starting from December 2021 re-release of The Land of Sand, Viz published second editions of the first five light novels with new cover designs ...
Light novels developed from pulp magazines. [citation needed] Plots frequently involve romantic comedy and isekai fantasy.To please their audience, in the 1970s, most of the Japanese pulp magazines began to put illustrations at the beginning of each story and included articles about popular anime, movies and video games.
Kyon is an ordinary first-year high school student who has given up his fantasies of espers, time travelers, and aliens as he left middle school. However, sitting behind him is the beautiful, intelligent, and eccentric girl Haruhi Suzumiya, who in her class introduction blatantly states her singular desire to meet aliens, time travelers, or espers.
It includes Light novels that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Light novels first published online" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 224 total.
The first three side story novels are a part of a single story, while the last one is separate. The novels were published by Enterbrain under their Famitsu Bunko imprint. Yen Press licensed the light novel series and began releasing it in English in North America in July 2010, with a new volume being released every six months. [1] [2]
The KonoSuba light novels have been quite popular. By March 2, 2016, the 11-volume series had a total of 1.5 million copies in print, each volume selling 136,000 copies on average. [81] In January 2018, the light novel series ranked first among the top 50 best selling digital manga and light novels in worldwide stores by BookWalker. [82]