An introverted girl has had enough of the isolation inadvertently formed by her self-imposed isolation. Things changed when she discovers that she has the ability... more>> to transverse across the fabric of our universe into the dimensions of multiple storylines. Not only do these storylines leave her with invaluable lessons - they also impart a portion of their power - if she is deserving of it. The time has come for Zhao Youyue to change her fate. She will be a Side-Character, or perhaps...something more! <<less

“YOU IDIOT! I told you I don’t want to buy famous works like this on the release date. I don’t want to contribute to the initial sales of authors who sell more books than me!”... more>>

The annual income of Yota Jin—a self-conscious light novel author whose work’s anime adaptation flopped—is 25 million yen. While he still managed to earn that much money despite the anime’s failure, it wasn’t anything special in this industry. There is always someone better. In such a rough industry, Yota has steeled himself for a daily life of a pro, however—his childhood friend that he hired as an assistant for the sake of tax measure, Yuma Kizuki, knows nothing about light novels.

As he gets impatient seeing the talent of his middle school and high school girl junior authors, his editor keeps scrutinizing his work… Even so, in order to fulfill his ambition, he keeps on earning money by writing today!

A high-end slice of life story, presented by Kota Nozomi! <<less

I’m a high school student who became an author after debuting at Dengeki Bunko. After taking a year of hiatus from school to write my work, I transferred out to another high school to study, and met a girl called Eri Nitadori in school, a rookie voice actress cast as a character in the anime adaptation of my work.... more>>

In school, we treat our professions as a secret. However, Nitadori’s very popular in class, and I’m a loner…the only chance we get to talk to each other is when we take the Limited Express train together every Thursday, seated side by side as we head off for an anime, After Recording.

To improve her skills, she asked me questions regarding the profession. While I was answering the questions regarding the process–how did it end up like this.

This is what I last remembered before I lost consciousness, and the story of my near-death experience. <<less

A high-school novelist adopts a 14-year-old young girl at 17 years old. But the rebellious girl wouldn’t even talk to him; how will he improve... more>> his father-daughter relationship? <<less

What could a NEET Otaku do in the very world he lived in a decade ago? Can he change the whole future of the Light... more>> novel industry with overwhelming imagination? or is he going to use the power of Literature to become a playboy! <<less

I wrote “I love you” on white a paper, with a white pen, about you.

Prequel to the first song in the Vocaloid series, “,” and follows the events between the schoolgirl detective who loves mystery novels, Hanamoto Hibari, and the extremely sadistic mystery novel writer, Kudou Renma.... more>>

As the high school is busy with preparations for the Culture Festival, a female student is found on the roof, collapsed and bleeding.
Written in blood is a single “X.” Is this an accident? Or a case? Hibari sets out to uncover the truth. <<less

Ryousuke, an aspiring light novel writer who posted novels on a free posting site on the internet finally gets his novel, 「Yuusha Tensei 」, turned into a light novel, but on volume one’s day of release, he meets with an accident.... more>>

When he comes to, he finds himself in the world of the light novel he wrote,「Yuusha Tensei」.

He has reincarnated as the hero’s greatest rival and the popular villain, Carlo-De-Medici.

This is five years before the hero will be reincarnated.

Ryousuke resolves himself to play the villain perfectly as Carlo, and lead the yet unfinished story of his creation to its ending―― <<less

One day, a poor high school student, Yō Satō walked into a supermarket and saw some half-priced bentos on sale. When he was reaching innocently for his desired bento, he was instantly knocked down.... more>>

When he regained consciousness, he noticed that he was beaten up on the floor. When he looked up, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. It was a heated battlefield for the half-priced bentos. Being attracted by this unimaginable scene, Yō formed an alliance with his classmate, Hana Oshiroi, who was coincidentally in the supermarket, to obtain the half-priced bentos. However, out of nowhere, a beautiful girl, known to others as “The Ice Witch”, beat him down in an instant. After grabbing a bento for herself, she walked up to Yō and said…

The 5th Annual Super Dash Newbie Light Novel Writer Award Winner, Asaura, brings you his newest work, an actioned packed high school comedy, Ben-To! <<less

This is an alternate history. Decades after the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the world is still in chaos, although there is hope for reunification.... more>>

Of poor background, Jiang Zhe, styled Suiyun, has finally, after ten years of hard work, passed the imperial examinations and become a scholar within Hanlin Academy. Unwittingly, he becomes involved in the succession dispute of the Great Yong Dynasty. He faces conspiracies and machinations and countless battles of strength and wits. Intending to avoid court politics, he ultimately has no choice but to become involved. With no alternative, Jiang Zhe can only follow the crowd, joining the chaotic political turmoil. In this conniving world, he uses his intelligence and knowledge to provide for himself and his companions a stable environment to survive.

Watch nations fall, great men rise, and supreme martial artists kneel before the quiet whispers of a frail, unassuming scholar. <<less

I, Tendou Haru, who was somehow aiming for becoming a mangaka, became a winner in life. Super rich bishoujo elementary school student, Nijou Touka was... more>> a big fan of mine, on top of that, she said that she is going to be my patron. Just like that, my ideal living off someone lifestyle had started. <<less

In the distant, but not too distant future, the profession of book author has disappeared. Every member of society is legally obligated to publish one book during their lifetime, but a second work is prohibited. Every book for sale in a bookstore is the one and only published work of someone. ... more>>

This is the story of a boy who keeps his words close to his heart and a girl who is in love with the art of storytelling. <<less

“Just once, I want to make it through the first stage of screening…”... more>>

“Please, teach me how to write a novel.”

The ordinary high school boy Ao, is actually a manuscript screener for a light novel newcomer competition. One day, he found the work of his classmate, Hiyuki Hinomiya among the submissions sent for his screening.

The aloof girl known as the ‘Ice Maiden’ actually wrote a light novel with fonts varying in size and onomatopoeic words for a contest! The surprised Ao started giving advice to her work after this unexpected event.

He gently guided Hiyuki who was hurt by the screening criticism. The world background, character setting, story structure and other issues were progressing smoothly, but…

A bright youthful content creation story begins! <<less

Zhang Ye was originally a mundane college graduate with aspiring dreams to become a star, but unfortunately has below average looks and height. However one day, he woke up and suddenly found himself in a parallel world!... more>>

It’s like the same world, but wait a minute…many brands, celebrities and even famous works from his world changed and are gone in this new world!

Armed with the profound literary knowledge of his previous world and a heaven-defying Game Ring that gives him magical items, stats and skills, Zhang Ye embarks on a journey to pursue his life-long dream of becoming famous!

Follow Zhang Ye as he takes the new world by storm, one plagiarized piece at a time, to hilarious reactions! <<less

The Story of a Macaron-Loving Girl Who Lived a Thousand Years Somehow. is a compilation of four stories.... more>>

The Story of a Macaron-Loving Girl Who Lived a Thousand Years Somehow.

A whimsical girl who loves macarons learns her best friend has ended up a thousand years in the future, so she lives a thousand years to meet her and watches the world change around her. (A rewrite of the original with more detail and extra scenes.)

She Can Talk To Concrete

A boy with a terminal illness doesn’t tell his mother about it, and instead enjoys having no responsibilities. Then he meets a girl from middle school who’s changed considerably since then, and shares with her the mysteries of cardboard and building secret bases.

Paraporopurun Peroporoparapon

An alien finds he’s in love with another alien, but knows that, her being royalty, he can never hope to compete with her thirty-five trillion fiancés… or can he?

The Lying Cicada and the Blue Sky

A boy is visited one night by an unusual girl initially claiming to be a cicada. Eventually, she reveals her intention to “repay the favor” of him once saving her life. <<less

“I wonder what people will end up calling him.”... more>>

Someone asked. However, no one could answer.

An extraordinary character emerges in the scene, unfolding a new chapter in the film industry. <<less

Xu Qichen, who has made a habit of receiving blades from his readers, dies suddenly.... more>>

Ding! Your survival system has appeared out of the blue: transmigrate into all your bad ending novels and be the main character.

It wants him to change the ending? And it’s even asking him, an emotional defect, to personally date?

System: The deeper the emotional plot line between the gong and shou, the higher the probability of successful task completion!

Xu Qichen: It’s impossible to write a sweet novel, it’s impossible in all of this life

System: Very well, the host has decided to maintain the state of sudden death and not…

Xu Qichen: I’ll transmigrate! I’ll personally make a sweet biscuit [kneel]

#it’s my survival instinct that made the move#

Xu Qichen: You’re really like a certain person…

Old Gong: Open your mouth, eat this candy.

Xu Qichen: You’re really not…

Old Gong: Even a candy can’t stop your mouth!

Xu Qichen: You bit me <<less

For Tohko Amano, a third-year high-school student and self-styled “book girl,” being the head of the literary club is more than just an extracurricular activity. It’s her bread and butter…literally! Tohko is actually a literature-gobbling demon, who can be found at all hours of the day munching on torn out pages from all kinds of books. But for Tohko, the real delicacies are hand-written stories. To satisfy her gourmet tastes, she’s employed (rather, browbeaten) one Konoha Inoue, who scribbles away each day after school to satisfy Tohko’s appetite. But when another student comes knocking on the literary club door for advice on writing love letters, will Tohko discover a new kind of delicacy?... more>>

Bungaku Shoujo won Kadokawa Shoten’s 2007 light novel award for light novels under the mystery category.

Placed 7th (2007) and 3rd (2008) on “このライトノベルがすごい!” (This Light Novel is Amazing!) without an anime nor manga associate.

Novels:

– Main story:

1. Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime

2. Book Girl and the Famished Spirit

3. Book Girl and the Captive Fool

4. Book Girl and the Corrupted Angel

5. Book Girl and the Wayfarer’s Lamentation

6. Book Girl and the Undine Who Bore a Moonflower

7-8 Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God

– Short stories:

1-4. Bungaku Shoujo to Koisuru Souwashuu (Episode)

– Gaiden:

1. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Hatsukoi

2. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Shoushin

3. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Sotsugyou

– Last Volume:

Hanjuku Sakka to Bungaku Shoujo na Henshuusha (Muse) <<less

On days when she's feeling unwell, when she finds it bothersome to take care of class duties, or when she has scheduled tests... ... more>>

On days when she's too lazy to go to school, I get called out.

I am the double of Aikawa Sunao, a convenient substitute. We looked exactly the same, but our personalities were fairly different. I can’t go out freely, I can’t even make plans for tomorrow, I was a replica whose mission was to work for the sake of the original.

I was supposed to be and yet, I fell in love.

I fell in love with him, and for the sake of differentiating myself, I styled my hair in a half-up swept manner.

I skipped school and went on a trip with only the two of us. And then, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and beyond that, we promised to meet.

My name, my body, everything was a borrowed thing, I was supposed to be empty, however――this feeling of love, is mine alone.

Occurring in a town by the sea, a very pure and slightly mysterious “first” youth love story shall take place. <<less

Energetic teenager Shuichi Shindo is the lead singer and songwriter for the smash-hit pop band, Bad Luck. He's recently moved in with his older boyfriend, Eiri Yuki, the handsome, sophisticated, and uber-famous romance novelist. Nothing goes smoothly for Shuichi, however. Yuki is inexplicably cold and cruel toward him, more so than usual; due to a rash of publicity appearances on comedy sketch shows, he can't get anyone to take his band seriously; and he's suddenly entered, totally unprepared, into a nationally televised concert with Bad Luck's rival band, Ask.... more>>

In this often touching, frequently hilarious story based on the popular manga and anime, Gravitation: The Novel details a young man's quest for success in love and music. <<less

My first love was my cousin's beautiful older sister, Aijou Chizuru. But because I moved away when I was in elementary school, I couldn't confess and separated away.... more>>

A few years later. Due to my parents' job transfer, I was sent to my aunt's house to live with Chizu-nee and her sister, Mai.

But, when I reunited with Chizu-nee again...

“I'm not being lazy! I'm just in charging period!”

She wasn't the Onee-san I'd always admired, but became a bad Onee-san!

Chizu-nee had made a spectacular debut as a writer for a high school girl, but then she hit a wall and lost her confidence.

And in order to repay my debt to Chizu-nee, I'm going to be her caretaker. ......?!　

A love comedy about living with my first love and taking care of her!! <<less

I transmigrated into a novel and gained an EX-class talent.
I tried my best to observe the ending, but it’s not the kind of ending... more>> the readers wanted to see.
So, what the hell do the readers want? <<less

I reincarnated as the wife of the cursed Archduke in my own twisted novel.... more>>

As the author, I have a responsibility to fix this novel.

I have lifted the curse, which is the main problem of this story.

I thought my job was done. But when I was trying to go back, the Archduke asked me, “Did you really think I wouldn’t know that you’re planning on returning to your fiance?”

‘My fiance?’

What I’m gonna do? He completely misunderstood the situation!

All I want is for him to please let me go home! <<less

I possessed a character in the novel I had been writing roughly for a year: A wicked woman who was destined to die horribly within the next two years.... more>>

‘Is this the price for making the readers suffer?’

Anyway, the male lead was suffering from rolling over like a hoop.

For the welfare of my creation, the poor male lead, and for my survival, I got a job at the mansion as a maid.

And now…

“Lady Laria is the best, after all. I want you to be the mistress of the Blackwell Archduchy.”

“Laria is the best!”

“Laria, like my mother?”

The whole family of the Archduke likes me.

Even the Archduke is obsessed with me, performing all sorts of tricks…

“The Lady and I are engaged.”

Yes? Since when?

“My children and I need Lady Sherwood. I have no intention of letting her go.”

What’s wrong with everyone all of a sudden?

I just worked for the welfare of the male lead. <<less

Surrounded by many different kinds of companions, our protagonist: Hopeless siscon Hashima Itsuki. ... more>>

1st class genius and lover, the high end unfortunate-beauty Kani Nayuta.

Troubled about love, troubled about friendships, troubled even in her dreams, victor of the 3 crowns Shirakawa Miyako.

Brutal tax sabre, Ōno Ashley.

Natural born illustrator, Puriketsu.

Each and every one as hesitant as the next, and each and every one dealing with their own headaches. This is a busy story of a group of bewildering characters that play games together, take trips together, and work together, never a single dull day.

Watching over them is the kind and thoughtful, completely perfect, superhuman little brother of Itsuki; Chihiro, with a huge secret of his own―.

From the author that brought you ‘Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai’ (‘Haganai’), Hirasaka Yomi has drawn the curtains for the latest youth love-comedy series! <<less