Best new light novels of 2025 thread!! 1) Miri Lives in the Cat's Eyes A touching supernatural romance story with Golden Age mystery elements. Unusual combination, but it really makes the plot stand out! University aged cast is also a plus.

NEW SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT: Shino & Ren: Future Lovebirds Ren and Shino have left their school days behind and set out into the world of working adults. Independence is exciting, but living on their own and starting their careers come with a whirlwind of challenges. Ren is struggling to make time in her busy modeling schedule for her girlfriend. Shino is happy about Ren’s success, but she can’t help but notice all the admiring gazes Ren attracts. Then when they’re finally alone, Shino shies from physical intimacy! And to top it all off, Shino gets along with her coworkers and students so well that it’s stoking Ren’s jealousy. Do these high school sweethearts have what it takes to clear these hurdles and build a future together?

NEW SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT: Playful Relationships Welcome to board game café Gather Round, where love starts with a roll of the dice. Join interim manager Kotarou “Banjo” Tokiwa, who has a crush on the youthful, fashionable part-timer Mifuru Takanashi but can’t ask her out because she has a boyfriend!

NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Mafia In the violent, crime-ridden underworld of Broken Ark, everyone knows Amrita—it’s one of the biggest gangs in the city, and also the most philanthropic. But precious few have seen its enigmatic boss, Lucy. And so, when she’s targeted by a series of escalating attacks, the suspects are limited. Someone among Amrita’s top brass is a traitor, but who?

Light Novels that capture the state of depression in its characters so extremely well that they just leave you feeling so incredibly sad once done. Do not let some of these covers deceive you; they get very dark.

This but also in a language that isn’t English if possible. Because the way Kevin has fumbled entire passages is genuinely maddening. You wouldn’t even know that Jinshi has asked for Maomao’s consent to pursue her in a relationship if it was for him. Because he just cut it out!

Pride monthということで、少し昔の話を。学生時代、会話の流れで友人と性的指向の話になりました。 うすうす勘づかれていたのか、それとも別の理由だったのか分かりませんが、しつこく問い詰められたので、仕方なく自分の性的指向について話し、事実上のカミングアウトをしました。ところが、後日その時のことを友人は「いのり。が勝手に話し始めた」と表現したので、かなり理不尽な気持ちになりました。 もちろん、カミングアウトにある種の侵襲性を帯びることがあるのは理解していますが、あれだけ話せ話せと促しておいて、なおそういう受け止め方をされてしまったので、本当はどうすれば良かったのか、と途方に暮れてしまいました。 今はその辺りは上手くやれるようになれましたし、あの時のような無遠慮な質問をする方は減ったな、と感じます。当時は初心だったので、それなりに深く悩みましたが、数十年たって振り返ると、世界は確実に進んでいるように思えます。🌈✨

God I love the Brunhild light novels. The first volume is technically a standalone while all the others are prequels, but taken together they're an epic saga about the cyclical nature of violence and revenge... They all range between 8/10 to 10/10 LNs imo

Apothecary diaries dynamics

😚 📖 Shino & Ren, Vol. 1 🎨 @minori_chigusa

Enjoying the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-? Then start where it all began - the light novel! 🔗 Begin the series here: buff.ly/dgMamfQ

『おまえだけは選ばない』 読了。 圧倒的な衝撃。 ため息が漏れるほどだった。 これを「芸術」と呼ぶべきか迷うけれど、 LOWRISE先生の美学とも言えるイラストと相まって、 あえて言わせてほしい。 ――本作は間違いなく、 一つの「芸術品」である、と。 ↓

The idea that a faux-China setting that's not meant to be historically accurate could even cause MILD upset among some people is the reason why we get the same boring faux-Europe setting in every fantasy ever because of the perceived "barrier" to entry

Finished 'Sexiled' (Light Novel), I was so sold on seeing 2 badass women fighting incels and sexism, but I was so invested in this series and I'm really glad I read it. It's a really fun time and I love Tanya and Laplace so much

What happens when a quiet and gentle (but surprisingly assertive?) girl starts dating a confident, outgoing tomboy with a hidden cute side? That’s what Shino and Ren, two girlfriends who can’t keep their hands off each other, aim to find out! 📖 Shino & Ren, Vol. 1 🎨 @minori_chigusa 🔗 Preview and order Shino & Ren, Vol. 1 here: buff.ly/worecXu

Please explain this to me lol. Assuming I know nothing about a person other than they are a dog or cat person, I would rather place my life into the hands of the cat person. I am a dog person, and I am married to a dog person.

holy crap... its just like subaru said...

The recent comments of "it's impossible to find f/f SFF" or "there's no m/m fantasy" (both demonstrably untrue) have reminded me of something I learned as a librarian, which is that most people genuinely don't know how to find books they will like.