English Title: Ascendance of a Bookworm: I’ll Do Anything to Become a Librarian!
Japanese Title: 本好ãã®ä¸‹å‰‹ä¸Š ~å¸æ›¸ã«ãªã‚‹ãŸã‚ã«ã¯æ‰‹æ®µã‚’é¸ã‚“ã§ã„られã¾ã›ã‚“~ — “Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen”
Author: Miya Kazuki — 香月 美夜
Illustrator: You Shiina — 椎å 優
Translator: Quof
Genre: Isekai, Fantasy, Drama
Original Run: January 2015 – ongoing
English Run: May 2019 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: TO Books
English Publisher: J-Novel Club
Volumes in Japanese: 28 (In Progress)
Volumes in English: 13 (+2 Fan Books)(In Progress)
- English Website — Japanese Website
- MAL Entry — Forum — Anime-Planet
- Baka Updates — LNDB.info — Novel Updates
Synopsis: A certain college girl who’s loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she’s been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don’t exist. She’d have to pay an enormous amount of money to buy one. Myne resolves herself: If there aren’t any books, she’ll just have to make them! Her goal is to become a librarian. This story begins with her quest to make books so she can live surrounded by them! Dive into this biblio-fantasy written for book lovers and bookworms!
Volume 1 — Part One: Volume 1: Daughter of a Soldier
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eBook Released May 20, 2019 — ASIN: B07Q32HSFN
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Paperback released September 3, 2019 — ISBN-13: 978-1718356009
Volume 2 — Part One: Volume 2: Daughter of a Soldier
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eBook Released July 9, 2019 — ASIN: B07RRVL6BP
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Paperback released November 5, 2019 — ISBN-13: 978-1718356016
Volume 3 — Part One: Volume 3 Daughter of a Soldier
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eBook Released September 3, 2019 — ASIN: B07V1ZQYC7
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Paperback released January 07, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1718356023
Volume 4 — Part Two: Volume 1: Apprentice Shrine Maiden
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eBook Released November 10, 2019 — ASIN: B07YCYXQ8M
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Paperback to release April 07, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1718356030
Volume 5 — Part Two: Volume 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden
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eBook Released January 20, 2020 -- ASIN: B081CCLTXN
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Paperback Releasing June 02, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1718356047
Volume 6 — Part Two: Volume 3: Apprentice Shrine Maiden
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eBook Releasing April 20, 2020 -- ASIN: B084BWGGXS
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Paperback Released October 06, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1718356054
Volume 7 — Part 2 Volume 4: Apprentice Shrine Maiden
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eBook Released June 23, 2020 — ASIN: B086V6CST5
Volume 8 — Part 3 Volume 1: Adopted Daughter of an ArchDuke
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eBook Released August 12, 2020 — ASIN: B089GVG8TB
Volume 9 — Part 3 Volume 2: Adopted Daughter of an ArchDuke
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eBook Released October 19, 2020 — ASIN: B08DP5Y7C6
Volume 10 — Part 3 Volume 3: Adopted Daughter of an ArchDuke
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eBook Released January 4, 2021 — ASIN: B08KSLBFN3
Volume 11 — Part 3 Volume 4: Adopted Daughter of an ArchDuke
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eBook Released March 08, 2021 — ASIN: B08QVKLJRZ
Volume 12 — Part 4 Volume 1: Founder of the Royal Academy’s So-Called Library Committee
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Volume 13 — Part 4 Volume 2: Founder of the Royal Academy’s So-Called Library Committee
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Reviews of Ascendance of a Bookworm
- English Light Novels (Gee): Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3 — Vol 4 — Vol 5 — Vol 6
- Justus R. Stone: Vol 1
- Manga Bookshelf: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3 — Vol 4 — Vol 5 — Vol 6 — Vol 7 — Vol 8 — Vol 9 — Vol 10
Illustrations Sampler
Anime Adaptation
Season One: MAL Entry — 14 episodes. Aired October 2019 to December 2019
Season Two: MAL Entry — 12 episodes. Aired April 2020 to June 2020
Season Three: MAL Entry — Announced
Manga Adaptation
MAL Entry — Published June 2019 – ongoing (English release by J-Novel Club)
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