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* ''Literature/ChillinInAnotherWorldWithLevelTwoCheatPowers'' *

* Literature/CrestOfTheStars

* Literature/TheDetectiveIsAlreadyDead

* [[Literature/FailureFrame Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells]]

* Literature/{{Higehiro}}

* Literature/ImQuittingHeroing

* Literature/ImTheVillainessSoImTamingTheFinalBoss

* Literature/IrinaTheVampireCosmonaut

** Literature/SwordOratoria
** Literature/FamiliaChronicleEpisodeLyu

* Literature/KnightsAndMagic

* Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes

* Literature/ManagementOfNoviceAlchemist

* Literature/MyHappyMarriage

* Literature/OurLastCrusadeOrTheRiseOfANewWorld

* Literature/PrettyBoyDetectiveClub

* Literature/PrisonLifeIsEasyForAVillainess

* Literature/TheRyuosWorkIsNeverDone

* Literature/ASistersAllYouNeed

* Literature/SorcererStabberOrphen (Two series; the original "Haguretabi" and the comedic "Mubouhen")

* Literature/SpyClassroom

* Literature/TsukimichiMoonlitFantasy

* Literature/UnnamedMemory

* Literature/WanderingWitchTheJourneyOfElaina

* Literature/TheWayToProtectTheFemaleLeadsOlderBrother

* Literature/WhyShouldntADetestableDemonLordFallInLove

* Literature/TheWrongWayToUseHealingMagic

* Literature/YouLikeMeNotMyDaughter
* Literature/YourForma

* Webcomic/ImTheQueenInThisLife

The light novel genre is OlderThanTheyThink, existing in some form at least since TheEighties, when authors like Creator/HideyukiKikuchi and Baku Yumemakura made a career out of light, fantasy-oriented short novels. With the rising popularity of Hajime Kanzaka's ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'', followed by Kouhei Kadono's ''Literature/BoogiepopSeries'' a decade later, light novels started taking their established format, which eventually took a jump in the 2000s with ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' and ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', the point in which the genre became inextricably joined with the anime and video game business. The peak of the wave came in 2006 with ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', after which light novels basically skyrocketed in popularity and number. Some of the last seminal works, like ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', still redefined the genre in new ways, popularizing elements like the HaremSeries and the [[TrappedInAnotherWorld Isekai]] SubGenre, which are near-ubiqutious in the light novel market today.

The light novel genre is OlderThanTheyThink, existing in some form at least since TheEighties, when authors like Creator/HideyukiKikuchi and Baku Yumemakura made a career out of light, fantasy-oriented short novels. With the rising popularity of Hajime Kanzaka's ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'', followed by Kouhei Kadono's ''Literature/BoogiepopSeries'' a decade later, light novels started taking their established format, which eventually took a jump in the 2000s with ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' and ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', the point in which the genre became inextricably joined with the anime and video game business. The peak of the wave came in 2006 with ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', after which light novels basically skyrocketed in popularity and number. Some of the last seminal works, like ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', still redefined the genre in new ways, popularizing elements like the HaremSeries and the [[TrappedInAnotherWorld Isekai]] sub-genre, which are near-ubiqutious in the light novel market today.

* Literature/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes