# New light novel series recommendations 

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**Created:** [May 8, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/new-light-novel-series-recommendations/20137 "2026-05-08T19:29:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![kozz84](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@kozz84](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/kozz84)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/new-light-novel-series-recommendations/20137/1 "2026-05-08T19:29:26Z")

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Hey,

What are new and popular light novel series now in japan. Aside from having a huge backlog of series that have +20 volumes I would like to read something that is releasing now.

something that became a hit in 2024-2026 and has only a couple of volumes.

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**Author:** ![soggyboy](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/soggyboy/32/4090_2.png) [@soggyboy](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/soggyboy)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/new-light-novel-series-recommendations/20137/2 "2026-05-08T21:06:07Z")

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It’s pretty simple to see what’s popular in Japan right now, you can just browse the popular rankings on Bookwalker or Bookmeter. Here’s the [Bookwalker rankings](https://bookwalker.jp/rank/ct1/) for this week (you can choose daily, weekly, or monthly ranking). Just choose a series that looks good and check how many volumes it has. I see a few on there that only have 2-3 volumes.

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**Author:** ![Biblio](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/biblio/32/81_2.png) [@Biblio](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Biblio)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/new-light-novel-series-recommendations/20137/3 "2026-05-09T07:12:29Z")

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I think [このライトノベルがすごい!](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%93%E3%81%AE%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%8E%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%81%8C%E3%81%99%E3%81%94%E3%81%84!) also has a new releases category, though for some reason, wiki doesn’t list them… 🫠

> 本記事では「総合部門」「総合新作部門」\*\*「新作文庫部門」「新作単行本・ノベルズ部門」\*\*の順位については割愛している。

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**Author:** ![9Sora2](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/9sora2/32/19797_2.png) [@9Sora2](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/9Sora2)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/new-light-novel-series-recommendations/20137/4 "2026-05-09T07:42:16Z")

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You better check LN-news, they always post stuff about popular (and unpopular) LNs and every week they also post about the LNs coming out that week. Here’s the post from this week

> **[今週の新刊情報：ベリーズファンタジー、電撃文庫、カドカワBOOKS、マッグガーデン・ノベルズなど](https://ln-news.com/articles/125505)**
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> 2026年5月4日（月）～2026年5月10日（日）に発売するライトノベ...