What are some of the best light novels?

[Santaisblue]

The title. What are some light novels that you think a case could be made for being one of the best light novels?

I'll start with two:
Super Gene
Supreme Magus

 

[DemonOppai]

The Records of Unusual Creatures. That’s a really fun one. Coiling Dragon is what got me started on reading this type of books.

 

[RepresentingDesire]

Genocide Online
Nowhere Star
Empress-a-world-conquest-isekai
She was both called god, as well as satan
The girl who ate a death god
Side Note
Some of my favorite novels and they are great novels in their own genre.

 

[Puji-Maki]

Lord of the mysteries

 

[MatchaChocolate69]

Overlord
Classroom of the Elite
Pure Love x Insult Complex

 

[Arkus86]

Genocide Online
Nowhere Star
Empress-a-world-conquest-isekai
She was both called god, as well as satan
The girl who ate a death god
Side Note
Some of my favorite novels and they are great novels in their own genre.

Out of those, I have only read "She was both called god, as well as satan", but while it is unique with a great concept, and an enjoyable read, it has too many plot holes, inconsistencies and other issues to be called great.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Pure Love x Insult Complex

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[RepresentingDesire]

Out of those, I have only read "She was both called god, as well as satan", but while it is unique with a great concept, and an enjoyable read, it has too many plot holes, inconsistencies and other issues to be called great.

All of these stories might have some flaws but they all succeeded in what they wanted to do and that's what makes a great novel at least to me.

 

[Shrimp_eater]

Haruhi Suzumiya
Youjo Senki
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria

 

[MatchaChocolate69]

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Connoisseur!

 

[RepresentingPride]

Soul Land (the whole series)
Martial World
The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor
The King Avatar
The Omniscient Reader Viewpoint
The Legendary Mechanic
Reverend Insanity
Mushoku Tensei

 

[Ellieporter]

I'm Really Not An Evil God's Lackey
The Knight King Who Returned With A God
Top Tier Providence: Secretly Cultivate for a Thousand Years
The King's Avatar
Above Ten Thousand People
I'm a Spider, So What?!
Bofuri
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint
The World After The Fall

 

[ACertainPassingUser]

Re Zero

Freakin details and high quality characters. Battle has depth and tension. Kinda sad that it does not follow western culture nor moral value, especially it has to follow the rule of seinen Fanservice.

Konosuba

Deep comedy within simple jokes. And each character shoes their quirks for every new event that happen.

Overlord

Overlord fits better into real full fledged novel format than "light novel".

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Overlord fits better into real full fledged novel format than "light novel".

Bruh.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

A certain magical index series

Some of the volumes can go for $700 and others can get up to $1400

 

[Jire]

the toaru franchise (index, railgun)
Shadow Slave (a korean light novel that is pretty good)
mushoku tensei
Reverend Insanity (although it is in hiatus due to being censored by chinese government)
Lord of mysteries
Warlock in a magus World
Those are my favorites

 

[RepresentingPride]

the toaru franchise (index, railgun)
Shadow Slave (a korean light novel that is pretty good)
mushoku tensei
Reverend Insanity (although it is in hiatus due to being censored by chinese government)
Lord of mysteries
Warlock in a magus World
Those are my favorites

Shadow Slave is not Korean

 

[Daitengu]

I'd say Record of Lodoss War.

Here's how hardcore some of the fans are. There's a $200 gold embossed hard cover available.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

OreGairu.

 

[Jire]

Shadow Slave is not Korean

Ha yeah my bad i thought i read about one of the characters calling the other hyung at some point so i thought it was korean