General Reading Recommendation Thread (Not Series License Requests)

Rahul Balaggan

The next time any of these series go on catchup I highly recommend them:

If you want huge amounts of World Building, combined with mystery, action, adventure, and a Shonen theme, I recommend Infinite Dendrogram

If you want huge amounts of World Building, combined with concepts of a harsh reality, brutal fights, a Seinen theme, and a bit of mystery, I recommend Record of Wortenia War

If you want a very unique approach to World Building, Unique in the sense that it does happen but it is detailed, and because it is detailed it is slower then other stories, I recommend Cooking With Wild Game, if you read my post above there will be more info on how similar I believe Cooking With Wild Game and Bookworm are.

hopebestman

@rahul-balaggan thank you. I will give those a shot. I just finished "by the grace of gods" which is kind a fine but that was only one volume. So i need more and those 3 would be fine.

Rahul Balaggan

@hopebestman I hope you enjoy!

Paul Nebeling

@hopebestman By the Grace of the Gods has seven volumes in Japan and appears to still be being published. Unless I looked up a manga by mistake.

saskir

@paul-nebeling Hopefully tha author does not reboot it again.

So generel recommendation. About books from here or somewhere else. Let's start with books from here

"Der Werwolf" is one of my favorite stories here. I like the idea of someone reincarnating into a different species (in this case a werwolf) and struggling with both sides of his. Although I am generally not a fan of dense heroes (be it in power, love or something else) it plays out well in this case.

"By the grace of the gods" is also a good story. We will see how it plays out in the future.

One of my all time Favorites here is "Smartphone". Although I am not a fan of the recent books (I liked more the beginning as an adventure, but maybe this is also partly to him becoming more OP and OP) I still re-read the books often

Also "Realist Hero" is a real good read.

The about othere companies (or in two cases fan translation).

I highly recommend "Dungeon Defense". Not an easygoing story with the premise of our MC being reincarnated as a new Demon Lord (and nope it is not realist demon Lord).

"Overlord" is always on my recommendation list

"Summoned Slaughterer" when you want a psychopatic (or more introvert with rules) protagonist whose first order was after being summoned to behead the king.

Never miss the Monogatari Series. Nisioisin has made a masterpiece

And if you love mystery horror stories I would recomment "Another"

hopebestman

@saskir Overlord is one of mine favorite too. As for the Smartphone , after that anime i cant find anything good to say.

For others i dont know but Der Werwolf is on my list.

Paul Nebeling

@hopebestman Smartphone's anime was generally panned, especially compared to the LN. People's opinion of the LN vary because Touya is extremely OP and some folks find that off putting. At least the harem resolution is a done deal. It's just a matter of waiting for when it will happen. Going to be hysterical, I suspect.

hopebestman

@paul-nebeling well my bad opinion comes from bad story telling. But not important :D in here how you defend and give examples about it , anime made enough damage to hurt me :D

Serah

@hopebestman when it comes to "How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom", as a fan I can give you the tip to check out the manga if that opportunity occurs.

Currently the prepub for volume 3 is available for that, which is round about volume 2 of the novel. The really good thing about the manga: it is very close to the novel - so if you like the atmosphere there you will most likely enjoy the novels too. Though, if possible, start with volume 1 of the manga. It got my second most favourite story event through the entire novel.

Nutaris

I definitely have to second Der Werwolf. It seems to be little known despite being well written and entertaining. Tegonia has also bee pretty interesting but we're still on volume one so time will tell if it stays that way.

saskir

@paul-nebeling I kinda like the pace in the first two episodes of Smartphone. But then it goes downhill. Or more 1.5 episodes of it.

And for me it is not only the too OP aspect. It was more fun as he was an adventurer in my eyes. Now he is tied to his country (although he still goes from a to b). Or maybe I am still hung up about those frame gears. Smartphone ok, but why frame gears. Kinda a recipe like the director of Sucker Punch wanted with his movie. He put everything in it he found cool.

Serah

@saskir Not to mention the Overgears, the saiyajin-like apothesis, the VR simulators, the wacky race thingy, the gollems...

As a general recommendation...

if you like such an overpowered yet mild mannered hero story as seen as in Isekai Smartphone you might like also Death March to Parallel World Rhapsody

or

if you dislike such kind of hero story you better avoid Death March to Parallel World Rhapsody

Both are quite similar in story telling pace and style ~

I was already put off in How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom when the description of the hovercraft looked too mondern-realistic, that aside from having a hovercraft there in the first place (with proper explanation I do mind them having jet propulsion devices and carriers for flying mounts... the magic is weird there in the first place as often stated by the author themselves)

More interesting is how Isekai Smartphone and said Death March is so popular despite that kind of hero, that they even got anime and manga.

hopebestman

@serah first 2 parts going really good. thanks , i guess i found my next novel.

Serah

Oh! The event is even part of the "preview" stuff you can read here on JNC! I completely forgot about it!

Even if you are a non-subscriber, you can check out that way so many books before eventually buying them. Nice!

"Start from Ishizuka." How fitting!

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@hopebestman
Record of Wortenia War
The Faraway Paladin
Didn't I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life
Der Werwolf
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
86 eighty six
Cooking with Wild Game

Serah

I got from a friend the recommendation to check out "Alderamin on the Sky" - but I cannot find on amazon.

Does anyone knows who takes care of the English publication?

Rahul Balaggan

@serah Unfortunelaty that title has not been licensed for English translation, neither the manga or the LN, only the anime is currently available to stream.

Serah

Ah, okay. Thanks for the information.
Seems just seeing an anime is around is not a guarantee that a novel would be picked up in the west. Good to know.

hopebestman

@serah i checked Wortenia but for some reason story didnt intersted me. Most probably because of writing. I will check the next one. Still , thank you for recomending.

PS:Story similar to Grace of the gods but writing is important too.

Serah

@hopebestman thank you for your feedback. That tells me your are most likely more into the writing style by FUNA, Dojyomaru and alike. Probably best not to pickup something like The Economics of Prophecy, The Greatest Magicmaster’s Retirement Plan or The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind!. I assume those kind of writing would totally not your liking.

You may - or may not if you are curious - strike also 86 from the list.

HarmlessDave

@serah said in General Recommendation Thread:

Alderamin on the Sky

I enjoyed the anime but the LN is 14 volumes so there is much more to the story than it could cover in 13 episodes.

The anime felt like a better version of JNC's Altina the Sword Princess to me.