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    • Rahul BalagganR
      Rahul Balaggan Staff @JRPG Nation
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      @JRPG-Nation

      Sorry this is a general recommendation thread for users to suggest titles for others users to read. As well as ask for recommendations.

      It isn’t a thread where you can recommendations for J-Novel Club to consider.

      For what it is worth they do physical releases for series that have high ebook sales.

      If I misunderstood you I apologize.

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      • SventS
        Svent
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        The only light novel that I have enjoyed just as much as Bookworm is Overlord.
        Overlord is about a futuristic man that gets trapped in the body of his favorite character in an RPG (a skeleton magic caster) and he is transported along with his guildhall into another dimension. This series is not available on J Novel...
        Another light novel that I have enjoyed pretty well (but not as much as Bookworm or Overlord) is So I'm a Spider, So What? The main character is hilarious. It is about a girl that is re-incarnated as a monstrous spider in another world. This one is also not on J Novel.

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          HarmlessDave Premium Member @Svent
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          @Svent - you might enjoy Lazy Dungeon Master if you haven't tried it. It's also amusing with some dark humor since the MC's job is to protect the dungeon core from invading adventurers. The first volume has some darker elements than most of the later volumes, but it's always true that the MC pays the bills buy killing humans not monsters.

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            JRPG Nation @Rahul Balaggan
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            @Rahul-Balaggan Well, I am asking for light novels with physical versions. So I can buy one, since about to finish my current light novels. I not really sure which ones have a physical version.

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            • Rahul BalagganR
              Rahul Balaggan Staff @JRPG Nation
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              @JRPG-Nation

              Gotcha, if you only want physical Light Novels and that is your only criteria, (without knowing what you already own, or what genres you enjoy) I’d say read Ascendance of a Bookworm.

              All 3 volumes in Part 1 of the story are available right now for purchase, and Volume 1 of Part 2 will be released next month.

              It is a great story, I would call it a slice of life story, with plenty of comedy, and drama mixed throughout, and a bit of action here and there.

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                JRPG Nation @Rahul Balaggan
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                @Rahul-Balaggan It look fun I buy it when I done. There isn't nothing I would not read but preference will be the following.

                Cat girl.
                Monster girls.
                Economics since I like Spice and Wolf.
                Weird stuff like Please Don't Bully Me, Nagatoro.
                Scary female/male mc.
                Harem in general I like.
                Any science fiction stuff.

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                • Rahul BalagganR
                  Rahul Balaggan Staff @JRPG Nation
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                  @JRPG-Nation

                  Read Death March to a Parallel world Rhapsody.

                  It has cat girls, and monster girls, harem

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                    JRPG Nation @Rahul Balaggan
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                    @Rahul-Balaggan Thanks.

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                    • RaitoiroR
                      Raitoiro Premium Member @JRPG Nation
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                      @JRPG-Nation You should try "Last and first idole" then, it has monster girls, scary female MC, weird stuff (a lot of it) and science fiction, and it's available in paperback.

                      Do you like death, war and misery ?
                      Do you like badass op loli who let nobody got in their way ?
                      Do you like vengeance story?
                      If so then then vote for The girl who ate a death god

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                        JRPG Nation @Raitoiro
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                        @Raitoiro said in General Recommendation Thread:

                        "Last and first idole"

                        That tittle and cover would fool anyone then. Thanks.

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                        • ClarysC
                          Clarys
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                          Does anyone of you have recommendations similar to "Bibliophile Princess", "The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap" or "The Extraordinary, the Ordinary, and SOAP!"?
                          If possible without harem.

                          You would think learning something from a book would be enough to just do it, right? But think hard about that, and you’ll realize that things really aren’t that simple. - Miya Kazuki

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                          • Rahul BalagganR
                            Rahul Balaggan Staff @Clarys
                            last edited by Rahul Balaggan

                            @Clarys

                            The closest title I can think of is The Tales of Marielle Clarac series, it is most similar to Bibliophile Princess, it is my personal favorite of all the current J-Novel Heart titles, it makes me laugh a lot, and it has plenty of misunderstandings without dragging it out to a painful degree.

                            They just started translation of V2 about 2 weeks back, also V1 of the series will be going into the vault on April 15th, if you decide to give it a read.

                            Edit: also not too similar to the series you mentioned but you should definitely give Tearmoon Empire a read if you already haven’t. It is sort of an opposite White Cat’s Revenge in the sense that it isn’t about revenge but “salvation”...

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                            • ClarysC
                              Clarys @Rahul Balaggan
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                              @Rahul-Balaggan
                              I just finished the first volume of The Tales of Marielle Clarac series and I have to agree, it is truly great!
                              Thanks for the recommendation. And I am definitely looking forward to reading Tearmoon Empire. :D

                              You would think learning something from a book would be enough to just do it, right? But think hard about that, and you’ll realize that things really aren’t that simple. - Miya Kazuki

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                              • hopebestmanH
                                hopebestman
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                                Hello again, I just finished all avaible volumes of Lazy Dungeon Master. I get some Realist Hero taste from it. Is there any other series from JNC or not, which similar to those? Smart guy, building stuff which a little comedy in it?

                                8 parts, 8 weeks to read a book, than binge read the same book within' 2 hours again.

                                Myne: Did we deceived him?
                                Ferdinand: Indeed we did.
                                Myne: *surprised myneface

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                                • myskarosM
                                  myskaros Staff @hopebestman
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                                  @hopebestman Try out Der Werwolf.

                                  Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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                                    jjch102296 @hopebestman
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                                    @hopebestman maybe arifureta: from common place to world's strongest

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                                      HarmlessDave Premium Member @hopebestman
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                                      @hopebestman - I enjoyed the 2 volumes of Strongest Gamer: Let's Play in Another World from Slow Press. It reaches a good stopping point.

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                                      • hopebestmanH
                                        hopebestman @HarmlessDave
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                                        @HarmlessDave @jjch102296 @myskaros i will check those novels. Thanks for rec. Also when i am here;

                                        I read 3 volumes of Bride Elf and that is not series i am looking for :D I am changing the novel so when i read i will write about is it good or bad.

                                        8 parts, 8 weeks to read a book, than binge read the same book within' 2 hours again.

                                        Myne: Did we deceived him?
                                        Ferdinand: Indeed we did.
                                        Myne: *surprised myneface

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                                        • Silver Sugar DuchessS
                                          Silver Sugar Duchess
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                                          @Clarys If you are still searching for more J-Novel Club Heart novels, I can recommend you Deathbound Duke's Daughter. I've read the first two parts and was really intrigued by it. Why don't you try it out?^^

                                          💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖

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                                          • ClarysC
                                            Clarys @Silver Sugar Duchess
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                                            @Clarabelle
                                            Hey :)
                                            Thank you very much for your concern.
                                            I have also already seen it, but the problem is I really don't like (Reverse) Harem. I have already tried “My next life as a villainess: All routes lead to doom!“ and read the first LN. But I don't like all this fighting for one girls/boys heart und snapping after her attention.
                                            And it seems, this is very similar, isn't it?

                                            You would think learning something from a book would be enough to just do it, right? But think hard about that, and you’ll realize that things really aren’t that simple. - Miya Kazuki

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