General Reading Recommendation Thread (Not Series License Requests)
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@piisfun Anything. If you have similar rating to the 3 series above, then we have similar taste. Anything that you consider rating 8 or above
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@crowdcontrol said in Bookworm Part 2 Vol. 4 Discussion!:
Is there another series worth reading on j-novel club?
My rating so far
Bookworm 9/10
Tearmoon 8/10
Altina 7/10Well, you've just picked my top three in the same order I'd rate them - so no, I don't know anything else as good as these. I'd probably put Bakarina a.k.a. My Next Life as a Villianess next, at least for the first couple of volumes. I feel subsequent volumes weren't as strong. Economics of Prophesy is another fairly strong contender.
I'm also reading Deathbound Duke's Daughter (it is early days for this translation, I don't have a firm opinion on this yet), Soap, Marielle Clarac, The White Cat's Revenge, I Refuse to be your Enemy.
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Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf Fairly light-hearted, technically romance/adventure. Isekai/reverse Isekai. Currently on volume 4. (Friday, 23:00 UTC)
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The Ordinary, The Extaordinay, and Soap! Definitely a light-hearted romance / adventure. Not an isekai. Currently releases at the same time as Bookworm.
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Seirei Gensouki Isekai, the main character is reincarnated, several others were summoned. This one gets a little weird to follow sometimes. (Wednesay, 23:00 UTC)
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I Shall Survive Using Potions A bit of an aquired taste? I mainly picked it up because I enjoy FUNA's (the author) sense of humor. (TL alternates this with Ms. Elf)
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Campfire Cooking with My Absurd Skill Kind of a slice-of-life / occasional adventure isekai. Similar to Cooking with Wild Game, though I didn't actually enjoy that one. The MC ends up attracting a legendy beast (fenrir) with the smell of his cooking right near the beginning, and it kind of goes from there. (Short break)
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Economics of Prophecy Has a lot of economics, runs in a somewhat similar vein to bookworm, though more difficult to follow. (caught up)
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By the Grace of the Gods Slice-of-life isekai. Not really sure how to describe it.
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@piisfun Are these your recommendation? How come the comments you add to each series feels like a warning to readers, don't read this :p
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@crowdcontrol No real response to that. I am just really bad with descriptions.
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@piisfun I think a rating is better than giving each series a warning message.
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@LIbri-Liberorum I like Tearmoon too but I think the single joke the series runs with (Mia is completely different from how people see her) is beginning to wear thin. Would love to see Mia develop more as a character by getting another mental future, bloody diary or something.
Must give Altina a try so.
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@crowdcontrol I could recommend you the following:
A Wild Last Boss Appeared!: 10/10
Apparently it's My Fault That My Husband Has The Head of a Beast: 7/10
Bibliophile Princess: 10/10
Deathbound Duke's Daughter: 10/10
Her Majesty's Swarm: 8/10
I Shall Survive Using Potions!: 8/10
Infinite Dendrogram: 8/10!
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!: 7/10
Tearmoon Empire: 8/10
The Tales of Marielle Clarac: 9/10
The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap: 7/10These are my ratings so far (under the rating 7/10 I wouldn‘t buy the books). The ratings of A Wild Last Boss Appeared! and Deathbound Duke's Daughter are this high (even though there have been just a few parts released so far), because I've already read the web novel version.
💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖
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@crowdcontrol said in General Recommendation Thread:
@piisfun Are these your recommendation? How come the comments you add to each series feels like a warning to readers, don't read this :p
I've read and enjoyed all of the titles in @piisfun 's list. You can read at least part 1 of each novel yourself to see if it seems interesting.
I also enjoyed:
- I Refuse To Be Your Enemy
- Tales of Marie Clarac
- White Cat's Revenge
Those are just the JNC novels with a female MC. There are many other good JNC titles but they are very different in themes and feeling from the 3 you listed.
For non-JNC titles three of my favorites with female MCs are:
- The Alchemist Who Survived
- FUNA's Abilities Average
- I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years
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Hi guys, I'm new. As in, I became a member just to read Tearmoon Empire. :) I really like it so thanks to the translators and editors for working on it.
When I started reading I thought Sion was the male lead but it seems he's not, which is good.
Uh, question: Now that I am done reading this, what else can I read in J Novel that is similar?
I've already read Bakarina.
Thank you in advance.
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@marya I haven't read a lot of our other Heart titles yet, but Can Someone Please Explain was a lot of fun, and I've heard that White Cat's Revenge is very well-regarded.
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@myskaros said in Tearmoon Empire Volume 2 Discussion!:
Can Someone Please Explain
Oh, I'll try that one out. I think I've read the manga of White Cat. Thank you.
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@Clarabelle This is a good list to start reading from.
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@crowdcontrol Yes, I have read Ascendance of a Bookworm, I buy every premium ebook of it.^^ My rating would be 10/10 for it.
@marya I can recommend you:
- Apparently it‘s My Fault Tat My Husband Has The Head of a Beast
- Bibliophile Princess
- Deathbound Duke‘s Daughter (Similar to Bakarina, but much more exiting)
- The Tales of Marielle Clarac
- The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap
💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖
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@marya check out I Refuse To Be Your Enemy it's similar and is fun.
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@Clarabelle well if you read and liked
- Biblio P.
- Marielle
you would like
- Can Someone Please Explain What’s Going On?!
The prince is not fine in that series but our young lady is my favorite in those 3 series.
Edit: as for rating with those 3
Marielle > Whats going on > Biblio P would be my raiting.
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@hopebestman I‘ve already tried Can Someone Please Explain What‘s Going On?, but I couldn't really bond with the story, so I quickly lost interest in it.
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hello, I have just finished reading all the volumes of cooking with wild game and Ascendance of a Bookworm. suddenly I started outbreack company but, I hang less. Would you have titles of the same quality as the first two to offer me. thank you in advance
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@La-mergouille - are you looking for books about food, or about people who love books? What do you like about those two series, and what are some other light novels that you like?
The JNC cooking series Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill is less serious than Cooking with Wild Game, it is more fun and silly.
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody also turns into a cooking series (in part), because the main character is on vacation in his new world and enjoys seeing new things, learning new crafts, and eating delicious food. Cooking his own food is a much bigger part in volume 3 and later.
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@HarmlessDave said in General Recommendation Thread:
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
Green's Theorem
