Light Novel

Ascendance of a Bookworm (本好きの下剋上 Honzuki no Gekokujō) is is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by Yō Shiina. It was serialized online between September 2013 and March 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by TO Books, who have published seventeen volumes since January 2015.

Synopsis
The story centers around Urano, a young Japanese soon-to-be librarian who dies in an earthquake. Luckily, she gets reincarnated in another world as a young girl named Myne but learns that books are scarce and only provided to prestigious elites. Myne (retaining her memories from her previous life) decides to create and print her own books so that she can read again.

List of Volumes
The series is split into four parts:
 * Part 1 Daughter of a Soldier (Volume 1 - 3)
 * Part 2 Apprentice Shrine Maiden! (Volume 4 - 7)
 * Part 3: Lord's Adopted Daughter (Volume 8 - 12)
 * Part 4: The House of Lords' Self-styled Library Assistant ( Volume 13 - 19)

The 20th volume is set to be released in Japan on September 10, 2019. This edition will come with a bonus DVD that will also include the first episode of the forthcoming TV anime adaptation prior to its TV premiere.

Click on the images to see information about the volumes.