Web Novel

Ascendance of a Bookworm ~I'll do anything to become a librarian!~ (本好きの下剋上 ～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～ Honzuki no Gekokujou ~Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen~) is a Japanese fantasy web novel series written by Miya Kazuki. It was serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shousetsuka ni Narou!, starting on the September 23, 2013 and ending on March 12, 2017. It was later licensed by TO Books, who have published twenty-six volumes so far (April 2021). The English translation is handled by J-Novel Club which has published twelve volumes as of May 2021.

The author decided to write a spin-off which takes plays after Part 5 of the web novel. It is written from Hannelore's point of view and takes place during her fifth year in the Royal Academy, hence the title ハンネローレの貴族院五年生 - Hannelore's 5th Year in the Royal Academy.

Furthermore, Miya Kazuki's page includes activity reports, summaries, additional informations and more.

The story centers around Urano Motosu, a 22 year old Japanese woman, soon-to-be librarian who dies in an earthquake, being ironically crushed by the books she loves so much. Luckily, she gets reincarnated in another world as the daughter of a poor family named Myne. Unfortunately, books are scarce and only available to people of noble blood as books are expensive. Myne (retaining her memories from her previous life) decides to create and print her own books so that she can read again.