Light 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 ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen~) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by You Shiina. It was serialized online, as a web novel, between September 2013 and March 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shousetsuka ni Narou. It was later licensed by TO Books, who have published twenty-six volumes so far (April 2021). The J-Novel Club also published eleven volumes translated in English.

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.

The series is currently split into five parts:
 * Part 1: Daughter of a Soldier (Volume 1-3; 3 Volumes)
 * Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden (Volume 4-7; 4 Volumes)
 * Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke (Volume 8-12; 5 Volumes)
 * Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee (Volume 13-21; 9 Volumes)
 * Part 5: Incarnation of the Goddess (Volume 22-TBA; TBA)

The 20th volume was released in Japan on September 10, 2019. This edition came with a bonus DVD that included the first episode of the TV anime adaptation prior to its TV premiere.

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Moreover, the series has several Fanbooks.

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In addition to the main story published by TO Books, there's also the junior collection, TO Junior Bunko. This version for children started publishing in July 1, 2019 and is ongoing. The story is the same as in the main light novel series but offers newly drawn illustrations.

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Additionally, there are short story collection books. English=