Thought the arc was pretty good from what Iāve read personally. >-<
Personally I love Eugeo and Alice so.
With more and more Light Novels getting official translations, I thought it would be a good idea to list them, so both fans and those who are interested can enjoy the proffessional translation!
Therefore, if a series you like is getting an official release, let us know. Posting the current progress would be of little use, but if a serialization is already completed, please do mention it.
Officially translated Light Novel series:
- Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - complete. (It was already complete when I created this topic)
- Book Girl (Bungaku Shoujo) - complete
- A Certain Magical Index (To Aru Majutsu no Index) - first season serialization ongoing
- My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as Expected (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru) - ongoing
- The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria (Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria - aka Hakomari) - ongoing
- No Game No Life - ongoing
- Monogatari Series - ongoing
- Zaregoto - ongoing
Also, once the LB Bookclub is over and your lives feel empty and meaningless, you can skim through this topic and maybe find something good to read next.
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Donāt forget No Game No Life! I just ordered the first volume last night from based Yen Press.
Monogatari Series is being officially translated, going to be a while before it catches up though.
Over the years, Iāve garnered an interest in a few LN series. Some are being translated (such as Spice and Wolf, No Game no Life), while others are more obscure, meaning they may not get translated (such as Sakurasou, Inou Battle).
*single tear drips from eye *
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Zaregoto was recently picked up again officially after Del Reyās localization failed and died many years ago. I believe Vertical is the one publishing both it and the Monogatari series, so I guess they managed to work something out with Nisio. Would be interested in getting Ningen too, so people can experience some of Nisioās most awesome characters, but Japanese puns are gonna puncture the quality of translations.
Also, Iām really sad Yen Press never localized all the other Bungaku Shoujo stories. The main story is complete but volume wise, they only did half of whatās out there. Iāve read a few of them in Japanese, and theyāre basically just as good, or even better than the main series, depending on how you feel about the heroines 
I love Nisioisinās works, the monogatari series is kind of weak compared to his other stories tho. I have every äŗŗé book in Chinese, but the Zaregoto series (also in Chinese) are out of print so itās hard to collect them, to this date I am still missing the last book ;_;
The good thing about reading his works in Chinese is that his writing is relatively well-kept in TL, second only to perhaps the original ver.
Definitely, the Zaregoto universe has some of his best characters ever. But I cri evry tiem when most of them die.
Just how multi-lingual are you guys? 
Makes me jealous.
Wait, thereās side stories? Damn, I had no idea.
I wouldnāt mind reading a side story about Miu or Nanase, though Iād probably have to reread a couple of volumes to enjoy it in full.
Iām currently dabbing into Mizuki Nomuraās other work, Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Itakoro, and I gotta say itās either a TL thing or that one just isnāt as enjoyable as Book Girlā¦
Bungaku Shoujo is definitely more enjoyable, but I personally still enjoyed Hikaru quite a bit. As Iāve stated before, Nomuraās writing is exactly the kind of romantic bait Iām a huge sucker for, so I find it really hard to not be biased. I think pacing may be a problem. Hikaruās overall plot doesnāt really start peaking until volume 7 or 8, whereas Bungaku Shoujo is over by then. Hikaru also has a pretty different set of characters, which appeals to a different audience. The loli/imouto archetype, for example, was annoying except for the rare endearing moments, even if I still think Nomura did a good job of writing in that trope. Basically, the characters may take some time to grow attached to if their starting pointing isnāt as attractive as, say, Touko-senpaiās irresistible positvity. Hikaru being the āToukoā of his series, is a much less likable character, but I think that serves to make the character interactions more dynamic in the long run. While Bungaku Shoujo has a broken Konoha learning to accept Toukoās kindness, Hikaru involves two incompatible people forging an unlikely friendship. Itās very different, but still great.
While I could imagine one liking Bungaku Shoujo but not Hikaru (or vice versa), Hikaru still has plenty of scenes that will remind you of the former. Iāll say this though: the Hikaru series probably involves even more secrets and lying than Bungaku Shoujo. Interpret that however you want.
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Is it best to read Bungaku Shouko in order (or do you have to read it in order may be the better question)? It sounds like something worth trying out at the least even if I donāt get to it right away.
I also read back to some of the earlier posts about the Monogatari series which I was planning to start and stumbled onto Zaregoto which has the makings of something awesome without the gore details. How much does this series focus on the actual murders? It sounds like a series about everything but the murder detail honestly so I donāt get understand the English novel naming conventions (Decapitation Kubikiri and Strangulation Kubishime Romanticist).
Since itās a been a little while on this topic, it feels nice to have truly tried a pair of light novel series.
The first series, Isekai Smartphone (which was not that expensive), just seemed to be going into a story direction that made continuing it not feel like was worth it. Itās hard to suggest that work to other Kaza members or even avid readers even if they like the premise since there are just so many other options out there to read.
Re:Zero was started as well and I must confess that I have no idea how much of it I am going to read. Iām not sure if it is going to be read it up to a certain point and have a few volumes dropped out in the middle, or it becomes such a horror show that it gets dropped entirely, or if it is worth it to read it all.
I hope everyone else is reading something that they enjoy though!
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So, I have now finished reading Hikaru. Iāve never really gotten excited about the story or gotten attached to the characters, to be honest. Maybe itās because Iāve been mostly reading it in-between other activities, which would make it party my own fault. Or maybe itās simply the TL quality. After all, what I loved most about Bungaku Shoujo was the authorās oldschool writing style.
Well, Shikubu is cute, Aoi actually got some character development, Kazuaki is the king of Creeps, but he said something nice to Yu in the end. I completely forgot the existence of the Volume 5 heroine right after completing it and Tojoās scenes are surprisingly funny. Overall, I liked the comedy.
Both in Hikaru and Bungaku Shoujo, I wished the author would foreshadow important developments more. The reveal of the last boss really came out of nowhereā¦
Lastly, the series is supposedly based on āThe Tale of Genjiā and some other Japanese work. I have not read any of the referenced books before getting into Mizuki Nomuraās stories that are based on them. With Book Girl, I could still find enjoyment despite my ignoreance and I actually felt like reading the originals eventually. For example, I ended up watching a movie adaption of āNight on the Galactic Railroad.ā With Hikaru, it seemed like I may have been missing some knowledge, but it kinda didnāt make me want to read the originalsā¦
Has anyone read the Highschool DxD LNs? I unironically liked the plot of the anime and was wondering if the books āget to the pointā
Iāve only watched the first season of the anime, so I only know so much about them. I have heard they focus a lot more on delivering fanservice compared to the novels though.
Having read up to just before the last arc of the LNs so far, Iād say theyāre worth the read if you enjoyed the anime. The fanservice is still wildly present, but the action and plot is pretty engaging? LNs tend to give a better view of how the characters think and the reason for their actions with easier to present monologues and such when compared to anime.
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Right now, 7 volumes of No Game No Life are officially translated and available in English, with the vol. 8 translation scheduled for the end of march 2019. But does anyone know what the actual status of the original, Japanese NGNL LN is?
Recently I started reading āFor My Daughter, I Might Even Be Able to Defeat the Demon Kingā. First time when I took glance on it what I think is āohhā¦ this one would be children-foster parents relationship so probably gonna be wholesomeā so i pick this up but itās turn out to be much much better than that. Itās success to swing away from purely wholesome story to Union Cutting Simulation through itās story progression.
Although some of you didnāt like another Usagi Drop(that famous manga one not the anime) development something alike, itās definitely worth to try if you had free time.
As for list light novel(mixed with web novel release) I had read although some of it I still not finish reading it until latest volume/chapter as I didnāt much reading light novel.
https://www.mangaupdates.com/mylist.html?id=494349&list=user2
Pretty late but - According to the Japanese Wikipedia, there is currently 10 novels in the main series and 1 side story, totaling 11 volumes, as of 02/24/2018. I did check the main NGNL site a bit, but all the recent news is about the Zero movie and there doesnāt seem to be any hint of when the next volume will be released at a glance.
The authorās twitter does say they were recently released from the hospital, and there is no news of the series having ended though.
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This is not so much related to the light novel of No Game No Life but when i was about 15 i was watching No Game No Life, the saying ,āWhen the worst can it will,ā came true. During the last game in the anime at the most inappropriate section, my brother walked in and my IPad was being slow and did not switch into the game with gestures and he saw me watching No Game No Life. The he said, āAh, No Game No Life.ā He had seen No Game No life before and i was SAVED BY THE STARFISHIES 
