Deceived and then put up for sale at a black-market auction, therianthrope Hal is bought by the sinister and widely feared Bone Witch. Hal, forced to become the witch’s familiar, is ordered to do everything from housework to shady dealings — such is his plight. However, as they spend more time together, Hal’s earnest and amiable nature gradually begins to thaw the witch’s icy heart. Touched by the witch’s clumsy kindness, a familiar’s loyalty begins to sprout in Hal… The first serialized m...

A Fake Isekai, But A Real Saint?!“Summon a saint from another world.” Thanks to their daydreaming king’s unreasonable demand, the members of the clergy, including Fiona, are at their wit’s end. The country has enjoyed a long stretch of peace in recent years, so it would be a waste of the national budget to spend the astronomical amount required to summon a saint. While turning the problem over in her mind, she realizes something. The saint summoned in the neighbori...

A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amounts of money to buy one.Myne resolves herself: If there aren't any books, she'll just have to make them! Her goal is to ...

With the help of the skilled smith Johann, Myne is on the brink of completing a fully functional printing press. Her moment of triumph is cut short, however, when a mysterious death raises troubling suspicions. Declaring that her life might be in danger, the High Priest insists she remain in the temple—and reveals the harsh truth that her adoption into the world of nobles is already set in stone. Yet as an apprentice blue shrine maiden, Myne can’t neglect her temple duties, with Spring Pra...

This is the eighth official Ascendance of a Bookworm fanbook, best enjoyed after finishing the light novels. Character design details, stunning artwork, exclusive manga, drama CD reports, and a unique short story await readers in this new volume. Together with the first full map of Alexandria and the longest translated Q&A yet with author Miya Kazuki, there’s plenty here for Bookworm fans to sink their teeth into!

Here is the fifth official Ascendance of a Bookworm fanbook, intended to be read after finishing Part 5 Volume 3. Includes end cards from the anime, coverage of another drama CD, and the longest translated Q & A with author Miya Kazuki to date.

Wellmy will do anything for her sister, even becoming the story’s fallen villainess.Once a commoner, Wellmy Ernest ascended to nobility when her mother married an earl. She tormented her same-age half-sister at home and school, stole her heirship and fiancé, and finally sold her off to the allegedly cruel Lord of Magic. It's not like her plain, meek sister could oppose. Wellmy got everything she wanted.One day, Wellmy receives an invitation to a late-night ...

A thrilling manga based on the hit mobile video game and inspiration for the upcoming anime from Disney!Thrown into the world of Twisted Wonderland once more, Yu finds himself at the fierce and competitive Savanaclaw dorm, where strength and rivalry rule the day. Surrounded by prideful students and a few unexpected allies, Yu must learn to navigate the challenges of this wild, untamed corner of Night Raven College.As tensions rise and rivalries ignite, Yu f...

Aesthete, Epicure, Adonis, Orator, Artiste—Who’s your pretty boy?A mysterious group known as the Pretty Boy Detective Club is rumored to solve (and perhaps cause) most of the trouble at Yubiwa Academy—in a strictly unofficial, undercover, uncommercial capacity, of course. In order to find a star she glimpsed ten years ago, second-year Mayumi Dojima enlists the Pretty Boy’s aid, and gets much more than she bargained for! When they run up against a shadowy organization called the Twenties, s...

As the High Priest battles a trombe alongside the Knight’s Order, Myne glimpses the terrors of noble society. She completes the Healing Ritual and demonstrates her worth as an apprentice blue shrine maiden, but even then, some remain unconvinced. Is she a grave threat to Ehrenfest or a most valuable asset? In this biblio-fantasy by book lovers, for book lovers, the High Priest ventures with Myne into the world of dreams...

Myne reunites with her mother in the world of dreams, bringing a tear to the eye of even the High Priest. He deems Myne free of any malice, but other threats lurk in the shadows. The head of the Ink Guild expresses a sudden, concerning interest in the lower city’s resident bookworm, and an unexpected encounter forces her to be sequestered in the temple early. A long winter begins in this biblio-fantasy by book lovers, for book lovers. How is Myne going to fare without her family?

A boy with big dreams encounters a hungry beast at the edge of the forest. A lupine familiar begins his apprenticeship under the tutelage of a witch. A star pupil is tested by an uncooperative gryphon. In this gorgeous collection of stories by Suzuka Morino, at the boundary where humans, demi-humans, and supernatural beasts cross paths lies the opportunity for greater understanding—and danger…