List of Light Novels Released in English

This week's releases:
The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria 1
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- 5
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria 4
Log Horizon 9: Go East, Kanami!
Psycome 5: Murder Machine and the Catastrophic Athletic Festival
Infinite Dendrogram 3: Clash of the Superiors (E-Book ONLY)
Demon King Daimao Act 3 (E-Book ONLY)
Paying to Win in a VRMMO 5 (E-Book ONLY)
Clockwork Planet II (E-Book ONLY)
Invaders of the Rokujouma!? 7.5: The Silver Princess and the Blue Knight, part 1 (E-Book ONLY)

Plus e-book re-releases of:
Accel World 1-4
The Irregular at Magic High School 1-2
 
Just ordered the latest volume of Sword Oratoria. Need to catch up on a lot of the other series out this week...
 
Yen Press have licensed:

*Napping Princess/Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari
- Completed in Japan at 1 volume
- Novelisation of the film of the same name.
- Not technically a light novel, as this was published under Kadokawa Bunko.
- Due for release in May 2018
 
Dark Horse have licensed:

*Berserk: The Flame Dragon Knight/Berserk: Enryuu no Kishi
- Completed (?) in Japan at 1 volume
- Novel spin-off of the Berserk manga
- Published under Young Animal Comics (just as the manga is)
- This is Dark Horse's first new license since 2010.
- No details about release date yet
 
J-Novel Club have licensed:

*Yume Nikki
- Completed in Japan at 1 volume

*Ao Oni
- Series ongoing in Japan at 7 volumes at present

Both are light novels based on horror video games, published by PHP Institute under FreeGameNovel.
Parts 1-4 of the first volume of both are available now.
 
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This week's releases:
Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch - Delayed to 19th December
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash level. 6: Towards a Glory Not Worth Taking (E-Book ONLY)

Plus e-book rerelease of Boogiepop and Others (Boogiepop vol 1)
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J-Novel Club have also made all volumes of The Faraway Paladin and Paying to Win in a VRMMO available to read on their website until the end of the month.
 
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kuuderes_shadow said:
Seven Seas Entertainment have announced that they will be giving How A Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom a physical release.

Volume 1 due out September next year.
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I’ll definitely be picking up the physical releases as I’ve been really enjoying the series so far. I hope it does well for Seven Seas
 
Seven Seas have licensed:

True Tenchi Muyo!/Shin Tenchi Muyo: Ryououki
- Series completed in Japan at 3 volumes - this isn't the ongoing GXP.
- Part of the Tenchi Muyou franchise, in case you didn't guess.
- This series isn't exactly a prequel to the OVAs but does primarily deal with the backstories of various characters from the series.
- Note this is not directly related to the manga with exactly the same romanised name - the "shin" part is different when written in Japanese, and the English translation of the two titles makes this clearer than the romaji does.
- Published under Fujimi Fantasia Bunko(!)
- The first volume is due for release in June next year.
 
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Yen Press have licensed:

Sword Art Online: Alternative: Gun Gale Online
- Series ongoing in Japan at 6 volumes.
- Spin-off of Sword Art Online
- As the name suggests, set in the game Gun Gale Online
- The story is not written by Kawahara, and does not follow Kirito et al, but instead tells the story of a girl named Karen Kohiruimaki.
- Published under Dengeki Bunko
- Has an anime adaptation planned, though no date for it yet.

Defeating the Demon Lord's a Cinch (If You Have a Ringer)/Darenidemo Dekiru Kage kara Tasukeru Maou Toubatsu
- Series ongoing on 3 volumes in Japan
- Sort of isekai, although the main character is not the holy warrior who comes from another world, but a priest sent to support them.
- Published by ENTERBRAIN (although its official label is Famitsu Bunko, despite not being a bunkobon release).

WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?/Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka? (aka SukaSuka)
- Series completed at 5 volumes in Japan, although there is also a 6th volume side story and an ongoing sequel series.
- Published under Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
- Had an anime adaptation which aired in Spring 2017.

Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile/Shousetsu On The Way to a Smile (Final Fantasy VII)
- Complete in Japan with 1 volume
- Not technically a light novel, this was released as a single stand alone by Square Enix
- Set between the events of FFVII and Final Fantasy: Advent Children
- Apparently the first of a set of final fantasy novels that Yen Press intend to release

I'm not seeing dates for any of them yet.

Odd that there was no announcement for the series that got leaked a few weeks ago...
 
This week's releases:
Re:Zero Ex 1
So I'm a Spider, So What? 1
Your Name. Another Side: Earthbound
Legend of the Galactic Heroes 5
I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the (little) Apocalypse 6 (E-Book ONLY)
 
This week's releases:
Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice and Wolf 1
Nekomonogatari (Black)

Plus e-book rereleases of:
Accel World 5-8
The Irregular at Magic High School 3-4
The Isolator 2-3
 
Not strictly related to new light novels being released, but J-Novel Club are offering a discount on their annual memberships using the code: JNCBF2017

It gives 30% off a standard or premium yearly membership. I was on a standard monthly, so decided to upgrade to yearly and save myself a bit of cash as I know I want to keep using the service going forward for the year. :)
 
This week's releases:
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Volume 1 (E-Book ONLY)
Invaders of the Rokujouma!? 8 (E-Book ONLY)
Mixed Bathing in Another Dimension 5: The Turbulent Underwater Baths (E-Book ONLY)
 
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