Ascendance of a Bookworm (Japanese: 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～, Hepburn: Honzuki no Gekokujō: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen, lit. "Ascendance of … See more

Light novels
Ascendance of a Bookworm was originally published by Miya Kazuki as a free-to-read web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2013 until it was acquired by TO Books which published the first volume in print in their TO Bunko imprint … See more

• Web Novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
• Light Novel Official Website (in Japanese)
• J-Novel Club - Official Website for translated novels (in English)
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The story follows Urano Motosu, a book-loving post-secondary college student and soon-to-be librarian who ends up crushed to death beneath a pile of books at her house during an … See more

Myne (マイン, Main) / Urano Motosu (本須 麗乃, Motosu Urano) Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi (Japanese); Reba Buhr (English) The titular bookworm, Urano (a college student) was on the … See more

The series has sold over 8 million copies across physical and digital sales combined as of October 31, 2022. The series ranked fifth in 2017, first in … See more