swap_horiz Hundred Alternatives

1

All You Need Is Kill

Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s *All You Need Is Kill* is a Japanese light novel exploring themes of combat and determination withi...

Military Action Sci Fi Shueisha

8.9 Great

2

Toaru Majutsu no Index NT

Toaru Majutsu no Index NT is a light novel series by Kazuma Kamachi. It continues the narrative established in Toaru Maj...

Action Sci Fi Magic Dengeki Bunko

8.9 Great

3

Rebuild World

Japanese cyberpunk light novel by Nahuse, published from around 2017, set in a post-apocalyptic city controlled by megac...

Action Sci Fi Cyberpunk Kadokawa

8.2 Great

4

Rakuin no Monshou

Japanese light novel by Yoshinaga Yoshiki in which a condemned slave is forced to impersonate a crown prince, blending p...

Fantasy Adventure Action Mf Bunko

8.2 Great

5

A Certain Magical Index

Japanese light novel by Kazuma Kamachi (2004) set in Academy City where science and magic clash; it spawned a major mult...

Action Sci Fi Magic Dengeki Bunko

7.9 Good

6

The Misfit of Demon King Academy

Japanese light novel by Shu (2017) about a reincarnated Demon King who returns to his own academy only to be branded a m...

Fantasy Action School Kadokawa

7.6 Good

7

A Chivalry of the Failed Knight

Japanese light novel by Riku Misora (2013) following an F-ranked magic knight who compensates for low innate ability wit...

Action School Magic Gagaga Bunko

7.5 Good

8

SAO Alternative: Gun Gale Online

Sword Art Online spin-off by Keiichi Sigsawa (2014) set entirely within the Gun Gale Online game world with a new female...

Action Sci Fi Vrmmorpg Dengeki Bunko

7.4 Good

9

Lord Marksman and Vanadis

Japanese light novel by Tsukasa Kawaguchi (2009–2017) set in a medieval fantasy Europe, following an archer lord who all...

Fantasy Action Historical Tsukasa

7.4 Good

10

GJ-bu

Japanese slice-of-life light novel by Shin Araki, published from 2010 and adapted into a 2013 anime, following the low-k...

Comedy School Slice Of Life Mf Bunko

7.0 Good

11

Henneko: The 'Hentai' Prince and the Stony Cat

Japanese light novel by Sou Sagara (2011–2013) in which a stone cat deity grants wishes by stripping away personality tr...

Comedy Romance School Mf Bunko

6.9 Fair

12

Seitokai no Ichizon

Japanese comedy light novel by Aoi Sekina, published by Square Enix from 2008, about the sole male on a high school stud...

Comedy School Harem Mf Bunko

6.8 Fair

13

Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends

Japanese school-comedy light novel by Yomi Hirasaka (2009–2015) about social misfits who form a club specifically to pra...

Comedy School Harem Mf Bunko

6.7 Fair

14

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Japanese light novel series by Yomi Hirasaka, published by Media Factory from 2009, following socially awkward high scho...

Comedy Romance School Mf Bunko

6.7 Fair

15

Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon

Japanese light novel by Tōki Yanagimi (2012–2016) set in a world treating magic as criminal, centering on a misfit squad...

Action School Magic Mf Bunko

6.0 Fair

16

Seiken Tsukai no World Break

Japanese light novel by Akamitsu Awamura, serialized by MF Bunko J from 2013, set in a school for students who wield wea...

Action School Magic Mf Bunko

5.3 Mediocre

17

Unlimited Fafnir

Japanese light novel by Tsukasa, published from 2013 and adapted into a 2015 anime, featuring rare human D-codes who can...

Fantasy Action School Tsukasa

5.0 Mediocre

18

The Asterisk War

Japanese light novel by Yuu Miyazaki (2012) set in a post-catastrophe city-state where students possessing special abili...

Action School Magic Mf Bunko

4.8 Poor

19

The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water

Japanese light novel by Yuu Miyazaki, serialized from 2012 and adapted into a two-season anime in 2015–2016, set in a fl...

Action School Magic Mf Bunko

4.8 Poor

20

Absolute Duo

Japanese light novel by Takumi Hiranuma (2012–2016) set in an academy where students manifest soul-forged weapons and ar...

Action School Magic Mf Bunko

4.4 Poor