Best Mf Bunko

Japanese light novel by Kimihito Irie, adapted into a 2013 anime, set in a world abandoned by God where the dead cannot pass on and a young girl called a gravekeeper guides souls in a melancholic post-theological landscape.

Japanese light novel by Tsukasa Kawaguchi (2009–2017) set in a medieval fantasy Europe, following an archer lord who allies with a divine-weapon-wielding war maiden called a Vanadis.

Japanese light novel by Mato Sato (2019) set in a fantasy world where a priestess hunts and executes people accidentally transported from modern Japan before they destabilize society.

Japanese fantasy light novel by Misumi Kure, winner of an MF Bunko J Light Novel Award, about a young girl who pleads with the fearsome King of Night to devour her.

Japanese slice-of-life light novel by Shin Araki, published from 2010 and adapted into a 2013 anime, following the low-key daily activities of a small, eccentric high-school club with no formal purpose.

Japanese light novel about a battle-hardened veteran who retires to run a bakery, aided by a sophisticated automaton waitress, contrasting a violent past with a peaceful present.

Japanese light novel by Sou Sagara (2011–2013) in which a stone cat deity grants wishes by stripping away personality traits, causing comedic and romantic consequences.

Japanese comedy light novel by Aoi Sekina, published by Square Enix from 2008, about the sole male on a high school student council who schemes to turn every meeting into a dating sim scenario.

Japanese light novel series by Yomi Hirasaka, published by Media Factory from 2009, following socially awkward high schoolers who form a club to practice making friends.

Japanese school-comedy light novel by Yomi Hirasaka (2009–2015) about social misfits who form a club specifically to practice making friends; adapted into anime in 2011.

Japanese light novel by Jō Takatsuki (2008–2013) in which a Japanese teenager accidentally slays a god and becomes a Campione, inheriting divine powers and mythological conflicts.

Japanese light novel by Tōki Yanagimi (2012–2016) set in a world treating magic as criminal, centering on a misfit squad of anti-witch hunters at a specialized military academy.

Japanese light novel in which a high-school boy encounters an undead princess and becomes entangled in a conflict between the demon world and the human world through a ring that marks him as a demon king candidate.

Japanese light novel featuring a male protagonist constitutionally unable to refuse any request, generating comedic and increasingly absurd situations as others exploit his compulsive helpfulness.

Japanese light novel by Akamitsu Awamura, serialized by MF Bunko J from 2013, set in a school for students who wield weapons empowered by memories of past lives, adapted into a 2015 anime.

Japanese light novel by Tsukasa, published from 2013 and adapted into a 2015 anime, featuring rare human D-codes who can generate dark matter and must defend against dragon-like creatures called Ds.

Japanese light novel by Yuu Miyazaki, serialized from 2012 and adapted into a two-season anime in 2015–2016, set in a floating academy city where students wielding genestella abilities compete in armed tournaments.

Japanese light novel by Yuu Miyazaki (2012) set in a post-catastrophe city-state where students possessing special abilities compete in large-scale sanctioned combat tournaments.

Japanese light novel comedy in which a boy's ordinary life is upended when a girl claiming to be his sister arrives from a parallel fantasy world, playing the fish-out-of-water premise for comedic and romantic situations.

Japanese light novel by Takumi Hiranuma (2012–2016) set in an academy where students manifest soul-forged weapons and are required to pair as Duos for combat evaluations.

Japanese light novel by Jun Misaki, published from 2012 and adapted into a 2016 anime, set in a mobile fortress-city where fighters called Slayers wield weapons known as Hundreds to battle alien organisms called Savages.