The Fall 2025 Light Novel Guide

Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2025 Light Novel Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included novel was published in September or October or is an upcoming November release. This guide focuses exclusively on series premieres, i.e., only the first volume–we're not reviewing the whole thing or the digital chapters beyond volume one.

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SEPTEMBER

Godzilla Minus One Erica Friedman, Rebecca Silverman	Romance Revived: An NPC Was the Final Boss's Love Rebecca Silverman, Lauren Orsini	From Memen to Mori Rebecca Silverman
Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World Rebecca Silverman, Erica Friedman	This Gyaru's Got a Thing for...Vampire Hunters?! Rebecca Silverman, Erica Friedman	Making Magic: The Sweet Life of a Witch Who Knows an Infinite MP Loophole Rebecca Silverman, Erica Friedman
Finding Camellia Rebecca Silverman	Worthless at Home, Whiz to the World Erica Friedman	Ayakashi Moving Service Rebecca Silverman
Blade Skill Online: Crushing the Competition with My Abysmal Stats, Useless Class, and Garbage Weapon! Rebecca Silverman	Zero Damage Sword Saint: I Enrolled in a Magic School and Wound Up in a Contract With a Demon Queen Erica Friedman	The Accursed Chef and His Pair of Furry Foodies Lauren Orsini

OCTOBER

Sensei's Mail-Order Food Rebecca Silverman, Erica Friedman	One Piece: Law's Story Erica Friedman, Lauren Orsini	Guild Handyman? More like Mastermind! Using My Hidden Skills in the Shadows Erica Friedman
7FATES: CHAKHO Rebecca Silverman	Flower of Allure Rebecca Silverman

NOVEMBER

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Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel Kevin Cormack	Ultimate Anime: 100 Essential Films and Series Erica Friedman	Bowing to Love: The Noble and the Gladiator Rebecca Silverman
The Wicked Princess and Her Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins Erica Friedman	The Misdeeds of an Extremely Arrogant Villain Aristocrat Erica Friedman	Lila and the Winds of War Kevin Cormack