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I asked ChatGPT for the top 50 best light novels, here is what I got (couldnt write "top 50 light novel" in title as it wouldnt let me post it public)

Literature that, at the time of the release, was set at least a year into the future with a date that has already come to pass.

I don't read that much so some dates may only apply to the anime adaptation and some sources refer to the anime although they may be stated in the manga too.

Corrections and additions are welcome!

Anime set in a future now in the past: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30015

I think this manga could be turned into interesting games. I'm not putting manga that are based on game.

Ranked by order of when they first got a spot in the top 10 (or were scored above a 9). Description will have the day they first entered along with the rank they attained and what score, along with the highest rank and score it attained. Note: The highest score isn't necessarily the score it had when it had the peak rank.

Found with the Wayback Machine. MAL didn't always have manga; the earliest crawl on the archive is on July 13, 2007.

Some things worth noting: In the span of 16 years, only four manga have had the #1 spot, with the lion's share of the time holding the title belonging to Berserk. Berserk has been in the top 10 since day one and has not left it once. One Piece and Fullmetal Alchemist have also spent the majority of the time in the top 10, however they were pushed out temporarily a few times.

There used to be rankings for Original English Language (OEL) manga, or western comics mimicking the style of a manga. All OELs were pruned from the database in 2016, likely due to them being difficult to define.

Light novels and non-light novels used to be rolled into one Top Novels section, however they split them up in early 2021.

While the Doujinshi tab has been there since 2008, a few years ago all of the doujins that were parodies of other series were removed, leaving just original hentai and BL works and scant few other entries. RIP to the days of the top doujins tab being half Naruto x Sasuke fanworks.

Of the 47 series on this list, 12 don't have an anime adaptation (though Battle Royale has both a live action and a manga adaptation), 15 have an incomplete one with little hope of receiving a continuation/remake, 9 that are currently being animated (including the Rurouni Kenshin remake), 8 with completed adaptations and the remaining 3 are manga adaptations of anime. I'm counting Jojo Part 7 as not having one since there's been no announcement yet (though it's only inevitable for it to be animated) and Nausicaa and Akira as incomplete despite their respective movies technically reaching the end of the source material due to how much they left out. Also worth noting that Fruits Basket and Fullmetal Alchemist initially had incomplete adaptations that were later remade into complete ones, along with Rurouni Kenshin, whose remake is currently being animated.

Of the 47 titles on this list, 11 are currently unfinished/still in publication. This is including Vagabond, which is officially on hiatus and will likely never receive a proper ending, and not including Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Rurouni Kenshin, which are still being published through The Jojolands and The Hokkaido Arc, but are still their own separate series.

This list, but for anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35061

Última atualização: 28/12/2023

Fonte e informações atualizadas: https://blogbbm.com/2020/10/15/o-guia-de-light-novels-lancados-no-brasil/

List of light novels and novels that are published in polish language.
Random order.

Top 50 highest scores ever reached on MAL (Manga)

Source: Wayback Machine

Anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/44849
Manga: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/44862

Story that has characters play in a Game World, but also log in/log out as they live in the real world. Also Virtual Reality/VR, MMORPG/VRMMORPG, MMO/VRMMO.

(PART 2) https://myanimelist.net/stacks/48410

Isekai-Fantasy/Dungeons dragged into the Modern World
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/38406
Story with Livestreaming elements
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45220

Female Protagonist falls into an Otome Game/Eroge/Game world
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37528
Male Protagonist falls into an Otome Game/Eroge/Game world
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37536

HM:
- Kino no Tabi
- Twelve Kingdoms
- Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou desu yo?
- Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
- Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
- Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?

These are Light novels/Novels that I've found to have audiobooks with them. They will mainly be searched through Spotify and Audible, and will show who they are narrated by and possible release dates for further volumes.

I will combine any novels if they have a sequel or side story with them.

Sorted by Members

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/61641

-Maybe List-
World Teacher: Special Agent in Another World
The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made!
She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man
The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too
Knight's & Magic
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells
Lazy Dungeon Master
By the Grace of the Gods
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!
Last Embryo
Outbreak Company: The Power of Moe
Demon Lord, Retry!
Bereave or Bereaved
When a Gun-Nerd Is Reincarnated to a World of Magic, He Established a Harem Army of Modern Weapons!?
The Ideal Sponger Life
[New Life+] Young Again in Another World
Cooking with Wild Game
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
Isekai Cheat Magician
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement
Another World Survival: Min-maxing My Support and Summoning Magic
Ma Series
The Boy and The Beast
Fushigi Yuugi Gaiden
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
Restaurant to Another World
Log Horizon
Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.
Reborn as a Vending Machine, Now I Wander the Dungeon
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Short Story Collection
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Ex
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