r/LightNovels
Active/r/LightNovels - Translated Japanese Novels
A community for those interested in the Novels translated from Japan.
Members
240,113
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2011
June 30, 2011
Total posts
94.5K
archived
Total comments
885.8K
archived
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r/LightNovels was created on June 30, 2011.
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