Ascendance of a Bookworm (2020)
Original Title：本好きの下剋上 司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません (2020)
Languages:
- English: Ascendance of a Bookworm (2020)
- Chinese: 小书痴的下克上～为了成为图书管理员而不择手段～ 第2部
- Japanese: 本好きの下剋上 司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません (2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Japanese: 本好きの下剋上 ～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～, Honzuki no Gekokujō: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen), is a Japanese light novel series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by You Shiina. The story follows Urano Motosu, a college student and book lover who dies in an accident and is reincarnated as Myne, a sickly five-year-old girl in a world where books are scarce. Determined to read again, Myne decides to make her own books and aspires to become a librarian. The series was originally serialized online from 2013 to 2017 and later published by TO Books. It has been adapted into a manga and an anime series. The anime's first season aired in 2019, the second in 2020, and the third in 2022, with a fourth season planned for 2026. The series is praised for its unique premise and engaging plot, earning numerous accolades and topping the charts in the light novel guidebook Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!.