The 2023 Yuri Guide - Light Novels
Your ultimate guide to the best Yuri content with over 200 curated titles from every genre and medium.
Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki Sayaka
• School • Drama • Romance
Saeki Sayaka has always been an old soul—serious and reserved, preferring to focus on her studies rather than make friends. Until, that is, a romantic confession from another girl in middle school turns her carefully ordered world upside down. Though none of her classes have prepared her for this, Saeki must now come to terms with her sexuality in this gentle, coming-of-age novel about grappling with first love, growing up, and relating to other people.
~Written by Hitoma Iruma, Illustrated and Created by Nakatani Nio~ Licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment
The Executioner and Her Way of Life
• Action • Fantasy • Isekai • Enemies to Lovers
When Menou, an Executioner of deadly interdimensional “Lost Ones,” encounters a Lost One named Akari who can cheat death, she sets out on a mission to kill the unkillable girl — but her newly stirring feelings might get in the way of her blade.
~Created by Mato Sato, Illustrated by nilitsu~ Licensed by Yen Press
Girls Kingdom
• School • Romance • Comedy • Master/Servant
All Misaki wanted was a free education. Instead, she accidentally lands an exclusive contract with the most prestigious girl in school... to serve as her personal maid! Misaki soon discovers that Amanotsuka Academy for Girls is no ordinary school—her classes are all about how to be a maid, too! Students who impress the school’s elite young ladies with their domestic service skills might be lucky enough to become a “Seraph,” guaranteeing them a job with an upper-class household after they graduate.
~Created by Nayo, Illustrated by Shio Sakura~ Licensed by J-Novel Club
Girls’ Love of the Dead
• Horror • Mystery
When Mitsuki’s best friend suddenly dies, she decides to seek out the old abandoned building of their school, the Romero Private Academy for Girls. But when she meets her dear Rin again, there are quite a lot of reasons why the other girl doesn’t remember her…
~Created by Nanaoku Hoshii, Illustrated by Akiko Morishima~ Licensed by Manga Planet
I’m in Love with the Villainess: She’s so Cheeky for a Commoner
• Isekai • School • Comedy • Action • Fantasy • Romance • Enemies to Lovers
Claire François has it all: beauty, brains, and the blood of nobility. As the daughter of a high-ranking noble, she takes her status and the according responsibilities with utmost seriousness—even as the king threatens to undermine his realm’s stability with his visions of “meritocracy.” Claire is nevertheless prepared to take this societal change in stride, until one of the new commoner students at her elite academy, Rae Taylor, turns her life upside down. Everything about Rae confounds Claire, from her behavior to her intellect to her bizarre fixation on Claire herself. Little does she realize just how much Rae will change her world, and how much she’ll change Rae in turn.
~Created by Inori, Illustrated by Hanagata~ Licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment
Last and First Idol
• Horror • Sci-Fi • Anthology
"Bye-bye, Earth! My idol activities here were so much fun!” A wannabe idol turned reality-shattering entity, existential isekai organisms, and a space opera about murderous voice actors… Award-winning author Gengen Kusano presenting an astounding collection of three harrowing existential widescreen yuri baroque proletariat hard sci-fi idol story has carved out a new legend in science fiction history! These high-concept stories are crammed full of horrific imagery and exceptionally detailed science that will leave your mind reeling.
~Created by Gengen Kusano~ Licensed by J-Novel Club
A Lily Blooms in Another World
• Isekai • Romance • Fantasy • Enemies to Lovers
Miyako Florence isn’t sad when her fiancé breaks off their engagement after two years. It’s all according to plan! Whisked into the world of her favorite otome game, Miyako frees herself from a dull noble to pursue her true soulmate: the game’s villainess Fuuka Hamilton. Proud Fuuka only has eyes for their mutual ex-fiancé! Miyako confesses her love to Fuuka and proposes that they run away together. Fuuka agrees on one condition: Miyako must make her say “I’m happy” in 14 days. With conniving nobles, strange diseases, and magical rituals pulling them apart, can Miyako win the villainess’s heart?
~Created by Ameko Kaeruda, Illustrated by Shio Sakura~ Licensed by J-Novel Club
Lily Clairet
• School • Slice of Life • Weak Yuri
A young girl is arguing with a cherry tree. That's a new one for Lily, who's managed to reach the end of her first year at high school without too much weirdness. Unfortunately for her, it's not long after solving this odd mystery that her untroubled life begins to unravel. Discovering an abandoned room at the end of the music department corridor, she finds that aside from it being utterly run-down, it's also devoid of its sole occupant: Sonata Sonoda, the missing journalism club president.
~Created by Kaye Ng, Illustrated by Rumikuu~ Independently Published
LOVELY! My Adorable Mamecchi
• School • Romance • Friends to Lovers
Everyone may have their eyes on the charming, prince-like Hikaru, but there's only one person Hikaru's got her eyes on - her darling childhood friend Mamecchi! But between Mamecchi's hot-and-cold personality and Hikaru's subconscious denials, this sure doesn't look like a recipe for success...when a certain repeat customer gets into Mamecchi's good graces, will Hikaru finally muster up the courage to confess to her first love?
~Kumako Nanbu, Hiromi Takashima~ Licensed by Manga Planet
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
• Fantasy • Romance • Comedy • Isekai
Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy's expectations by developing "magicology," a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom's next monarch. That's when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name-which somehow involves them living together and researching magic! Little do these two ladies know, however, that their chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the kingdom...and the entire world!
~Created by Piero Karasu, Illustrated by Yuri Kisaragi~ Licensed by Yen Press
ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
• Fantasy • Action • Horror • Master/Servant • Slow Burn
Flum Apricot was never meant to be a hero. Despite zero stats across the board and a power she can’t even use, she somehow finds herself included in a party of heroes. But Flum’s life hits rock bottom when the party’s renowned sage, Jean Inteige, decides that the useless girl is dead weight, and arranges to have her sold into slavery. Tossed to monsters to be feasted upon for her master’s entertainment, Flum makes the desperate choice to reach for a cursed weapon…and something new awakens within her. A grimdark tale about one woman’s blood-soaked quest to reclaim her life!
~Created by kiki, Illustrated by kinta~ Licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment
Sasayaki no Kiss -Read my lips.-
• School • Romance • Drama
Haruka has always lived in a soundless world. But not in her dreams, where she can hear her own voice - and the voice of the only other person in the dream with her, a beautiful high school student wearing an adorable, unfamiliar school uniform. Haruka knows this is just a dream, but why does a part of her think it's more than that? Is this girl she finds falling asleep in the park really the literal girl of her dreams?
~Created by Kumako Nambu, Illustrated by Akiko Morishima~ Licensed by Manga Planet
Seriously Seeking Sister! Ultimate Vampire Princess Just Wants Little Sister
• Comedy • Fantasy • Yuri Harem
Long ago, on the continent of Ephenia, there existed the feared tribe of vampires called “True Bloods,” whose great strength allowed them to reign supreme over all other tribes. However, a millennium has passed, and any trace of them has vanished off the face of the planet. That is, until the youngest and most talented royal daughter of the True Bloods awakens in the modern day.
~Created by Hiironoame, Illustrated by Siso~ Licensed by J-Novel Club
Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With a Mythical Sorceress!
• Fantasy • Comedy • Action
Tanya Artemiciov is a talented Mage-class adventurer who just got kicked out of her party by a sexist scumbag. So what's a girl to do? Go to the wasteland and blow stuff up of course! One small problem though: she inadvertently frees a mythical Sorceress named Laplace who was sealed away for the past 300 years… Surprise! Turns out this so-called "wicked" Sorceress is actually pretty cool. Laplace wants to start a party of her own, Tanya wants revenge, and the solution is obvious: team up. It's time to kick ass, kiss girls, and dismantle the patriarchy!
~Created by Ameko Kaeruda, Illustrated by Kazutomo Miya~ Licensed by J-Novel Club
Side-By-Side Dreamers
• Sci-Fi • Supernatural • Action • Fated Lovers • Love at First Sight
Unbeknownst to the common citizens, a battle has been unfolding between the Suiju, beings that possess people's spirits in the land of sleep, and the Sleepwalkers, who have the power to move about freely in their dreams. Saya Hokage, a high school girl who is unable to sleep due to insomnia, encounters Hitsuji Konparu, a girl who can put anyone to sleep as a “lover” in a dream. When Hitsuji's senpai sees potential in Saya, she ends up joining them and their group of Sleepwalkers on their mission.
~Created by Iori Miyazawa~ Licensed by J-Novel Club
Two Guns Under the Sheet
• Action • Drama • Enemies to Lovers • Shakaijin • Love at First Sight
All Aya wanted was a one-night stand that could take her mind off her lost love, but with Sakura, she may have finally gotten more than a one-night stand - she may have finally found "The One"! But before she rushes into imagining their future together, there's one uncomfortable question Aya has to face first - could it be possible that her beautiful new love is somehow related to the same organization she's bound by duty to destroy?
~Created by Kumako Nambu, Illustrated by Akiko Morishima~ Licensed by Manga Planet
Yuri Tama: From Third Wheel to Trifecta
• School • Romance • comedy
Yuna Momose and Rinka Aiba were made for each other, and their whole school knows it. Between Yuna's princess-like elegance and Rinka's prince-like charm, all their classmates see them as the ideal couple. Yotsuba Hazama is no exception to that, but she is exceptional in another way: she's somehow managed to become fast friends with both of them! Having the whole school's favorite ship as her two best friends isn't exactly easy, though. Not only does it make everyone treat Yotsuba like a particularly obnoxious third wheel, it makes her feel like one too! Or at least it does, until one day, Yuna asks her out. And then Rinka asks her out too! And Yotsuba, whose social anxiety never seems to kick in until after she's already messed something up...says yes to both of them, without sparing so much as a single thought for the consequences. Oops! Now Yotsuba only has one choice: keep her accidental two-timing under wraps and make both of her new girlfriends as happy as she possibly can!
~Created by toshizou, Illustrated by Kuro Shina~ Licensed by J-Novel Club
Yuri Will Not Blossom at Work!
• Drama • Romance • Enemies to Lovers • Shakaijin
Just as Rikka thinks the matchmaking event she grudgingly signed up for can’t get any more dreadful, she runs into her colleague-slash-rival Yuri Kisugi. Using Rikka’s embarrassment as leverage, Yuri compels Rikka into helping her find the perfect candidate to marry. Rikka goes along with Yuri’s antics with the hopes it will lead her rival away while she climbs up the company ranks. But what happens when Rikka’s nurturing tendencies coincide with Yuri’s secret vulnerabilities?…
~Created by Mai Yanagawa, Illustrated by Ruri Hazuki~ Licensed by Manga Planet
Yurizen! Salon -Shirayuri’s Comforting Food Therapy-
• Shakaijin • Romance • Slow Burn
Was it fate that led to Miiko meeting Doctor Shirayuri that one rainy day…or was it just her cramps? Pâtissier Miiko works through little pains like the rest of us, but when her ailments begin to affect her work, there’s got to be something she can do about it. Enter beautiful, mysterious herbal medicine doctor Shirayuri, who might be the solution to Miiko’s problems – in more ways than one!
~Created by Kumako Nambu, Illustrated by Miso Higashikawa~ Licensed by Manga Planet
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