The Spring 2024 Light Novel Guide

Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2024 Light Novel Guide, the companion to our ongoing manga guide! This season, we have 20 novels with reviews in the guide for you to browse. Every included novel was published in March or April or will be released in May. 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.

If you've read ahead, please try not to spoil things for people in the forums. All reviews use the same rating scale: 1-5, with 1 being the lowest.

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SPRING RELEASES

The Contract Between a Specter and a Servant Rebecca Silverman, Lauren Orsini	Amalgam Hound Lauren Orsini, Rebecca Silverman Kevin Cormack	Classroom for Heroes Rebecca Silverman
The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival Rebecca Silverman, Lauren Orsini	Management of a Novice Alchemist Lauren Orsini, Rebecca Silverman	Stitches Kevin Cormack, Lauren Orsini
I Don't Want to Be the Dragon Duke's Maid Rebecca Silverman, Lauren Orsini	You Can't See the Snow Rebecca Silverman	Riviere and the Land of Prayer Rebecca Silverman
The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases Rebecca Silverman	The Water Magician Lauren Orsini	After-School Dungeon Diver Lauren Orsini
Heavenly Swords of the Twin Stars Rebecca Silverman, Lauren Orsini	A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even Rebecca Silverman, Lauren Orsini	Zilbagias the Demon Prince Rebecca Silverman
Once Upon a Witch's Death Lauren Orsini	I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin Lauren Orsini	The God of Nishi-Yuigahama Station Rebecca Silverman
Guillotine Bride Lauren Orsini	Brunhild the Dragonslayer Rebecca Silverman