9+ Best Light Novels WITHOUT Harem

Updated October 29, 2022 by Ernie

Harems anime are great for those who like the genre of course. However, not every romantic story has to be overflowing with sexy elves and bare-chested guys to be awesome, you know?

There is something more to life, there is something more to a story, something deeper and that’s focusing on one goddess to make the experience superior.

Just kidding, there are some life lessons hidden somewhere in there you just have to read between the lines to find them or just stop focusing on all the sex appeal.

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LIGHT NOVELS WITHOUT HAREM YOU’LL ADD IN YOUR READING LIST 

 

10. Love, Chuunibyou, and Other Delusions

INFORMATION
Title	Love, Chuunibyou, and Other Delusions
Author	Ousaka, Nozomi (Art), Torako (Story)
Published	May 24, 2011 to Dec 22, 2017
Status	Finished
Genre	Comedy, Romance
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	4
Chapters	Unknown

 “Chuunibyou” is the name given to people that were struck by a very, VERY disturbing disease. It makes them live their weirdest fantasies in the real world. Let’s just say that most of them end up humiliated for life after experiencing it.

Yuuta Togashi was one of the people who was contaminated and spent his middle school years fantasizing  that he had become the “Dark Flame Master“.

He was so embarrassed by the things he did while under the influence of the illness that he left school, sorry not just school, he left the entire region and relocated to a faraway town where no one knows him.

All he wanted was a clean slate, a new start in a new environment where he wouldn’t hear the word Chuunibyou ever again.

Well, sucks for him, he just had to land in a class where one of the students was going through the same thing as him. I think he is hunted…

 

9. Sayonara Piano Sonata

INFORMATION
Title	Sayonara Piano Sonata
Author	Sugii, Hikaru (Story), Ueda, Ryo (Art)
Published	Nov 10, 2007 to Dec 10, 2008
Status	Finished
Genre	Drama, Slice of Life, Romance
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	4
Chapters	55

 Nao is your typical 16 years old, a punk in love with music. Influenced by his father who was a music critic, he developed an adoration for anything that is related to sound and even became a mixing machine collectionner.

He’d go on adventures in any kind of junkyard hoping that he would one day find the holy grail of mixing machines, however, what he found there was a bit different.

On one of his exploration missions, he met a girl. And she wasn’t just any girl, she was known throughout the music industry for being a piano prodigy. He was intrigued, to say the least, but their encounter was nothing more than that, of two people passing by each other.

It just happened by pure coincidence that that very same girl transferred to his school. At that moment, his life took a 180-degree turn when his childhood friend came to him with a proposal: Let’s start our very own band!

 

8. An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride

INFORMATION
Title	An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride
Author	Teshima, Fuminori (Story), COMTA (Art)
Published	Feb 1, 2017 to ?
Status	Publishing
Genre	Action, Fantasy, Romance
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	Unknown
Chapters	Unknown

 Zagan is an all-powerful sorcerer with a personality problem. The famous figure appeared at the auction of the deceased Archdemon Marchosias hoping to put his hands on some OP item that would increase his already immense strength some more. However, to the surprise of all the attendees, he let his libido take over his brain and ended up purchasing the most beautiful white-haired elf he had ever seen. Her beauty can almost be considered a crime, but still, there are so many other ways to get a girl. Does it have to be a slave under his command so he can have a chance?

Thing is, it was more than simple carnal desire, he had been struck by Cupid’s arrow and fallen deeply in love with the mesmerizing creature at first sight. Now that he had her, he wants to make her feel the same way as him, but not only does he have an awful personality, but he is also socially awkward. Well, good luck man, we are all rooting for you. May she end up in your bed?

 

7. WorldEnd: What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?

INFORMATION
Title	WorldEnd: What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?
Author	Kareno, Akira (Story), ue (Art)
Published	Nov 1, 2014 to Apr 1, 2016
Status	Finished
Genre	Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-fi
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	5
Chapters	25

 Five hundred years ago, beats attacked humankind which led to their demise. Only one of them survived. He was put in a cryogenic sleep, after all this time finally came the day when Willem Kmetsch opened his eyes once again. He woke up in a totally different world where the residents of the planet lived on floating islands. The inhabitants all had some kind of animal trait. One had wings, another a tail, and some could be seen with cat ears. However, Willem wasn’t like them, he was a normal human and thus they started referring to him as “maskless”.

Surviving by doing odd jobs, he had a fateful encounter with a girl called Ctholly Nota Seniorious, a girl who was just like him, normal, or so he thought. The two young MCs met again in the military, and this is where he learned that she was nothing like him. She is a weapon created by the military born and raised to fight the beats. Her mission was to give up her life in battle while taking as many enemies as possible with her. What’s even worse is that she wasn’t the only one. Disgusted by the cruelty shown to them, Willem who was now in charge of their well-being is hell-bent on changing all that.

 

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6. Rascal Does Not Dream Of A Bunny Senpai

INFORMATION
Title	Rascal Does Not Dream Of A Bunny Senpai
Author	Kamoshida, Hajime (Story), Mizoguchi, Keiji (Art)
Published	Apr 10, 2014 to ?
Status	Publishing
Genre	Romance, Comedy
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	Unknown
Chapters	Unknown

 Sakuta Azusagawa was chilling at the library pretending to study when the most unexpected sight walked right past him. Former actress Mai Sakurajima who also happened to be attending his school was wandering around with one of the most daring bunny costumes he had ever seen. The kind you see in those famous Cabaret. As weird as that was, there was something even weirder, no one seemed to notice her except him. No way in hell no one realized there was a half-naked beauty randomly in their midst.

He approached her and he got his confirmation, the girl was really invisible, and she had been for a long time now. Feeling sorry for her he decided to help her solve her problem although he had no idea where to start, but it’s still the intention that counts. The investigation began and they came across a phenomenon, or more like an urban legend, something called the Adolescence Syndrome. It is something that couldn’t be explained by science, something referred to as a simple delusion, however, it’s the only syndrome that could explain Mai’s position at the moment.

Time passed as they were trying to figure out how to cure her, her state worsened, and now being invisible is the least of her problems. Can Sakuta save her before it’s too late?

 

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5. Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki Sayaka

INFORMATION
Title	Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki Sayaka
Author	Iruma, Hitoma (Story), Nakatani, Nio (Art)
Published	Nov 10, 2018 to Mar 10, 2020
Status	Finished
Genre	Drama
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	3
Chapters	9

 Sayaka Saeki was an ideal child. It has her pride and joy to be the perfect kid that she was. Smart, kind, athletic, respectful, funny, you can’t find any negative qualities in her even if you try. However, her world was thrown upside down when a girl confessed her love to her and it hit her. It was so very weird how emotions and feelings could defy any kind of pure logical thinking.

She was intrigued, what was love exactly? So, she ended up reciprocating her feelings in order to discover the true meaning of this powerful word. Sayaka sacrificed a lot to make this relationship work. She discarded her studies, and her future, and yet things between them ended and she was left devastated, and scarred for life. She managed to pick herself up and start again from zero while vowing to never let emotion take control of her actions a second time.

 

4. Kenja no Mago

INFORMATION
Title	Kenja no Mago
Author	Kikuchi, Seiji (Art), Yoshioka, Tsuyoshi (Story)
Published	Jul 30, 2015 to ?
Status	Publishing
Genre	Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	Unknown
Chapters	Unknown

 A mundane boy died in a mundane accident. He got isekai-ed to another world and was reborn in the body of an infant not so mundane at all.  Adopted by patriot hero “Sage” Merlin Wolford he grew up secluded from society and turned out to be an OP wizard, a natural catastrophe really. Merlin taught him everything he knew and one day it hit him, he completely forgot to teach him common sense. Oops!

So, what did he do to rectify his blunder, throwing him into society to see how he will fare? Smart!

 

3. Toradora!

INFORMATION
Title	Toradora!
Author	Takemiya, Yuyuko (Story), Yasu (Art)
Published	Mar 10, 2006 to Mar 10, 2009
Status	Finished
Genre	Drama, Romance
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	10
Chapters	62

 This is the story of a thug-like boy called Takasu Ryuuji who’s actually a sweetheart and a doll-like girl who’s actually a little rampaging beast called Aisaka Taiga AKA Palmtop Tiger.

Nobody gets Ryuuji, who has a scary face and looks like he has a mean personality when in reality he is a romantic who likes house chores.He is in love with a girl in his class, a girl that happened to be Taiga’s best friend. In an attempt to get closer to his crush, he ended up greatly angering the little five feet tall tiger who can do a lot of damage.

And this is where things get interesting. Interesting…more like, hilarious. Why not just read for yourself

 

2. Spice and Wolf

INFORMATION
Title	Spice and Wolf
Author	Hasekura, Isuna (Story), Ayakura, Juu (Art)
Published	Feb 10, 2006 to ?
Status	Publishing
Genre	Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	Unknown
Chapters	Unknown

 Kraft Lawrence was a merchant. He would often travel from town to town selling goods in every part of the world. One day he arrived at a small village and found a half-human half-wolf creature sleeping in his wagon…naked. The girl woke up and introduced herself as Holo. Holo is supposed to be a Deity of the town, a Deity of good harvest to be exact, however, she grew tired of her job, always fulfilling the wants of ungrateful worshipers.

She proposed a deal to the young merchant. Help her escape the town and in exchange, she would bring prosperity to his business.

He accepted; however, he should’ve thought about it twice before allowing a super shrewd goddess to travel alongside him. Turns out, she is nothing but a problem. Actually, who cares, she’s cute.

 

1. SNAFU: My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected

INFORMATION
Title	SNAFU: My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
Author	Watari, Wataru (Story), Ponkan⑧ (Art)
Published	Mar 18, 2011 to Apr 20, 2021
Status	Finished
Genre	Comedy, Romance
Type	Light Novel
Volumes	18
Chapters	168

 Hachiman Hikigaya is a very cynical young man who is suffering from a deeply ingrained trauma due to an awful experience he had to go through when he was younger. He grew up to be a loner with a twisted personality who rejects the very concept of youth.

He voiced his disgust of society as well as his peers in a very detailed essay that his Sensei kind of adored to the point where she forced him to join a club that would help him change his broken personality.

I would’ve been hyped to know that the most ravishing girl in school was the only other member of the club, however, he wasn’t since she turned out to be even more deranged than he was. Let’s see how things will unfold between those two.

 

Conclusion

Now you understand, no need to have a harem to get to see beauties walking around in sexy outfits, or no outfits at all for that matter. Anyway, now that I made my point, I can bid you farewell! Bye guys! See you at the next one.

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