Top 50 Best Light Novels, Ranked by Novel Updates!

“If you’re wondering what are the best light novels according to Novel Updates, here’s a full list to help you with that.”

Light Novels are an exceptional source of entertainment, given the amazing stories that we often come across that span through thousands of chapters. Due to the digital age, many writers are getting the recognition they deserve, and although not all web novels are worth spending your time on, there are a few that are remarkable in their own way.

Just like MyAnimeList, which is a crucial thing for many anime fans as they try to keep track of the shows they try to watch, for novels, we have Novel Updates. Although many novels arrive and depart from the ranking charts, there are a few that stay at the top. So, here are the 50 best light novels you can read right now, according to Novel Updates.

Top 50 Popular Light Novels According to Novel Updates!

1. Trash of the Count’s Family
2.  Everyone Else is a Returnee
3.  The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time
4.  Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy
5.  So I’m a Spider, So What?
6.  That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
7.  My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending
8.  Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
9.  Release that Witch
10.  Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter
11.  Dungeon Defense
12.  The Founder of Diabolism
13.  The Second Coming of Gluttony
14.  To Be a Power in the Shadows
15.  Against the Gods
16.  The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor
17.  The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System
18.  Warlock of the Magus World
19.  Tales of Demons and Gods
20.  Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil
21.  The New Gate
22.  Arifureta: From Common Place to the Strongest in the World
23.  The Novel’s Extra
24.  How a Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom
25.  Lazy Dungeon Master
26.  Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint
27.  The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage
28.  I Shall Seal the Heavens
29.  Sevens
30.  Overgeared
31.  I’ve Became Able to Do Anything with My Growth Cheat, but I Can’t Seem to Get out of Being Jobless
32.  You’ve Got The Wrong House, Villain
33.  Heaven Official’s Blessing
34.  The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time
35.  The Desolate Era
36.  Lucia
37.  Overlord
38.  The Tutorial is Too Hard
39.  Emperor’s Domination
40.  Solo Leveling
41.  The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love
42.  I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated
43.  Martial World
44.  World Teacher – Other World Style Education & Agent
45.  SSS-Class Suicide Hunter
46.  The Legendary Master’s Wife
47.  A Demon Lord’s Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss
48.  Road to the Kingdom
49.  Seoul Station’s Necromancer
50.  I am the Monarch

Top 50 Novels with More Visits on Novel Updates

1. Emperor’s Domination
2.  Martial World
3.  Sovereign of the Three Realms
4.  Against the Gods
5.  The Desolate Era
6.  Release that Witch
7.  Warlock of the Magus World
8.  Overgeared
9.  I Shall Seal the Heavens
10.  A Will Eternal
11.  True Martial World
12.  Library of Heaven’s Path
13.  Martial God Asura
14.  Trash of the Count’s Family
15.  The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time
16.  Rebirth of the Thief Who Roamed The World
17.  Everyone Else is a Returnee
18.  Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss
19.  I’m Really a Superstar
20.  World of Cultivation
21.  The Second Coming of Gluttony
22.  Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy
23.  Invincible
24.  King of Gods
25.  Chaotic Sword God
26.  The Human Emperor
27.  Spirit Realm
28.  Martial Universe
29.  Martial Peak
30.  Ancient Strengthening Technique
31.  Dragon-Marked War God
32.  The Novel’s Extra
33.  The Man Picked Up By the Gods
34.  Heavenly Jewel Change
35.  Death Marching to the Parallel World Rhapsody
36.  The Book of Eating Magician
37.  Great Demon King
38.  Swallowed Star
39.  Transmigrator Meets Reincarnator
40.  I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated
41.  Upgrade Specialist in Another World
42.  Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World
43.  Ancient Godly Monarch
44.  Renegade Immortal
45.  The Good for Nothing Seventh Young Lady
46.  Hail the King
47.  My Wife is a Beautiful CEO
48.  Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
49.  The Charm of Soul Pets
50.  A Demon Lord’s Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss

Final Thoughts

So, these are the top 50 light novels you can read if you haven’t yet, and we agree not all the rankings are appropriate because we’re missing some masterpieces such as Reverent Insanity and Lord of the Mysteries.

However, these are purely based on what many visitors of Novel Updates are checking out on a daily basis or frequently land on a specific title.

Source: Novel Updates