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{{short description|Japanese light novel series and its adaptations}}
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| name            = Ascendance of a Bookworm
| image           = Ascendance of a Bookworm light novel volume 1 cover.jpg
| caption         = First light novel volume cover, featuring Myne 
| ja_kanji        = 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～
| ja_romaji       = Honzuki no Gekokujō: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen
| genre           = [[Fantasy]], [[isekai]] <!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
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| type            = novel series
| title           = 
| author          = [[Miya Kazuki]]
| illustrator     =
| publisher       = [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]]
| first           = September 23, 2013
| last            = March 12, 2017
| volumes         = 
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| author          = Miya Kazuki
| illustrator     = Yū Shiina
| publisher       = [[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[J-Novel Club]]}}
| imprint         = TO Bunko
| demographic     = Male<!-- https://booklive.jp/search/keyword?keyword=%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E4%BB%96%E7%94%B7%E6%80%A7%E5%90%91%E3%81%91%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%83%99&use_search_box=1 -->
| first           = January 25, 2015
| last            = 
| volumes         = 29
| volume_list     = #Light_novels
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Part 1
| illustrator     = Suzuka
| publisher       = TO Books
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[J-Novel Club]]}}
| demographic     = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine        = Comic Corona
| imprint         = Corona Comics
| first           = October 30, 2015
| last            = July 2, 2018
| volumes         = 7
| volume_list     = #Manga
}}
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| type            = manga
| title           = Part 2
| illustrator     = Suzuka
| publisher       = TO Books
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[J-Novel Club]]}}
| demographic     = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine        = Comic Corona
| imprint         = Corona Comics
| first           = September 24, 2018
| last            = 
| volumes         = 7
| volume_list     = #Manga
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Part 3
| illustrator     = Ryo Namino
| publisher       = TO Books
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine        = Comic Corona
| imprint         = Corona Comics
| first           = April 30, 2018
| last            = 
| volumes         = 5
| volume_list     = #Manga
}}
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| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Mitsuru Hongo]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = Mariko Kunisawa
| music           = Michiru
| studio          = [[Ajia-do Animation Works]]
| network         = [[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], [[Tokyo MX]], [[Wowow]], [[BS Fuji]], [[AT-X (TV network)|AT-X]]
| licensee        = [[Crunchyroll]] {{English anime licensee|[[South Asia|SA]]/[[Southeast Asia|SEA]]|[[Muse Communication]]}}
| first           = October 3, 2019
| last            = June 14, 2022
| episodes        = 36 + 2 OVA<!-- This parameter should only be incremented when new episodes air or when a [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable source]] can confirm a specific number of episodes. -->
| episode_list    = List of Ascendance of a Bookworm episodes
}}
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| type            = manga
| title           = Part 4
| illustrator     = Hikaru Katsuki
| publisher       = TO Books
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine        = Comic Corona
| imprint         = Corona Comics
| first           = December 24, 2020
| last            = 
| volumes         = 4
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{{Nihongo|'''''Ascendance of a Bookworm'''''|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|lit. "Ascendance of a Bookworm: I'll Stop at Nothing to Become a Librarian"|lead=yes}} is a Japanese fantasy [[light novel]] series written by [[Miya Kazuki]] and illustrated by Yū Shiina. It was serialized online from September 2013 to March 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]]. It was later acquired by [[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]], who has published twenty-nine volumes since January 2015.

A [[manga]] adaptation of the first part with art by Suzuka was serialized online via [[Niconico|Niconico Seiga]] website from October 2015 to July 2018. It was collected in seven ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes by TO Books. Both the light novel and manga are published in English by [[J-Novel Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-17/j-novel-club-licenses-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-novels/.144654|title=J-Novel Club Licenses Ascendance of a Bookworm Novels|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 17, 2019|accessdate=March 17, 2019|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330064310/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-17/j-novel-club-licenses-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-novels/.144654|url-status=live}}</ref> An [[anime]] television series adaptation by [[Ajia-do Animation Works]] aired the first part from October to December 2019, and the second part aired from April to June 2020. A two-part OVA episode released in March 2020. A third season aired from April to June 2022.

==Plot==
The story follows Urano Motosu, a [[Bibliophilia|book-loving]] post-secondary college student and soon-to-be librarian who ends up crushed to death beneath a pile of books at her house during an earthquake. With her dying breath, she wishes to be reincarnated in a world where she can read books forever. Urano awakens in the body of a weak, five-year-old girl named Myne in a world where books are scarce and only available to elites. Myne, retaining her memories from her previous life, decides to create and print her own books so that she can read again.

==Characters==
;{{Nihongo|Myne|マイン|Main|extra2=/}} {{Nihongo|Urano Motosu|本須 麗乃|Motosu Urano}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yuka Iguchi]]<ref name="ANN1">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-07/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-fantasy-novel-gets-tv-anime/.144315|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Fantasy Novel Gets TV Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 7, 2019|accessdate=March 8, 2019|archive-date=March 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308095904/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-07/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-fantasy-novel-gets-tv-anime/.144315|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Reba Buhr]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/rebabuhr/status/1202415813648506880|title=It's been announced! The English dub of Ascendance of a Bookworm is out and I'm starring as Myne! Thanks to @BangZoom :)|publisher=Twitter|date=December 4, 2019|accessdate=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205031153/https://twitter.com/rebabuhr/status/1202415813648506880|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:The titular bookworm, Urano (a college student) was on the cusp of being a librarian when she was ironically crushed to death under a pile of books during an earthquake and reincarnated as a sickly five-year-old girl named Myne, but in a world where books are only for extremely rich nobles. Her frailty is due to a rare disease known as the "Devouring," which consists of high fevers that spark whenever the host is stressed or depressed. Now, Myne has to put her book-knowledge to the test in order to become a librarian in her new world.
;{{Nihongo|Ferdinand|フェルディナンド|Ferudinando}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Show Hayami]]<ref name="ANN1"/>|Armen Taylor<ref name="S1DubCast">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BangZoom/status/1202413587173560325|title=This first episode features: Myne - @rebabuhr Turi - @lisareimold Gunther - @KaijiTang Ferdinand - @ArmenTaylor Eva - @keerkeer|publisher=Twitter|date=December 5, 2020|accessdate=June 14, 2020|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205025401/https://twitter.com/BangZoom/status/1202413587173560325|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:The High Priest in the city of Ehrenfest.
;{{Nihongo|Tuuli|トゥーリ|Tūri}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Megumi Nakajima]]<ref name="ANN2">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-06/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-reveals-more-cast-staff-october-premiere/.147533|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff, October Premiere|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 6, 2019|accessdate=June 6, 2019|archive-date=June 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606042859/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-06/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-reveals-more-cast-staff-october-premiere/.147533|url-status=live}}</ref>|Lisa Reimold<ref name="S1DubCast"/>}}
:Myne's elder sister by one year who follows her mother's craft in becoming a [[Dressmaker|seamstress]].
;{{Nihongo|Effa|エーファ|Ēfa}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Fumiko Orikasa]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|Kirsten Day<ref name="S1DubCast"/>}}
:Myne and Tuuli's mother who is a seamstress by trade and works at a dye factory.
;{{Nihongo|Gunther|ギュンター|Gyuntā}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Tsuyoshi Koyama]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|[[Kaiji Tang]]<ref name="S1DubCast"/>}}
:Myne and Tuuli's father who works as a soldier and a guard for the city of Ehrenfest.
;{{Nihongo|Lutz|ルッツ|Ruttsu}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Mutsumi Tamura]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|[[Jeannie Tirado]]<ref name="S2DubCast">{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/06/10/crunchyroll-schedules-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-2-and-ova-dub-premieres|title=Crunchyroll Schedules Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2 and OVA Dub Premieres|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=June 11, 2020|accessdate=June 14, 2020|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614120904/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/06/10/crunchyroll-schedules-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-2-and-ova-dub-premieres|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:Myne's childhood best friend who helps her in her business to make paper and create books. He initially wanted to be a traveling merchant, but after being dissuaded by Otto, he decides to work with Myne and be the muscle to her brain. He is the first to suspect that Myne is not who she used to be and has been in fact taken over by someone else.
;{{Nihongo|Otto|オットー|Ottō}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Satoshi Hino]]<ref name="ANN3"/>|Joe Zieja<ref name="S2DubCast"/>}}
:A former traveling merchant and now soldier and military accountant of Ehrenfest. He teaches Myne how to read and write the language of the new world.
;{{Nihongo|Benno|ベンノ}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Takehito Koyasu]]<ref name="ANN3">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-01/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-reveals-ad-visuals-more-cast/.148477|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime Reveals Ad, Visuals, More Cast|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 1, 2019|accessdate=July 1, 2019|archive-date=July 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701043704/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-01/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-reveals-ad-visuals-more-cast/.148477|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Xander Mobus]]<ref name="S2DubCast"/>}}
:A city merchant who takes Myne and Lutz under his wing and helps them grow their bookmaking business. After realizing the potential Myne and Lutz have at their craft, he is insistent on training them to be merchants and argues against others who want the pair for themselves.
;{{Nihongo|Mark|マルク|Maruku}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Tomoaki Maeno]]<ref name="ANN3"/>|Brian Anderson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BrianTAnderson/status/1217982796729180160|title=You can now hear me as Mark in "Ascendance of a Bookworm" on Crunchyroll! This show is very close to my heart as someone who worked in libraries for many years before moving to LA and pursuing voice over. Open book Thank you to @BangZoom, @mummynyan and our director @littlevomama!|publisher=Twitter|date=January 17, 2020|accessdate=June 14, 2020|archive-date=January 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117152602/https://twitter.com/BrianTAnderson/status/1217982796729180160|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:An assistant at Benno's store who helps Myne and Lutz on their journey.
;{{Nihongo|Gustav|グスタフ|Gusutafu}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Hiroshi Naka]]<ref name="ANN3"/>|Brook Chalmers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/brookchalmersvo/status/1227747684557049859|title=This one slipped by me, Watch me in Ascendance of a Bookworm as the Merchant Guild leader Gustaf. A very cool show and recording on it is a sheer delight. Thanks as always to @BangZoom, @mummynyan and @littlevomama for letting me romp in the sandbox!|publisher=Twitter|date=February 13, 2020|accessdate=June 14, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213011510/https://twitter.com/brookchalmersvo/status/1227747684557049859|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:The head of the Merchant Guild in Ehrenfest and Benno's senior. He agrees to allow Lutz and Myne to become temporarily registered merchants after seeing the products the duo are able to create.
;{{Nihongo|Freida|フリーダ|Furīda}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Aya Uchida]]<ref name="ANN3"/>|[[Kayli Mills]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kaylimills/status/1222619170589687808|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm (English Dub) Episode 9 just launched. I play the adorable, but very crafty, Freida! "So I have to choose my favorite pastime, huh? I guess it would be counting my money!" Literally just me sweeping at blackjack earlier this month. Pink hair and all.|publisher=Twitter|date=January 30, 2020|accessdate=June 14, 2020|archive-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131094259/https://twitter.com/KayliMills/status/1222619170589687808|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:Gustav's granddaughter who wants to buy one of Myne's hairpins to wear at her baptism. Like Myne, she has the incurable illness known as the "Devouring."
;{{Nihongo|Gil|ギル|Giru}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yūko Sanpei]]<ref name="ANN4">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-09/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-2nd-part-adds-3-cast-members/.155215|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime's 2nd Part Adds 3 Cast Members|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 9, 2020|accessdate=January 9, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111152026/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-09/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-2nd-part-adds-3-cast-members/.155215|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Laura Stahl]]<ref name="S2DubCast"/>}}
:A young grey-robed boy who is placed as Myne's retainer. He is pompous, brash, and believes himself superior to Myne, even though he is beneath her in the temple hierarchy. He eventually comes around and serves Myne faithfully after she shows him kindness and compassion.
;{{Nihongo|Fran|フラン|Furan}}
:{{Voiced by|Shō Karino<ref name="ANN4"/>|Chris Hackney<ref name="S2DubCast"/>}}
:A grey-robed young man who is placed as Myne's retainer. He is quiet, follows the rules, and is highly devoted to the temple. He is the first retainer to earn Myne's trust and becomes her right-hand man.
;{{Nihongo|Delia|デリア|Deria}}
:{{Voiced by|Chiyo Tomaru<ref name="ANN4"/>|Lizzie Freeman<ref name="S2DubCast"/>}}
: A young grey-robed girl who is placed as Myne's retainer. She is out to annoy and frustrate Myne on the High Bishop's orders, hoping she will grow up to be his concubine if she's successful. After Myne threatens to send her back to the orphanage, she changes her ways and serves Myne faithfully but still retains her snarky attitude.
;{{Nihongo|Ralph|ラルフ|Rarufu}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Hitomi Nabatame]]<ref name="ANN4"/>|Danielle McRae<ref name="S2DubCast"/>}}
:He is the third of four brothers, and the older brother of Lutz.
;{{Nihongo|Sylvester|ジルヴェスター|Jiruvesutā}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Kazuhiko Inoue]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm 3rd Season's Teaser Video Introduces Sylvester|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-3rd-season-teaser-video-introduces-sylvester/.178149|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 5, 2021|date=October 5, 2021|archive-date=October 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005045819/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-3rd-season-teaser-video-introduces-sylvester/.178149|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

==Media==
===Light novels===
''Ascendance of a Bookworm'' was originally published by Miya Kazuki as a free-to-read web novel on [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]] in 2013 until it was acquired by [[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] which published the first volume in print in their TO Bunko imprint with illustrations by Yū Shiina in January 2015. As of April 2022, the series will have accumulated over 29 volumes, divided into five parts. In May of 2019, [[J-Novel Club]] released the first official English translation of Part 1 volume 1.

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 | OriginalTitle   = 第一部 兵士の娘I
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Ichi-bu Heishi no musume Ichi
 | OriginalRelDate = January 25, 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823887 |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～第一部「兵士の娘1」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507224743/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823887 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 | LicensedRelDate = May 20, 2019 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-1-volume-1 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Volume 1 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903163710/https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-1-volume-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> <br />September 3, 2019 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-1-Novel-Volume-1 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Volume 1 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
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*Prologue 
*1. A New Life 
*2. Exploring My Home
*3. Exploring the City 
*4. Books: Unobtainable
*5. Lifestyle Overhaul 
*6. Neighborhood Boys 
*7. Paper: Unobtainable
*8. Learning to Respect Egyptian Culture
*9. Winter Preparations
*10. Stone Slate Get!
*11. Beaten by Ancient Egyptians
*12. The Sweet Taste of Winter
*13. Helping out Otto
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*14. Tuuli's Hair Ornament
*15. Bring Me to the Forest
*16. Long Live Mesopotamian Culture
*17. Clay Tablets Wont Work
*18. Tuuli's Baptism
*19. I Love You, Yellow River Culture
*20. I Want Ink
*21. Intense Battle with Food
*22. Mokkan and a Mysterious Fever
*23. The Road to a Meeting 
*24. Meeting with the Merchant
*Epilogue
*Extra Story: A Day Without Myne 
*Extra Story: Unchanging Daily Life 
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 | OriginalTitle   = 第一部 兵士の娘II
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Ichi-bu Heishi no musume Ni
 | OriginalRelDate = February 25, 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823889 |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～第一部「兵士の娘2」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507154340/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823889 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-347-3
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<br /> November 5, 2019 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-1-Novel-Volume-2 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Volume 2 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
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*Prologue 
*1. The Road to Washii
*2. Invitation to the Otto Residence
*3. Summons from Benno
*4. Contract Magic
*5. Lutz's Most Important Job
*6. Ordering Tools and Materials
*7. Starting to Make Paper
*8. Painful Mistakes
*9. Lutz's Myne
*10. Completed Paper
*11. The Merchants' Guild
*12. The Guildmaster and the Hair Ornament
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*13. The Guildmaster's Granddaughter
*14. Freida's Hair Ornament
*15. Delivering the Hair Ornaments
*16. Winter Handiwork
*17. Lutz's Training Curriculum 
*18. Why It Failed and How to Fix It
*19. A Trombe Appears
*20. We Went Ahead and Made Some
*21. Myne Collapses
*Epilogue
*Corrina's Married Life
*Gossiping by the Well 
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 | OriginalTitle   = 第一部 兵士の娘III
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Ichi-bu Heishi no musume San
 | OriginalRelDate = June 25, 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823893 |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～第一部「兵士の娘3」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507114934/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823893 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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*Prologue
*1. Discussing the Devouring with Freida
*2. Making Cake with Freida
*3. Taking a Bath with Freida
*4. Freida's Baptism
*5. Winter Begins
*6. Completion of my Outfit and Hairpin
*7. Lutz's Tutor
*8. Otto's Counseling Room
*9. Family Meeting
*10. Report to Lutz
*11. Back to Paper-Making
*12. Vested Interests
*13. Result of the Meeting with the Vested Interests
*14. Tools and Selecting a Workshop
*15. Preparing for Lutz's Apprenticeship
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*16. Contract with Freida
*17. To The Baptism Ceremony
*18. A Quiet Commotion
*19. Gated Paradise
*20. Rejection and Persuasion
*21. Benno's Lecture
*22. Contract Magic and Registering the Workshop
*23. Strategy Meeting and the Temple
*24. Confrontation
*Epilogue
*Tuuli — Visiting Corinna 
*Leise — Confectionary Recipe
*Benno — Pound Cake Sampling
*Mark — The Master and I
*The Life of an Apprentice Merchant
*The Roots of the Guildmaster's Worries
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 | VolumeNumber    = 4
 | Title           = Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol.1 
 | OriginalTitle   = 第二部 神殿の巫女見習いI
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Ni-bu Shinden no miko minarai Ichi
 | OriginalRelDate = September 25, 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823902 |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～第二部「神殿の巫女見習い1」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507193057/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823902 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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April 7, 2020 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-2-Novel-Volume-1 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 1 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
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*Prologue
*1. Attendants and the Fealty Ceremony
*2. A Shrine Maiden's Job
*3. Not Like the other Blue Robes
*4. Benno's Meeting with the High Priest
*5. The Meeting Begins
*6. Buying Secondhand Clothes
*7. The Animosity of Lutz and Gil
*8. What They Deserve
*9. First Time Outside
*10. Training the Chefs
*11. Delia's Job
*12. The Reality of the Orphanage
*13. Discussion With the High Priest and My Resolve
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*14. Secret Talk with the High Priest
*15. Cleaning Up the Orphanage
*16. Ideas for New Products
*17. Diptychs and Cards 
*18. Preparing for the Star Festival
*19. The Star Festival
*20. After the Festival
*21. Lutz's Path Through Life
*22. Lutz Running Away From Home
*23. The High Priest Letter of Invitation
*24. Family Meeting at the Temple
*Epilogue
*A Place Still Far From Here
*An Attendant's Self-Awareness
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 | VolumeNumber    = 5
 | Title           = Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol.2 
 | OriginalTitle   = 第二部 神殿の巫女見習いII
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Ni-bu Shinden no miko minarai Ni
 | OriginalRelDate = December 25, 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823914 |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～第二部「神殿の巫女見習い2」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507163232/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823914 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-447-0
 | LicensedRelDate = January 20, 2020 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-2-volume-2 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 2 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903163745/https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-2-volume-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> <br />
June 2, 2020 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-2-Novel-Volume-2 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 2 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
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*Prologue
*1. One Wilma, Please
*2. Rosina and Harspiels
*3. An Attendant's Job
*4. The Italian Restaurant's Interior Decoration
*5. How to Run a Restaurant
*6. The Significance of Going Outside
*7. Preparing to Make Ink
*8. Black Oil Paint
*9. Making Picture Books with Woodblock Printing
*10. Black-and-White Picture Books
*11. Preparing for the Children's Bible
*12. Binding Children's Bibles
*13. Missing the Harvest Festival
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*14. The Myne Decimal System
*15. A Book for Benno and First Fitting
*16. Cinderella and a Book for the High Priest
*17. A Discussion About Winter Preparations
*18. Off to Buy Winter Clothes
*19. Butchering and Absence
*20. The End of Winter Preparations
*21. Summons from the Knight's Order
*22. Trombe Extermination
*23. Rescue and Reprimand
*24. The Healing Ritual
*Epilogue
*The Attendant of an Apprentice Blue Shrine Maiden
*Apprentice Chef in the Temple
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 | VolumeNumber    = 6
 | Title           = Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol.3 
 | OriginalTitle   = 第二部 神殿の巫女見習いIII
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Ni-bu Shinden no miko minarai San
 | OriginalRelDate = March 25, 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823930 |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～第二部「神殿の巫女見習い3」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507072244/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823930 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-473-9
 | LicensedRelDate = April 20, 2020 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-2-volume-3 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 3 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903163726/https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-2-volume-3 |url-status=live }}</ref> <br />
October 6, 2020 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-2-Novel-Volume-3 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 3 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
 | LicensedISBN    = 978-1-7183-5605-4
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*Prologue
*1. Printing Guild
*2. Johann's Task
*3. The Ink Guild and the Beginning of Winter
*4. Winter Hibernation and Handiwork
*5. Meeting of the Minds
*6. Punishment for the Knight's Order and My Future
*7. Daily Winter Life
*8. The Dedication Ritual
*9. Rosina's Coming of Age Ceremony
*10. Rumtopf and Shoes
*11. Completion of the Metal Letter Types
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*12. Temple Stay Extended
*13. Preparing for the Spring Prayer
*14. Spring Prayer
*15. An After-Meal Invitation
*16. Ambush
*17. The Wild and Uncontrollable Blue Priest
*18. Visit to the Orphanage and Workshop
*19. Talking with the High Priest and Returning Home
*20. A New Member of the Family
*Epilogue
*Lunchtime in the Temple
*The Title of "Gutenberg"
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 | VolumeNumber    = 7
 | Title           = Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol.4 
 | OriginalTitle   = 第二部 神殿の巫女見習いIV
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Ni-bu Shinden no miko minarai Yon
 | OriginalRelDate = June 10, 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823945 |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～第二部「神殿の巫女見習い4」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507193102/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823945 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-492-0
 | LicensedRelDate = June 23, 2020 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-2-volume-4 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 4 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903163750/https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-2-volume-4 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
February 2, 2021 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-2-Novel-Volume-4 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 4 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
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*Prologue 
*1. Caring for Kamil
*2. The Abandoned Child
*3. What to Do About Dirk
*4. The Ink Guild and Succession
*5. Researching Color-Making
*6. Challenging Wax Stencils
*7. Delia's Progress
*8. Both Sides of the Story
*9. The Two Who Left
*10. The Shadow Falls
*11. Noble from Another Duchy
*12. The Black Charm
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*13. The Source of Strife
*14. The New Me
*15. Ripped Apart
*Epilogue
*Freida — A Visit to the Noble's Quarter
*Sylvester — Cleaning up the Mess
*Arno — Fran and I
*Benno — Maybe Lessen the Workload
*Fran — To Serve as the High Bishop's Attendant
*Effa — Facing the Future
*Josef — Beruf Certification
*Leon — Sylvester Undercover
 | Summary         = 
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 | VolumeNumber    = 8
 | Title           = Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke Vol.1
 | OriginalTitle   = 第三部 領主の養女I
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai San-bu Ryōshu no yōjo Ichi
 | OriginalRelDate = September 10, 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823961 |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～第三部「領主の養女1」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507130146/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823961 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-521-7
 | LicensedRelDate = August 12, 2020 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-3-volume-1 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 1 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903163738/https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-3-volume-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> <br />
April 6, 2021 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-3-Novel-Volume-1 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 1 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
 | LicensedISBN    = 978-1-7183-5607-8
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*Prologue 
*1. Examination Results and the Noble's Quarter
*2. Preparing for the Baptism Ceremony
*3. A Noble's Baptism Ceremony
*4. Adoption
*5. Inauguration Ceremony
*6. Reunited at Last
*7. How to Make Fluffy Bread
*8. Starbind Ceremony in the Lower City
*9. The Archduke's Castle
*10. Starbind Ceremony in the Noble's Quarter
*11. The Archduke and the Italian Restaurant
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*12. Making a Monastery
*13. How to Gather Donations
*14. My First Magic Training Regimen
*15. Working Toward Wax Stencils 
*16. An Illustration of Ferdinand
*17. Johann and Zack
*18. Elvira and Lamprecht Attack 
*19. Finishing My Highbeast and the Wax Stencils
*20. The Harspiel Concert
*Epilogue
*Being My Little Sister's Knight
*One Stressed-Out Chef
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 | VolumeNumber    = 9
 | Title           = Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke Vol.2
 | OriginalTitle   = 第三部 領主の養女II
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai San-bu Ryōshu no yōjo Ni
 | OriginalRelDate = December 10, 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823978 |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～第三部「領主の養女2」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508065400/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=118823978 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-540-8
 | LicensedRelDate = October 19, 2020 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-3-volume-2 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 2 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=July 30, 2020 |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903163815/https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-3-volume-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
August 17, 2021 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-3-Novel-Volume-2 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 2 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
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*Prologue 
*1. Discussing the Harvest Festival
*2. Hasse's Monastery
*3. The New Orphans
*4. The Orphan's Treatment and Investigating the City
*5. The Monastery's Barrier
*6. A New Task and Winter Preparations
*7. Opening the Italian Restaurant
*8. Disucssing How to Improve Hasse
*9. Switching Places
*10. Preparing for the Harvest Festival
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*11. Hasse's Contract
*12. Starting Merchant Activities
*13. Hasse's Harvest Festival
*14. The Harvest Festival
*15. The Night of Schutzaria
*16. Aftermath
*17. My Winter Preparations
*Epilogue
*Wilfried's Day as the High Bishop
*Hasse's Orphans
*Justus's Grand Lower City Infiltration
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 | VolumeNumber    = 10
 | Title           = Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke Vol.3
 | OriginalTitle   = 第三部 領主の養女III
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai San-bu Ryōshu no yōjo San
 | OriginalRelDate = March 10, 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=119388839 |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～第三部「領主の養女3」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507130058/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=119388839 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-562-0
 | LicensedRelDate = January 4, 2021 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-3-volume-3 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 3 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=October 8, 2020}}</ref><br />
December 7, 2021 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-3-Novel-Volume-3 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 3 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=February 12, 2022}}</ref>
 | LicensedISBN    = 978-1-7183-5609-2
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*Prologue 
*1. Ingo and Improving the Printing Press
*2. The Gathering of the Gutenbergs
*3. The Start of Winter Socializing
*4. The Baptism Ceremony and Our Winter Debut
*5. A Class for Kids
*6. A Tea Party
*7. The Dedication Ritual (Take Two)
*8. Gathering the Winter Ingredient
*9. Fighting the Schnesturm
*10. To the End of Winter
*11. Selling the Materials
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*12. Angelica and the Coming of Spring
*13. Upcoming Spring Prayer
*14. Hasse's Punishment
*15. The Door of Judgement
*16. The Execution
*17. The Spring Ingredient and Discussing Spring Prayer
*18. The Goddesses' Bath
*19. The Night of Flutrane
*20. The End of Spring Prayer
*Epilogue
*Winter Debut and the Playroom
*The High Bishop's Exclusive Business
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 | VolumeNumber    = 11
 | Title           = Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke Vol.4
 | OriginalTitle   = 第三部 領主の養女IV
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai San-bu Ryōshu no yōjo Yon
 | OriginalRelDate = June 10, 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=119388938 |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～第三部「領主の養女4」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507203134/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=119388938 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-586-6
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March 15, 2022 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-3-Novel-Volume-4 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 4 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=February 12, 2022}}</ref>
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*Prologue 
*1. A New Dress
*2. The New Printing Press's Trial Run
*3. Benno's Request
*4. Staying Home during the Archduke Conference
*5. Payment and Unveiling the Dress
*6. Angelica's Manablade
*7. Let's Print More Stuff
*8. Meeting with the Plantin Company
*9. The Archducal Couple Returns
*10. The Dress Debut and Ferdinand's Return
*11. Lunch Meeting and Business Day
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*12. Heading to Illgner
*13. Illgner's Brigitte
*14. Mount Lohenberg
*15. The Riesefalke Egg
*16. Hand Pumps
*17. Georgine's Visit
*18. Dirk's Mana and Submission Contract
*19. Georgine Departs
*Epilogue
* Tea Party
* Damuel's Proposal
* Staying in Illgner
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 | VolumeNumber    = 12
 | Title           = Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke Vol.5
 | OriginalTitle   = 第三部 領主の養女V
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai San-bu Ryōshu no yōjo Go
 | OriginalRelDate = September 9, 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=119567609 |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～第三部「領主の養女5」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507063444/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=119567609 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-600-9
 | LicensedRelDate = May 6, 2021 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-3-volume-5 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 5 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=February 26, 2021}}</ref><br />
May 24, 2022 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-3-Novel-Volume-5 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 5 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=January 11, 2022}}</ref>
 | LicensedISBN    = 978-1-71834-622-2
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*Prologue 
*1. The New Orphans and Operation Grimm
*2. Hasse and the Gray Priests
*3. Ruelle Gathering (Take Two)
*4. Damuel's Growth
*5. Conditions for Compressing Mana
*6. Illgner's Harvest Festival
*7. My First-Ever Little Sister
*8. Wilfried's Actions
*9. Wilfried's Punishment
*10. The Jureve and Mana Compression
*11. Charlotte's Baptism Ceremony
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*12. Kidnapped Daughter
*13. Rescue
*14. And So, the Future
*Epilogue
* Grandfather on the Day of the Baptism
* In Place of My Older Sister
* Two Marriages
* No Rest for Us
* Meanwhile at the Temple
* The Laynoble Guard Knight
* One Handful of a Chef
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 | VolumeNumber    = 13
 | Title           = Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee Vol.1
 | OriginalTitle   = 第四部 貴族院の自称図書委員I
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Yon-bu Kizoku-in no jishō tosho iin Ichi
 | OriginalRelDate = December 9, 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=121702779 |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～第四部「貴族院の自称図書委員1」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507120210/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=121702779 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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*Prologue
*1. Just Call Me Urashima Taro
*2. Moving to the Castle
*3. Dinnertime
*4. Cramming and Preparations
*5. The Gifting Ceremony
*6. The Winter Playroom and Our Departure
*7. My Retainers and Entering the Dormitory 
*8. The Better Grades Committee 
*9. The Advancement Ceremony and Fellowship Gatherings
*10. Royalty and Nobles from Other Duchies
*11. Math, Theology, and Controlling Mana
*12. History, Geography, and Music
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*13. Mana Compression and Creating a Highbeast
*14. The Fourth Step of Mana Compression
*15. Registering at the Library
*16. Schwartz and Weiss
*17. Court Etiquette and Hirschur's Visit
*18. Schtappe Acquisition
*19. My First Earthday
*20. Dedication Whirl
*21. Passing Highbeast Creation
*22. Schtappe Fundamentals
*Epilogue
*A Productive Earthday
*Myne Awakes
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 | Title           = Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee Vol.2
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 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Yon-bu Kizoku-in no jishō tosho iin Ni
 | OriginalRelDate = March 10, 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=126364174 |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～第四部「貴族院の自称図書委員2」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=September 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918115732/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=126364174 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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*Prologue 
*1. Meeting for the Tea Party
*2. Onward to the Library
*3. I Want to Found the Library
*4. Preparing a Tea Party for Solange
*5. My First Tea Party at the Royal Academy
*6. Tea Party with the Music Professors
*7. Measuring Schwartz and Weiss
*8. The Battle for Schwartz and Weiss
*9. Treasure-Stealing Ditter
*10. The Prince's Summons
*11. Rihyarda's Wrath
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*12. Traugott's Thoughts
*13. A Tea Party with Eglantine
*14. Reporting to the Prince
*15. An Order to Return to Ehrenfest
*16. Interrogation
*17. Returning to the Temple
*18. Ferdinand and Hirschur's Gifts
*19. The Summoned Merchants
*Epilogue
*Honest Courting
*Life without One's Lady
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 | VolumeNumber    = 15
 | Title           = Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee Vol.3
 | OriginalTitle   = 第四部 貴族院の自称図書委員III
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Yon-bu Kizoku-in no jishō tosho iin San
 | OriginalRelDate = June 9, 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=127856217 |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～第四部「貴族院の自称図書委員3」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920093834/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=127856217 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-686-3
 | LicensedRelDate = October 27, 2021 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-4-volume-3 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 3 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=August 27, 2021}}</ref> <br /> November 1, 2022 (Physical)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Ascendance-of-a-Bookworm-Part-4-Novel-Volume-3 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 3 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Right Stuf Inc.]] |accessdate=July 11, 2022}}</ref>
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*Prologue
*1. The Dedication Ritual and Returning to the Castle
*2. Mother and Printing in Haldenzel
*3. Winter Socializing
*4. The End of Winter and the Summoned Merchants
*5. A Place to Call Home
*6. The Meeting with Giebe Haldenzel
*7. Returning to the Royal Academy
*8. A Week of Socializing
*9. Justus and Preparing for the Interduchy Tournament
*10. Meeting with the Prince
*11. The Tea Party for All Duchies
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*12. Interduchy Tournament
*13. Angelica’s Graduation Ceremony
*14. Year One: Complete
*15. Buying Information and the Mana Compression Lecture
*16. Philine’s Family Circumstances
*17. Taking Konrad to the Temple
*18. The Book Fair and the Follow-Up Meeting
*19. A Promise
*20. Ferdinand and I
*Epilogue
*The Passage of Time and a New Promise
*The Blessing at the Graduation Ceremony
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 | VolumeNumber    = 16
 | Title           = Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee Vol.4
 | OriginalTitle   = 第四部 貴族院の自称図書委員IV
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Yon-bu Kizoku-in no jishō tosho iin Yon
 | OriginalRelDate = September 10, 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=131914209 |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～第四部「貴族院の自称図書委員4」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010073743/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=131914209 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-724-2
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*Prologue
*1. The Feast Celebrating Spring
*2. Meeting the Scholars
*3. Life in the Temple
*4. Schwartz's and Weiss’s Outfits
*5. Magic Ink
*6. Request for the Gilberta Company
*7. Another Gathering of the Gutenbergs
*8. Disappearing Ink and Returning to the Castle
*9. The Archduke Conference Approaches
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*10. Spring Prayer in the Central District
*11. Haldenzel’s Craftspeople
*12. Haldenzel’s Spring Prayer
*13. Entwickeln
*14. Left at Home
*15. Report on the Archduke Conference
*16. A More Private Meeting
*Epilogue
*The Miracle of Haldenzel
*Preventing Destructive Reconstruction
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 | VolumeNumber    = 17
 | Title           = Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee Vol.5
 | OriginalTitle   = 第四部 貴族院の自称図書委員V
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Yon-bu Kizoku-in no jishō tosho iin Go
 | OriginalRelDate = December 10, 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=131918062 |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～第四部「貴族院の自称図書委員5」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913165103/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=131918062 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-764-8
 | LicensedRelDate = February 16, 2022 (Digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-4-volume-5 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 5 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=December 12, 2021}}</ref>
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*Prologue
*1. Apprentices and the Temple
*2. A Discussion with the Lower City
*3. Going to the Italian Restaurant
*4. Evolved Cooking
*5. Visiting Groschel and the Starbind Ceremony
*6. My Brother Lamprecht’s Wedding
*7. The Wedding on the Border
*8. Pre-Meeting for the Dyeing Competition
*9. The Dyeing Competition
*10. Post-Competition and the Harvest Festival
*11. Groschel and the Harvest Festival
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*12. Groschel Nobles and the Printing Industry
*13. The Library Plan and Completed Outfits
*14. The Start of Winter Socializing (Second Year)
*15. Leaving for the Royal Academy
*16. Fealty and the Dormitory
*17. Hirschur’s Visit and the Advancement Ceremony
*18. The Second-Year Fellowship Gathering
*Epilogue
*Staying Home at the Castle
*Reaching a Crossroads
*The Road to Exclusive Business
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 | VolumeNumber    = 18
 | Title           = Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee Vol.6
 | OriginalTitle   = 第四部 貴族院の自称図書委員VI
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Yon-bu Kizoku-in no jishō tosho iin Roku
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*Prologue
*1. The Beginning of Classes
*2. Library Committee Member Get!
*3. Registering for the Library and Supplying Mana
*4. Schtappe Transformation
*5. Strengthening the Weapon
*6. Everyone Passing on the First Day
*7. Brewing and Recovery Potions
*8. Roderick's Wish
*9. Dedication Whirling and Ordonnanz Brewing
*10. The Music Tea Party and the End of Classes
*11. I Want to Do Library Committee Work
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*12. Professor Hirschur's Laboratory
*13. Professor Hirschur's Disciple
*14. Changing Schwartz and Weiss
*15. Gathering Feystones
*16. Hunting a Ternisbefallen
*17. Healing and Reinforcements
*18. A Tea Party of Bookworms
*19. Going Home
*Epilogue
*Unshakeable Resolve
*Investigating the Former Werkestock Dormitory
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 | VolumeNumber    = 19
 | Title           = Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee Vol.7
 | OriginalTitle   = 第四部 貴族院の自称図書委員VII
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Yon-bu Kizoku-in no jishō tosho iin Nana
 | OriginalRelDate = June 10, 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=140887815 |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～第四部「貴族院の自称図書委員7」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=September 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921023611/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=140887815 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-814-0
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*Prologue
*1. Post-Return Discussion
*2. Dinner and a Tea Party
*3. Sylvester's Order
*4. Investigating the Bible
*5. Winter Life in the Temple
*6. This and That in the Castle
*7. The Ternisbefallen Inquiry
*8. The Bible Inspection Meeting
*9. Planning for the Tea Party
*10. The Tea Party with Drewanchel
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*11. Roderick's Name-Swearing
*12. Interduchy Tournament (Second Year)
*13. The Ditter Match
*14. Ditter at the Interduchy Tournament
*15. Hartmut's Marriage Partner
*16. Unforeseen Consequences
*17. The Graduation Ceremony
*18. The Library and Going Home
*Epilogue
*Speaking at the Gazebo
*Rendezvous at the Gazebo
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 | VolumeNumber    = 20
 | Title           = Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee Vol.8
 | OriginalTitle   = 第四部 貴族院の自称図書委員VIII
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Yon-bu Kizoku-in no jishō tosho iin Hachi
 | OriginalRelDate = September 10, 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=142732459 |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～第四部「貴族院の自称図書委員8」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530200831/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=142732459 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-828-7
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*Prologue
*1. The Return and a Dinner Meeting
*2. The Winter Playroom and Judithe's Younger Brother
*3. Discussion with the Plantin Company
*4. Melchior's Baptism
*5. Ahrensbach's Fish Cuisine
*6. Returning to the Temple and the Meeting with the Gutenbergs
*7. Dissecting Fish
*8. Spring Prayer and Leaving for Leisegang
*9. Giebe Leisegang
*10. Visiting Great-Grandfather
*11. Sitting Out the Archduke Conference
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*12. Report on the Archduke Conference (Second Year)
*13. A More Private Meeting (Second Year)
*14. Decisions
*15. Successors
*16. Another Discussion and Making Rejuvenation Potions
*17. Hartmut's First Ceremony and Another Jureve
*18. Visitors and Counterstrategies
*19. The Welcoming Feast
*20. Ferdinand’s Estate
*Epilogue
*Clearing Regrets from Ten Years Ago
*Ten Years of Change
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 | Title           = Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee Vol.9
 | OriginalTitle   = 第四部 貴族院の自称図書委員IX
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Yon-bu Kizoku-in no jishō tosho iin Kyuu
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 | VolumeNumber    = 22
 | Title           = Part 5: Incarnation of a Goddess Vol.1
 | OriginalTitle   = 第五部 女神の化身I
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Go-bu Megami no keshin Ichi
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 | Title           = Part 5: Incarnation of a Goddess Vol.2
 | OriginalTitle   = 第五部 女神の化身II
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Go-bu Megami no keshin Ni
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 | VolumeNumber    = 24
 | Title           = Part 5: Incarnation of a Goddess Vol.3
 | OriginalTitle   = 第五部 女神の化身III
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Go-bu Megami no keshin San
 | OriginalRelDate = September 10, 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=150976495 |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～第五部「女神の化身3」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611051659/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=150976495 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 | Title           = Part 5: Incarnation of a Goddess Vol.4
 | OriginalTitle   = 第五部 女神の化身IV
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Go-bu Megami no keshin Yon
 | OriginalRelDate = December 10, 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=153598123 |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～第五部「女神の化身4」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
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 | Title           = Part 5: Incarnation of a Goddess Vol.5
 | OriginalTitle   = 第五部 女神の化身V
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Go-bu Megami no keshin Go
 | OriginalRelDate = April 10, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=155895642 |title=本本好きの下剋上～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～第五部「女神の化身5」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=December 8, 2020}}</ref>
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 | Title           = Part 5: Incarnation of a Goddess Vol.6
 | OriginalTitle   = 第五部 女神の化身VI
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Go-bu Megami no keshin Roku
 | OriginalRelDate = August 10, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=158517306 |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～第五部「女神の化身6」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=April 9, 2021}}</ref>
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 | Title           = Part 5: Incarnation of a Goddess Vol.7
 | OriginalTitle   = 第五部 女神の化身VII
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Go-bu Megami no keshin Nana
 | OriginalRelDate = December 10, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=163413115 |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～第五部「女神の化身7」 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
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 | VolumeNumber    = 29
 | Title           = Part 5: Incarnation of a Goddess Vol.8
 | OriginalTitle   = 第五部 女神の化身VIII
 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Go-bu Megami no keshin Hachi
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 | TranslitTitle   = Dai Go-bu Megami no keshin Kyuu
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===Manga===
A manga adaptation was published by TO Books and follows similar format as the novels. Part 1, subtitled {{nihongo|''If there aren't any books, I'll just have to make some!''|本がないなら作ればいい!|Hon ga nainara tsukureba ī!}}, was illustrated by Suzuka, serialized in Comic Corona from October 2015 to July 2018, and was compiled into a total of seven volumes. Suzuka continued to illustrate Part 2 subtitled {{nihongo|''I'll even join the temple to read books!''|本のためなら巫女になる！|Hon no tamenara miko ni naru!}} which began serialization in Comic Corona on September 24, 2018 and currently has a total of seven volumes. Part 3 subtitled {{nihongo|''Let's spread books around the duchy!''|領地に本を広げよう！|Ryōchi ni hon o hirogeyou!}} is illustrated by Ryo Namino and began serialization in Comic Corona despite Part 1 still being ongoing at the time. Part 3 currently has five volumes. Part 4 illustrated by Hikaru Katsuki started December 24, 2020 also in Comic Corona. Volume 3 was published November 25, 2021.
;Part 1
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 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-495-1
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*1. A New Life
*2. Books: Unobtainable 
*3. Lifestyle Overhaul
*4. Learning to Respect Egyptian Culture
*5. Winter Preparations
*Extra: Myne's Gotten Weird
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 | OriginalRelDate = July 10, 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=112684374 |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～第一部 「本がないなら作ればいい! 2」（コミックス） |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507154226/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=112684374 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-499-9
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*6. Pig Killing Day
*7. The Sweet Taste of Winter
*8. Helping Out Otto
*9. Bring Me to the Forest
*10. Finally the Forest
*Extra: Lutz and the Parue Tree
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 | OriginalRelDate = November 10, 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=112684514 |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～第一部 「本がないなら作ればいい! 3」（コミックス） |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507134005/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=112684514 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-533-0
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*11. I Love You, Yellow River Culture
*12. The Mysterious Heat and the Meeting
*12.5. Result of the Meeting
*13. Road to Washi
*14. Summons From Benno
*Extra: Improving the Food Situation 
*Story: The Baptism Ceremony and the Hairpin
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 | OriginalRelDate = February 25, 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=113323408 |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～第一部 「本がないなら作ればいい! 4」（コミックス） |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508072824/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=113323408 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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*15. Lutz's Most Important Job
*16. Beginning to Make Paper
*17. Lutz's Myne
*18. The Merchant's Guild
*19. Temporary Registration and a Business Discussion 
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*Story: Zeg the Apprentice Craftsman
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 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-602-3
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*20. The Guildmaster's Granddaughter
*21. Freida's Hairpins
*22. Improving Rinsham
*23. A Trombe Appears
*24. Nearing Winter
*Extra: The Power of Money
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 | OriginalRelDate = February 24, 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=126829157 |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～第一部 「本がないなら作ればいい! 6」（コミックス） |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507185104/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=126829157 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-664-1
 | LicensedRelDate = February 10, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-manga-volume-6 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Volume 6 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=November 23, 2020}}</ref>
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*25. Freida and Myne
*26. The Beginning of Winter
*27. Family Meeting
*28. Resuming Paper-Making
*29. Vested Interests 
*Extra: Some Time in the Woods
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 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-720-4
 | LicensedRelDate = May 12, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-manga-volume-7 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Volume 7 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
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*30. Freida's Contract and the Baptism Ceremony
*31. God-Given Paradise
*32. Becoming an Apprentice Shrine Maiden
*33. Confrontation
*33.5. Negotiations in the High Priest's Chamber
*Extra: The Pound Cake Taste-Test Event
*Story: As the Gilberta Company's Successor
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;Part 2

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 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-801-0
 | LicensedRelDate = July 7, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-manga-part-2-volume-1 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 1 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref>
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*1. Apprentice Shrine Maiden in the Temple
*2. Meeting in the Temple
*3. Why I Collapsed
*4. What They Deserve
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*Story: Fran and the Commoner Apprentice Blue Shrine Maiden
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 | OriginalRelDate = October 5, 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=144343663 |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～ 第二部 「本のためなら巫女になる！2」（コミックス） |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626051103/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=144343663 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-853-9
 | LicensedRelDate = September 1, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-manga-part-2-volume-2 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 2 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=August 5, 2021}}</ref>
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*5. Gil's Job
*6. Everyone Has a Job to Do
*7. My Third Attendant
*8. The Reality of the Orphanage
*9. A Secret Talk with the High Priest
*Extra: Sister Myne and Me
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 | VolumeNumber    = 3
 | OriginalRelDate = April 1, 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=147626640 |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～ 第二部 「本のためなら巫女になる！3」（コミックス） |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=June 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628151758/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=147626640 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86472-941-3
 | LicensedRelDate = November 10, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-manga-part-2-volume-3 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 3 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
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*10. The Great Orphanage Cleanup
*11. The Orphanage Director's Visit
*12. Growing Problems
*13. Diptychs and Karuta
*14. Preparing for the Star Festival
*15. The Star Festival
*Extra: Ordering Ceremonial Robes
*Story: Gathering Taues
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 | VolumeNumber    = 4
 | OriginalRelDate = October 1, 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=152099068 |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～ 第二部 「本のためなら巫女になる！4」（コミックス） |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813001204/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=152099068 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86699-056-9
 | LicensedRelDate = March 16, 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-manga-part-2-volume-4 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 4 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
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*16. Lutz's Path
*17. Running Away from Home
*18. Family Meeting at the Temple
*19. One Wilma, Please
*20. Gifts and an Education
*Extra: My Son's Growth
*Story: This Thing Called Family
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 | OriginalRelDate = April 15, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=157254125 |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～ 第二部 「本のためなら巫女になる！5」（コミックス） |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=February 10, 2021 }}</ref>
 | OriginalISBN    = 978-4-86699-203-7
 | LicensedRelDate = May 4, 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-manga-part-2-volume-5 |title=Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 5 |publisher=[[J-Novel Club]] |website=[[Rakuten Kobo]] |accessdate=March 27, 2022}}</ref>
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*21. My New Attendants
*22. Attendants of an Apprentice Blue Shrine Maiden
*22.5. Christine's Former Attendants
*23. Preparing to Make Ink
*24. Making Ink
*25. Challenging Woodblock Printing
*Extra: Problems with the Italian Restaurant
*Story: Preparing for the Baby
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;Part 3

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 | OriginalRelDate = June 15, 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=149064715 |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～第三部 「領地に本を広げよう！3」（コミックス） |language=Japanese |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626051542/https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=149064715 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Anime===
{{main|List of Ascendance of a Bookworm episodes}}
An [[anime]] television series adaptation was announced on March 7, 2019. The series is animated by [[Ajia-do Animation Works]] and directed by [[Mitsuru Hongo]], with Mariko Kunisawa handling series composition, Yoshiaki Yanagida and Toshihisa Kaiya designing the characters, and Michiru composing the series' music.<ref name="ANN1"/> 

The first part ran for 14 episodes,<ref>{{cite web|date=August 1, 2019|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime Reveals 14-Episode Length, October 2 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-01/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-reveals-14-episode-length-october-2-debut/.149575|accessdate=August 1, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801053445/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-01/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-reveals-14-episode-length-october-2-debut/.149575|url-status=live}}</ref> which aired from October 3 to December 26, 2019, on [[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], [[Tokyo MX]], [[Wowow]], and [[BS Fuji]],<ref name="ANN2" />{{efn|Wowow listed the show at 24:30 on October 2, which is 12:30 AM on October 3, 2019.}} and covers ''Part 1: Daughter of a Soldier'' of the light novel. [[Sumire Morohoshi]] performed the series' opening theme song {{nihongo|"Mashiro"|真っ白}}, while [[Megumi Nakajima]] performed the series' ending theme song {{nihongo|"Kamikazari no Tenshi"|髪飾りの天使}}.<ref name="ANN2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-31/sumire-morohoshi-performs-opening-theme-for-ascendence-of-a-bookworm-anime/.147330|title=Sumire Morohoshi Performs Opening Theme for Ascendance of a Bookworm TV Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 31, 2019|accessdate=May 31, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903163754/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-31/sumire-morohoshi-performs-opening-theme-for-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-tv-anime/.147330|url-status=live}}</ref> A two-part OVA series (numbered collectively as episode 14.5, both airing on March 9, 2020) consisted of two parts titled "Eustachius's Incognito Operation Downtown" and "Visiting Missus Corinna".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2020/03/05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-opens-the-book-on-part-2-in-new-promo|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Opens the Book on Part 2 in New Promo|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=March 6, 2020|accessdate=March 14, 2020|archive-date=June 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617101455/https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2020/03/05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-opens-the-book-on-part-2-in-new-promo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_ova/index.html|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～ OVA|publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]]|date=December 9, 2019|accessdate=March 14, 2020|archive-date=March 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331073802/http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_ova/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The second part ran for 12 episodes, which aired from April 5 to June 21, 2020, and covers Volumes 1 and 2 of ''Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden'' of the light novel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-2nd-part-premieres-next-spring/.154041|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime's 2nd Part Premieres Next Spring|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 5, 2019|accessdate=December 5, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128214501/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-2nd-part-premieres-next-spring/.154041|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-part-2-unveils-ad-confirms-april-4-launch-of-12-episodes/.156161|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime Part 2 Unveils Ad, Confirms April 4 Launch of 12 Episodes|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 5, 2020|accessdate=February 5, 2020|archive-date=February 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206043507/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-part-2-unveils-ad-confirms-april-4-launch-of-12-episodes/.156161|url-status=live}}</ref> Sumire Morohoshi also performed the second part's opening theme song {{nihongo|"Tsumujikaze"|旋風}} (Commotion).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animegeek.com/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-season-2-release-date-part-2-2020-honzuki-no-gekokujou-shisho-ni-naru-tame-ni-wa-shudan-wo-erandeiraremasen-part-3-manga-light-novel/|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 2 release date: Part 2 confirmed for April 2020!|publisher=[[Monsters and Critics]]|date=March 6, 2020|accessdate=March 6, 2020|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519153312/https://www.monstersandcritics.com/anime/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-season-2-release-date-part-2-2020-honzuki-no-gekokujou-shisho-ni-naru-tame-ni-wa-shudan-wo-erandeiraremasen-part-3-manga-light-novel/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

The production of a third season was announced on July 12, 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-12/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-tv-anime-gets-3rd-season/.161735|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm TV Anime Gets 3rd Season|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 12, 2020|accessdate=July 12, 2020|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712130851/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-12/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-tv-anime-gets-3rd-season/.161735|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/07/12-1/3rd-season-of-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-tv-anime-announced|title=3rd Season of Ascendance Of A Bookworm TV Anime Announced|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=July 12, 2020|accessdate=July 12, 2020|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712153121/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/07/12-1/3rd-season-of-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-tv-anime-announced|url-status=live}}</ref> which ran for 10 episodes and aired from April 12 to June 14, 2022 on [[Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|ytv]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-season-3-unveils-more-staff-visual-spring-2022-debut/.175931|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime Season 3 Unveils More Staff, Visual, Spring 2022 Debut|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 5, 2021|accessdate=August 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-03/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-season-3-ad-reveals-maaya-sakamoto-new-song-april-11-debut/.183229|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime Season 3's Ad Reveals Maaya Sakamoto's New Song, April 11 Debut|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 3, 2022|accessdate=March 3, 2022}}</ref>{{efn|ytv listed the show at 26:29 on April 11, which is 2:29 AM on April 12, 2022.}} and covers Volumes 3 and 4 of ''Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden'' of the light novel. [[Nao Tōyama]] performed the third season's opening theme song {{nihongo|"Ano Hi no Kotoba"|あの日のことば}}, while [[Maaya Sakamoto]] performed the ending theme song {{nihongo|"Kotoba ni Dekinai"|言葉にできない}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2022-02-17/maaya-sakamoto-sings-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-season-3-ending-theme/.182751|title=Maaya Sakamoto Sings Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime Season 3's Ending Theme|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 17, 2022|accessdate=February 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-12/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-season-3-new-video-unveils-nao-toyama-opening-song/.183499|title=Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime Season 3's New Video Unveils Nao Toyama's Opening Song|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 12, 2022|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}</ref> 

[[Crunchyroll]] licensed the series<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-14/crunchyroll-to-stream-high-school-prodigies-have-it-easy-even-in-another-world-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime/.150058|title=Crunchyroll to Stream High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World, Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=August 14, 2019|accessdate=October 2, 2019|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102183717/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-14/crunchyroll-to-stream-high-school-prodigies-have-it-easy-even-in-another-world-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime/.150058|url-status=live}}</ref> and has partnered with [[Sentai Filmworks]] for distribution in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-05/crunchyroll-sentai-filmworks-partner-for-home-video-releases/.163655|title=Crunchyroll, Sentai Filmworks Partner for Home Video Releases|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael|date=September 5, 2020|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate=September 6, 2020}}</ref>

===Other===
Six fanbooks were published by TO Books and released on March 10, 2017,<ref>{{cite web |title=本好きの下剋上ふぁんぶっく |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=112683186 |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref> December 9, 2017,<ref>{{cite web |title=本好きの下剋上ふぁんぶっく2 |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=121703210 |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref> November 10, 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=本好きの下剋上ふぁんぶっく3 |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=131918015 |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref> January 10, 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=本好きの下剋上ふぁんぶっく4 |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=144615324 |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref> November 10, 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=本好きの下剋上ふぁんぶっく5 |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=152987965 |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref> and November 10, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=本好きの下剋上ふぁんぶっく6 |url=https://tobooks.shop-pro.jp/?pid=162132810 |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=April 6, 2022}}</ref> TO Books also published seven [[Drama CDs]] released on September 9, 2017,<ref>{{cite web |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～ドラマCD |url=http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd/index.html |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=January 7, 2020 |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213102724/http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> June 9, 2018,<ref>{{cite web |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～ドラマCD2 |url=http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd2/index.html |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=January 7, 2020 |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213102933/http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd2/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> June 10, 2019,<ref>{{cite web |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～ドラマCD3 |url=http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd3/index.html |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=January 7, 2020 |archive-date=January 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121085513/http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd3/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> December 10, 2019,<ref>{{cite web |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～ドラマCD4 |url=http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd4/index.html |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=January 7, 2020 |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213104550/http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd4/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> September 10, 2020,<ref>{{cite web |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～ドラマCD5 |url=http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd5/index.html |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref> August 10, 2021,<ref>{{cite web |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～ドラマCD6 |url=http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd6/index.html |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=August 27, 2021}}</ref> and April 9, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |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～ドラマCD7 |url=http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove_dramacd7/index.html |publisher=[[T.O Entertainment|TO Books]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=April 9, 2022}}</ref>

==Reception==
The series has sold over 6 million copies across physical and digital sales combined as of February 18, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maaya Sakamoto to Sing OP Theme of Deaimon and ED Theme of Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3|date=18 February 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2022-02-18/maaya-sakamoto-to-sing-op-theme-of-deaimon-and-ed-theme-of-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-season-3/.182784|access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref> The series ranked fifth in 2017, first in 2018 and 2019, second in 2020 and 2021, and third in 2022 in [[Takarajimasha]]'s annual light novel guide book ''[[Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!]]'', in the ''[[tankōbon]]'' category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-23/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-2017-series-ranking/.109073|title=Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2017 Series Ranking|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 23, 2016|accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-24/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-reveals-2018-series-ranking/.124444|title=Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2018 Series Ranking|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 24, 2017|accessdate=March 8, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214143824/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-24/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-reveals-2018-series-ranking/.124444|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-23/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-reveals-2019-series-ranking/.139859|title=Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019 Series Ranking|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 23, 2018|accessdate=March 8, 2019|archive-date=November 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220107/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-23/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-reveals-2019-series-ranking/.139859|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-25/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-reveals-2020-series-ranking/.153638|title=Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2020 Series Ranking|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 25, 2019|accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://myanimelist.net/news/61216190|title='Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!' 2021 Rankings Revealed|publisher=[[MyAnimeList]]|date=November 24, 2020|accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://myanimelist.net/news/65043530|title='Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!' 2022 Rankings Revealed|publisher=[[MyAnimeList]]|date=November 27, 2021|accessdate=April 6, 2022}}</ref>  

The 2nd season of anime was nominated for "Best Fantasy" in [[5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards|2021's Crunchyroll Anime Awards]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Coats|first=Cayla|title=Ascendence of a Bookworm Team Reacts to Anime Awards Nomination|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/01/22/ascendence-of-a-bookworm-team-reacts-to-anime-awards-nomination|access-date=2021-03-14|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|language=en-us}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/|Web Novel}} at [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://www.tobooks.jp/booklove/|Light Novel Official Website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://to-corona-ex.com/comics/20000000018228|Part 1 Manga Official Website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://to-corona-ex.com/comics/20000000037068|Part 2 Manga Official Website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://to-corona-ex.com/comics/20000000034334|Part 3 Manga Official Website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://to-corona-ex.com/comics/20000000051070|Part 4 Manga Official Website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://booklove-anime.jp/|Anime Official Website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{ann|light novel|21902}}

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