Novels or book recommendations (N4?)

[rodan]

I think GJ Club is a school slice-of-life light novel that’s had a book club on here before:

GJ部 informal book club

I just found this series while looking for something easy to read, and I thought we could make an informal book club out of it. No scheduling, just a thread to talk about the series. What I like about it is that it has easy languages and short chapters, about 4-5 pages each. That makes it possible for me to read a chapter in one sitting. For me that feels less intimidating than a chapter of 20 pages or more. The setting is slice of life / school so the vocab is not that bad either. All in all I…

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Resources for Starting to Read Japanese Content

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Where to Start

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Master List of Book Clubs

Introduction There are several book clubs here on the forums. Reading along with a book club can provide a great source of motivation, and there are a lot of people to help you out with questions, enabling you to tackle harder content. Many of the book clubs have community vocabulary lists, so they can be a great resource even if you’re reading after the book club has moved on. Additionally, you’re always welcome to ask questions even after a book has been finished by a book club. People are al…

The book clubs here can be a really good source of ideas for stuff to read, especially knowing there is (or at least was) a place you can go to ask questions.