When I leveled up to Level 20, I got a mail saying now I should be reading. What reading specifically might be appropriate at this stage? Any specific recommendations?

What do you want to read? Nothing beats actually engaging with something you care about. More generally you can have a look at the Absolute Beginner Book Club for instance if you’re just dipping your toes. There’s also Satori Reader that provides graded readers with a lot of explanations. It’s not…

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I started 6 years ago and still zeroing my lessons from now and then due to inconsistent study (Life is really annoying sometimes). The first time I arrived at 20, I started reading easy NHK news, since at that time I used the old and no more available Jakeeipuu mobile app which gave also articles w…

Definitely go through at least some of Tae Kim’s guide first for grammar as others said. Other than that, if you can’t stomach the graded readers (I couldn’t), then Yotsubato is great as others have recommended. The first two series I read were レンタルおにいちゃん (Very easy, and there is a great book club…

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Phryne June 5, 2025, 3:07pm 4

Lots of people like to start with Yotsuba, so you could have a look at that as well.

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