Literature Girl) is a collection of Japanese light novels by Mizuki Nomura, with illustrations by Miho Takeoka.

Yen Press licensed the light novel series and began releasing it in English in North America in July 2010.

The Book Girl series of light novels are written by Mizuki Nomura, with illustrations by Miho Takeoka.

Yen Press licensed the light novel series and began releasing it in English in North America in July 2010.

Nomura collaborated with Kenji Inoue (the author of Baka to Test to Shōkanjū) and Takaaki Kaima (the author of Gakkō no Kaidan) to produce three stories in Collaboration Anthology 2: Book Girl Ascends the Stairway of the Gargoyles and Idiots (コラボアンソロジー2 "文学少女"はガーゴイルとバカの階段を昇る, Corabo Ansorojī 2 Bungaku Shōjo wa Gāgoiru to Baka no Kaidan o Noboru) published by Enterbrain on October 30, 2008.

The first, titled Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime ("文学少女"と死にたがりの道化, Bungaku Shōjo to Shinitagari no Piero), is illustrated by Rito Kōsaka and began serialization in the August 2008 issue of Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Gangan Powered.

Three tankōbon volumes were released between April 24, 2009 and December 22, 2010 under Square Enix's Gangan Comics Joker imprint.

[4][5] Kōsaka began another manga titled Book Girl and the Famished Spirit ("文学少女"と飢え渇く幽霊, Bungaku Shōjo to Uekawaku Gōsuto) serialized in Gangan Joker between the January 2011 and September 2013 issues.

The two-volume adaptation of the first light novel Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime were released on October 21 and November 25, 2009.

It was streamed online weekly and was hosted by Kana Hanazawa, the voice of Tohko Amano in the drama CDs and anime adaptations.

A 103-minute anime film adaptation titled Book Girl was produced by Production I.G, directed by Shunsuke Tada, and was released in Japanese theaters on May 1, 2010.

[18] A bonus original video animation (OVA) titled Book Girl Today's Snack: First Love ("文学少女"今日のおやつ 〜はつ恋〜, Bungaku Shōjo Kyō no Oyatsu: Hatsukoi) was bundled with a limited edition version of the second side story novel volume Book Girl Apprentice's Heartbreak ("文学少女"見習いの、傷心, Bungaku Shōjo Minarai no, Shōshin) sold on December 26, 2009.

Three OVA shorts under the collective title Book Girl Memoir ("文学少女"メモワール, Bungaku Shōjo Memowāru) were produced to be shown before the film's screening for one-week intervals beginning in May 2010.

[23] The film's theme song is "Haruka na Hibi" (遥かな日々, Distant Days) by Eufonius; the single was released on May 1, 2010.

[1] In a review of the first light novel Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime by Anime News Network contributor Carlo Santos, the author Mizuki Nomura is cited as being "too ambitious" for her use of several differing genres of storytelling, such as the use of mystery, character-driven comedy, and 20th-century Japanese literature.