Tired of running around outside? Going on roadtrips? Swimming at the beach? Well, J-Novel Club has just the books for you to read while relaxing indoors with the AC on full blast!

Watching the new anime airing this season? If so, you can read past the anime with these catchups! When an office worker dies and finds himself in a world of magic, he decides to try going to safe route: become a healer to minimize the chances of a second death! But will things really go as planned? Find out in The Great Cleric! And in Sweet Reincarnation, an unfulfilled pastry chef reincarnates as the hier to a local lord in a medieval fantasy world. He has to learn to fight and cast magic as part of his studies, but he also can't forget his dreams from his previous life. See if his desserts can bring smiles in this new world!

What happens when a tabletop RPG fanatic is asked to save the world? Of course, he wants to build an invincible character first! Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World follows the adventures of Erich as he executes his decades-long plan to power-level while trying to keep his story from going too far off the rails in the process! Looking for lower stakes? You can read all about working at a Sorcerer's Guild! In The Sorcerer's Receptionist, Nanalie must attend a prestigious academy filled with the children of nobility in order to achieve her dream of becoming a receptionist at the guild, but she'll find that her experiences there will follow her even after she's made it! Finally, let me use this excerpt from the afterword of our final catchup series to hook you:

Editor: “We’re thinking about doing something with a Shin Godzilla vibe.”
Author: “Boy, no way that’ll flop in today’s industry.”
Editor: “That’s why we need a trendy hook. Say, isekai. Instead of Godzilla, there’s an empire invading from another world. Problem is all of our authors keep running away every time we run the idea by them.”
Author: “So, what if the setting was a ruined Japanese archipelago, like, half of it’s underwater. And a bunch of scientists and monks of Esoteric Buddhism, like straight out of Ura-Koya, escape to Mount Hiei or Koya or something, where they develop a super cyborg hero hybrid of science and magic! And it’s a big, magical, cyberpunk action fest.”
Editor: “Yeah, that sounds good. Go with that.”
Author: “What.”

Check out Fantasy Inbound now!

JNC members can catch up on 30 volumes this month; better make time between your other summer activities for them!