List of Spice and Wolf light novels

Spice and Wolf is a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura with accompanying illustrations drawn by Jū Ayakura. The series follows a traveling merchant, Kraft Lawrence, who peddles various goods from town to town to make a living in a stylized historical setting with European influences. He meets a pagan wolf-deity girl named Holo who normally appears to be a fifteen-year-old girl, except for a wolf's tail and ears. Lawrence and Holo start traveling together, and as they travel, her wisdom helps increase his profits, but at the same time, her true nature draws unwanted attention from the church.

Originally, Hasekura entered the first novel in the series into ASCII Media Works' twelfth Dengeki Novel Prize in 2005 and the novel won the Silver Prize, placing third. Seventeen volumes were published between February 10, 2006, and July 10, 2011, under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint. In 2016, an eighteenth book in the series was published, along with the start of a new spinoff series entitled Wolf on the Parchment, focusing on the characters Cole and Myuri. Yen Press licensed the light novels in September 2008 for distribution in English. The first volume was released in December 2009, and a new volume was released every six months, but in 2013 was changed to being released every four months. The tagline for the novel is "Merchant Meats Spicy Wolf.", an example of Engrish. The author of the novels has commented that what "meats" in the tagline means is kept a secret, alluding to a possible intentional misspelling of "meets".

Volume list Spice and Wolf

Wolf and Parchment

Additional books Extra volumes Guide Book: – (December 10, 2008). Along with artwork and breakdowns of the worldbuilding of Spice and Wolf, the guidebook contains an original short story titled . Also included are multiple interviews of members of the cast of the original anime. Picture Book: – (April 30, 2009). A short picture book/manga released with a limited edition DVD of the un-aired Episode 0, "Wolf And Amber Melancholy", of Spice and Wolf ll in April 2009. Art Book: – (July 30, 2011). A collection of Spice and Wolf promotional artwork. Also included in this art book is an original short story titled . Collection: Spice and Wolf Anniversary Collector's Edition – (November 15, 2016). To celebrate the upcoming tenth anniversary of Spice and Wolf Yen Press released a leather bound, premium, collection of the English translations of the first, original, 17 Spice and Wolf light novels. It is just shy of a thousand pages in length (sitting at a healthy 944 pages), and as such weighs quite a lot. As of November 2024, the collector's edition book has been printed only four times since 2016, with each printing being designated by a different bookmark ribbon color. First printings have a red ribbon. Second printings (the first international printing) have a green ribbon. Third printings have a blue ribbon. And fourth printings have a purple ribbon. Art Book: - , (March 10, 2017 & November 17, 2020 [EN]). A collection of artwork by Keito Koume to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Spice and Wolf. Originally released in Japanese in 2017, this art book was also released in English in 2020 and it remains the only Spice and Wolf art book with an official English translation. As a bonus, the art book also contains an original 14 page long full-color short manga titled .

Short stories , A short story from the released in November 2007 as a limited edition for the Dengeki 15 Year Festival. , A short story from the released on December 10, 2008, in Japan. "Dengeki Gakuen RPG Bunko Untitled Short Story", Included as a pre-order bonus for the release of the Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus video game on March 9, 2009, was a book containing a collection of original stories by popular Dengeki Bunko authors, titled . Holo and Lawrence make an appearance in the game and as such, Isuna Hasekura was asked to write an original short story for the book. The short story is non-canon to Spice and Wolf and takes place within the Dengeki Gakuen RPG world. The story itself revolves around Lawrence finally getting his own dream store while at the academy, and the difficulty he faces running it with Holo while his workload increases. , A short story included in the released on July 30, 2011. The story takes place after the epilogue of volume 17. "Spice and Wolf Light Novel Vol. 1-17 Kindle Collection Untitled Short Story", An exclusive, untitled short story released in the Japanese Kindle edition of on June 10, 2016. The digital collection also contains an exclusive post-script by Isuna Hasekura.https://amzn.asia/d/2YlM8NK , A short story included as a hard-cover book in the Spice and Wolf 10th Anniversary Blu-ray Limited Edition released on October 5, 2016. The story takes place one summer after volume 16. . A short, full-color, manga included in the back of the art book released in Japan on March 10, 2017. This 14 page long manga has officially been translated to English along with the art book in which it is contained. , A short story that was given away in a pamphlet for the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2017 x d Anime Store event from December 8–22, 2017. The pamphlet was to celebrate the Autumn 2017 anime season. It contains three short stories from three different franchises, of which Spice and Wolf is only one. The story is about Holo and Lawrence handling their food situation while they travel. , A short story that was given away on a clear plastic folder at Newdays Convenience Stores during the NewDays × Dengeki Bunko 25th Anniversary Collaboration event. The Event took place between August 21 and September 3, 2018. During the event customers who spent more than 700 Yen in a Newdays store would be given a free folder with artwork of a multitude of Dengeki Anime Characters (Including Holo from Spice And Wolf, and Asuna from Sword Art Online) in Newdays employee outfits. Provided on the back of each folder was a short story about whichever character was on the front, and each story related to vegetables and/or cooking in some way. "Spice and Wolf VR Addendum Untitled Short Story", An untitled short story released as a bonus during the Spice And Wolf VR crowdfunding campaign from December 1, 2018 – January 12, 2019. Those who backed the deluxe edition of the Kickstarter would receive a small pamphlet with an original story taking place after the events of the Spice And Wolf VR game.SpicyTails (1 December 2018). "The VR Animation Spice and Wolf VR Production Project". Kickstarter. Retrieved 13 November 2024. , A short story contained within the released during the 2020 Kadokawa Light Novel Expo. This short story is technically from the Wolf And Parchment sequel series, however Holo makes an appearance. , A short story given away at early screenings of the first four episodes of Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf in select theaters in Japan on March 17, 2024. At the door guests were given a small postcard with artwork of Holo and Lawrence together. On the back of the postcard is a QR Code which leads to a website containing the short story.

List of Spice and Wolf light novels

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