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Before Haruhi Suzumiya got her world bebut with her anime series, she began as a popular light novel series by Nagaru Tanigawa and was illustrated by Noizi Ito. The following translations were done by the fan group Baka Tsuki, who specialize in translating Japanese light novels into several languages. Below are the translations of the Haruhi Suzumiya in convenient pdf formats. Feel free to download and share them as long it’s not for commercial profit.
Note that as of April 2009, official releases of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels have been made available in English. If you like the series and wish to support Mr.Tanigawa, please consider purchasing the official books:

Volume 1: The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi

Volume 2: The Sigh of Suzumiya Haruhi

Volume 3: The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi

Volume 4: The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi

Volume 5: The Rashness of Suzumiya Haruhi

Volume 6: The Disturbance of Suzumiya Haruhi

Volume 7: The Intrigues of Suzumiya Haruhi

Volume 8: The Indignation of Suzumiya Haruhi

Volume 9: The Dissociation of Suzumiya Haruhi

51 Comments »

  • Juancmt27 said:

    Thank you for the novels!!! I really enjoy all of them and waiting for the number 10
    i’m also waithing for the dissaperence being animated!!

  • Yuuki said:

    How do you read these, its coming up as a note pad program. Sorry i’m new to this

  • suzumiyaharuhi28 said:

    Hello to you all
    Have a nice day i hope this will last
    forever

  • HaruhiXKyon said:

    Is there volume 10? I hope so, I’m reading the novels, watching the animes, and reading the manga. If there’s volume 10, hope it comes out soon! Volume 9’s title is very depressing…

    Thanks for the novels!

  • to HaruhiXKyon said:

    Volume 10 is coming out, check the homepage of this website -_-

  • Kyoizumi said:

    Thank you! The original light novels are OVER 9000 times better than its manga and anime adaptions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Dazza said:

    I have the first two OFFICIAL translations, and they are fair good. Tiny bit Americanized, but I still love them.

  • zer0 said:

    i really love haruhi suzumiya!!

  • zer0 said:

    i love you suzumiya-chan..

  • natadisney345 said:

    but where vol 10

  • Jo said:

    how different is the light novels from the manga and anime???

  • Dazza said:

    @natadisney345: God knows…

    @Jo: Quite different, for example, the ending of Sighs (anime) is actually the event that started the whole thing, why KyoAni did that, I don’t know, but it’s really weird.

  • reichcastillo said:

    waah!!
    when is book 10 comming out!!

  • Jaxx0174 said:

    According to the Baka-Tsuki wiki, volume 10, The Astonishment of Suzumiya Haruhi’s release date is “To be announced.” I can’t remember what it said before but I know that it has changed. I would assume that the book is in final stages of production (I also read somewhere about a month ago that said this though so it may just be a rumor).

  • devious_sos said:

    Interesting..
    Hope it comes out soon. :/

    For now.. I’ll just dig for more Haruhi goodness.

  • kyon (author) said:

    You’re right, there were some rumors buzzing around September of last year when some info about volume 10 showed up in The Sneaker magazine; there were rumors Tanigawa was sick or had writer’s block but none of this has been confirmed.

  • kyonko08 said:

    finally down loaded all the files it should be interesting reading all 9 light novels

  • Alif Haruhi said:

    where can i buy haruhi light novel chapter 1-9 in Malaysia???
    How much the cost in Ringgit Malaysia?

  • Tsuruya-chan said:

    That’s a toughie, I’m afraid the books haven’t been licensed in Malaysia. I guess you could try importing it from amazon or another online store, but that’s going to be really expensive :(

  • Kyoizumi said:

    ….and yet Baka-Tsuki took away the translations and now the third one isn’t coming for 6 months!!! D: *bursts into tears thinking when the **** the others are planned to be released*

  • blue_crimson said:

    my favourite is the disappearance (#4)

    i wanted to reread the disappearance on baka tsuki but…
    oh well its a business to sell books so i cant complain. at least i have this website now.

    im curious how many will actually buy the official light novels that get translated professionally…?

  • Alif Haruhi said:

    Thanks, Tsuruya-chan,
    But i dont knw how to buy them online. Plus, I hv no credit card. Wawa!!!!

  • Thai Haruhiist!! said:

    I have 3 official books of my country’s language. The translation is so slow, but I will keep buying the official one. Now I will have to wait for volume 10 t be translated….

    I want to watch The Disappearance movie.. where can I watch it?
    (of couse, not in Japanese)

  • S.O.S. Brigade Underling #1 said:

    Do the math

    Released 2/6/10
    Bootleg crap quality RAW after a few weeks. Eventually badly subbed
    about a few months for DVD to come out
    about a few weeks more to sub it all.

    Volume ten is obviously not out yet. Don’t go around reading rumors because it’s the way they kept us waiting for 3 years.

  • Niko Bellic said:

    I’ll wait

  • haruhi said:

    what 3 years? really for what?

  • Niko Bellic said:

    to watch the Disappearance…

  • haruhi said:

    wow it takes that long?

  • Red Tape said:

    Not at all. There have been some “disagreements” concerning payment for the stories between the writer, and the publisher. Also other setbacks, such as illness may have helped to further delay the release.

    The last, more obvious factor is the speculation regarding the likelyhood that 10 will be the last of the series – and the merchandisers are milking the cow while it’s still golden.

    Problem is, the cow has been out too long, and the milk is starting to sour…

  • mak717 said:

    I do not like to believe that the 10th novel is the last one. There are still so many questions that need to be answered, and they can go much farther with the plot. Also, they are only in the beginning of their second year. I am pretty sure he will go into their third, probably settling the questionable relationship between Kyon and Haruhi (why he was chosen).

    And they need to start making a legit season 3, starting after the 4th novel too. All of this is money they could be making. But what do I know?

  • NagatoYuuki13 said:

    @mak717 Is the 10th novel the last novel? It will be pretty sad if it is… It was a great series after all. Although, I would have preferred if they went all the way to graduation.

  • haruhi said:

    so what does this mean for haruhiists? do they do some kind of ritual or what?

    or do they wait for another series to come out?
    cause all i’m doing is making people interested with haruhi for as long as possible the creator must find a new haruhi cash cow and start milking it big cause haruhiists will take matters into their own hands

    and god knows what comes next!
    still it’d be nice to see another spike in haruhiism only it may be because a haruhiist has a golden idea
    well i’m looking forward to that moment!

  • tsuruya-ism said:

    I currently own The Melancholy and The Sigh.I don’t really want to read them here because I’d rather buy them.^^ go tsuruya cover ^^

  • esouesu! said:

    The light novel series has greater impact compared to the anime and manga. Kyon has so many inner thoughts in the novel. =)

  • T0rnApart said:

    I am new to this site and i was wondering how to download these novels . Can anyone plz tell me?

  • Qrast said:

    hey! can anyone help me!
    i want the the latest novel of the haruhi series
    can anyone send me a copy of the volume 10 novel i can’t find it anywhere.

    my mail address “denniolsakura@yahoo.com” please i beg all haruhi fan…

  • haruhi said:

    the insert is the only bit of novel 10 but the book is still incomplete correct me if i’m wrong so just DL chapter 1 using the DL link

  • haruhi said:

    is 63 pages for a chapter in a haruhi novel too much?

  • Pepper said:

    Hey is there someone here nice enough to send me volume1-9 through email?
    Please help me, torrent wont download it properly ~.~

  • Pepper said:

    THANK YOU SOO MUCH ANON!!!! DLing it now :)

  • Julie said:

    Thank you so much, this was so incredibly helpful, I truely cannot thank you enough!!

  • haruhi said:

    does anyone know thew date of release of the novels and for all manga translators openmanga is replacing mangahelpers and it’s free also Nagaru has dirrect contact for those translators sorta like the artist and the fan working together
    Did i mention it’s free :)

  • Powerlord said:

    It looks like the official translations of the light novels are coming extremely slowly; only 3 are available now with the fourth coming in November (and of course, the fourth is The Disappearance of, so it matches up with the movie)

  • `Bryan said:

    How do I download these? I don’t know how to use that torrent thing?

  • Ryukrieger said:

    You can use utorrent (I think it’s utorrent.com or you can google it out). Or, I have the MF links, you can use it:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f2e59c3c5c338dc083eaf56b7488d925d70f60e58a6f05a5251f69a6036e604eb20c531331cf5c21a61d43f008fb0b76

  • `Bryan said:

    Oh thank you very much, this is much easier.

  • Sam Cross said:

    Hey guys! here’s the download link of the volume 10
    http://www.4shared.com/dir/TXq4QCxk/sharing.html
    download the file by clicking the mini down arrow icon!
    if this lonk doesn’t work, please tell me ASAP!!!

  • MaterializeFlame said:

    Hey.. It’s still the incomplete version.. only with a different font.. that’s so not cool Sam Cross..

  • Ryukrieger said:

    Since Volume 10 isn’t out yet, the only thing that’s released is the preview only.

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