The Slayers novels is a series of 17 novels written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. The novels tell the story of Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev and their adventures.

The series is divided into two story arcs: Novels 1-8 make up the first story arc, while novels 9-15 make up the second arc. 16 is considered a standalone story, and 17 begins the third arc. Slayers and Slayers NEXT were based off the first novel arc and then was adapted into a manga called Slayers Super-Explosive Demon Story with eight volumes, while the second novel arc was never adapted into anime or manga form.

The novels were all published in Japan by Kadokawa Publishing, from 1990 to 2000. Novels 1-8 were first translated and published in the US by TOKYOPOP, but the company chose not to license any further volumes (for more information, see the article on novel 7.) In 2020, Slayers was licensed again by J-Novel Club, who intend to translate each volume from scratch. The books are initially published in digital format only, with physical omnibus volumes being released later on.

In addition, there are 30 Slayers Special novels and 4 Slayers Delicious novels.

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