The Haruhi Suzumiya series of Japanese light novels is written by Nagaru Tanigawa with accompanying illustrations drawn by Noizi Ito. The series centers around the eponymous high school girl Haruhi Suzumiya, her strange antics, and her friends in a club she forms called the SOS Brigade. The first novel volume was published on June 6, 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten, and as of April 1, 2007, nine volumes have been published, with a tenth planned for release. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers licensed the light novels for distribution in English, and the first novel was released in May 2009 in hardback and paperback editions, the hardback featuring the original Japanese cover art and the paperback featuring a new design. The novels have also been licensed for release in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China by Kadokawa Media, and in South Korea by Daiwon CI.
