Yet from the dregs of countless isekai adaptations came the slow and steady return of shojo isekai. Most of it is still confined to light novels, but one managed to cross over and completely charm me.
ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM (Honzuki no Gekokujou), based on the light novel by Miya Kazuki and character designs by You Shiina, with art by Suzuka. First published in 2015 and first published in North America in 2019.
PLOT:
The last thing Urano Motosu remembered was watching her beloved room of books collapse upon her during an earthquake. When she awakens, she finds herself reincarnated within the body of the sickly five-year-old peasant girl Myne. This is a world where class differences are stark, literacy is uncommon, and books are handmade luxuries available only to nobility. Thus, Myne decides that if she cannot buy books in her new life, she will teach herself how to make books.