Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark of the Fool (Light Novel), Vol. 1 | 2025 | J.M. Clarke | N/A |
| 2 | Mark of the FoolVol. 1 | 2025 | J.M. Clarke | Buy |
| 3 | Mark of the Fool Vol. 2 | 2025 | J.M. Clarke | Buy |
| 4 | Mark of the Fool Vol. 3 | 2026 | J.M. Clarke | Buy |
| 5 | Mark of the FoolVol. 4 | 2026 | J.M. Clarke | Buy |
The Mark of the Fool Light Novel series brings J.M. Clarke’s progression fantasy to a new format, with five volumes covering the events of the original series. Light novel adaptations have become a common route for popular web fiction — particularly for stories that share DNA with the Japanese isekai and magic academy genres that light novels popularized.
Starting with Volume 1 in 2025, the series is aimed at readers who prefer the light novel format or who came to the story through visual or manga-adjacent media rather than the prose originals.