Slayers is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. The story focuses on the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse. Slayers began serialization in Dragon Magazine in 1989, before the chapters were collected into individual volumes by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko starting in 1990. As of 2024, the main series consists of 17 volumes.
In North America, the first eight volumes were published in English by Tokyopop from 2004 to 2008. In 2020, J-Novel Club licensed the series for English publication in 2020 and released the novels digitally before printing them in 3-1 omnibus hardcover books.