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What is a good way to say that a book is a light read? By that I mean writing
that is basically created for entertainment, doesn't contain much drama and
isn't particularly thought-provoking. Preferably not in a condescending tone
(so not like "trashy literature"). One pharse I've heard is 元気が出る本 but maybe
that's a little different from what I'm describing. I believe ライトノベル is not
the right term either because from what I've read some of them can be quite
serious.
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How do you say "a light read"?
You could possibly say that a book is 読みやすい, meaning easy to read. That
wouldn't carry the connotation of a certain kind of book, but lets you know
that it's not super dense.
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How about 気楽【きらく】 or 気軽【きがる】 (na-adjectives)? These words imply that the
content is not so serious nor thought-provoking.

  * 気軽に読める本
  * 気軽な読み物／小説

Another option would be 手軽【てがる】 (na-adjective), although this may tend to
imply the volume of the content (ie, the number of words in a book) is small.

As you already know, ライトノベル refers to a certain genre of novel mainly targeted
at _otaku_. They are basically 気軽 but not always so.
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