Light Novels

Novels in the Naruto and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations series are officially published short stories. Though each novel tends to be written by different authors, all novels have covers illustrated by the respective manga's illustrator: Masashi Kishimoto for Naruto novels and Mikio Ikemoto for Boruto novels.
== Naruto Hiden ==
Kakashi Hiden.png|Kakashi Hiden: Lightning in the Icy Sky
Shikamaru Hiden.png|Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness
Sakura Hiden.png|Sakura Hiden: Thoughts of Love, Riding Upon a Spring Breeze
Konoha Hiden.png|Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding
Gaara Hiden.png|Gaara Hiden: A Sandstorm Mirage
Akatsuki Hiden.png|Akatsuki Hiden: Evil Flowers in Full Bloom
== Naruto Shinden (2015) ==
Itachi Shinden.png|Itachi Shinden: Book of Bright Light
Itachi Shinden 2.png|Itachi Shinden: Book of Dark Night
Sasuke Shinden Book of Sunrise.png|Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise
== Boruto: Naruto Next Generations ==
Parts of the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime have been been adapted into a novel series titled . The first three novels adapt Academy Entrance Arc: the first novel was released on May 2, 2017https://web.archive.org/web/20170405221630/http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/news_newrelease/boruto and covers episodes 1 to 6, the second novel was released on July 4, 2017https://web.archive.org/web/20170613162308/http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/news_newrelease/boruto2 and covers episodes 7 to 11 and the third novel was released on September 4, 2017https://web.archive.org/web/20170731215549/http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/news_newrelease/boruto3 and covers episodes 12 to 15. The fourth novel was released on November 2, 2017https://web.archive.org/web/20171014100143/http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/news_newrelease/boruto4 and covers the events depicted in episodes 25 to 31, but from Sarada's perspective. The fifth novel was released on January 4, 2018;https://web.archive.org/web/20180506055150/http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/boruto_05.html the first chapter is set before episode 36, the others after episode 37.
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== Naruto Shinden (2018) ==
Konoha-shinden.png|Konoha Shinden: Steam Ninja Scrolls
Naruto Shinden.png|Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day
Sasuke Shinden.png|Sasuke Shinden: The Teacher's Star Pupil
Shikamaru Shinden.png|Shikamaru Shinden: A Cloud Dancing in Forlorn Falling Petals
== Naruto Retsuden ==
Kakashi Retsuden.png|Kakashi Retsuden: The Sixth Hokage and the Failure Boy
Sasuke Retsuden.png|Sasuke Retsuden: The Uchiha Descendants and the Heavenly Stardust
Naruto Retsuden.PNG|Naruto Retsuden: Naruto Uzumaki and the Spiral Destiny
== Other Novels ==
Light novels that aren't part of a series:
Naruto Innocent Heart.png|Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood
Protect The Waterfall Village Novel.png|Naruto: Mission: Protect The Waterfall Village!
Real Gutsy.png |The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi
The Day the Wolf Howled.png|Naruto Jinraiden: The Day the Wolf Howled
Naruto Dojunjo Ninden Cover.png |The Tale of the Utterly Purehearted Shinobi
Naruto the Movie Blood Prison.png|Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison
The Last Novel.png|The Last: Naruto the Movie
Boruto The Movie Novel.png|Boruto: Naruto the Movie
== Chronology ==
According to the official timeline, the novels' chronology (which occasionally differs from the manga's) is:
;Ten years ago
* Itachi Shinden: Book of Bright Light and Itachi Shinden: Book of Dark Night
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* through 
;Several months later
*Kakashi Hiden: Lightning in the Icy Sky
*Sasuke leaves Konohagakure.Naruto has yet to receive a prosthetic arm at the time Sasuke leaves Konoha. He receives one sometime between the prologue and chapter 1 of Kakashi Hiden.
;Two years later
*Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness
*The Last: Naruto the Movie
;Several months later
*Sakura Hiden: Thoughts of Love, Riding Upon a Spring Breeze
*Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding
;Several months later
*Gaara Hiden: A Sandstorm Mirage
**Gaara is 20 years old.
*Akatsuki Hiden: Evil Flowers in Full Bloom
*Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise
;Over ten years later
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;A few years later
*The New Leaves Soaring Through the Blue Sky!
*A Call from the Shadows!
*Those Who Illuminate the Night of Shinobi!
*School Trip Bloodwind Recordshttps://web.archive.org/web/20220813035547/https://www.narutoapp.jp/chronology/
*Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring
*Konoha Shinden: Steam Ninja Scrolls
*The Last Day at the Ninja Academy!
*Boruto: Naruto the Movie
;"Present"
*Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day
*Sasuke Shinden: The Teacher's Star Pupil
*Shikamaru Shinden: A Cloud Dancing in Forlorn Falling Petals
*Kakashi Retsuden: The Sixth Hokage and the Failure Boy
*Sasuke Retsuden: The Uchiha Descendants and the Heavenly Stardust
*Naruto Retsuden: Naruto Uzumaki and the Spiral Destiny
== Notes and References ==
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