The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya (light novel)

HARUHI’S SHOW MUST GO ON!Kyon has woken up in strange places before, but a classic fantasy world where Haruhi’s the legendary hero is a first, even for him. He can’t remember how he or the rest of the SOS Brigade got there, and it doesn’t seem like there’s any way to leave. Things get even stranger when the gang falls face-first into one genre after another—from spaghetti westerns to space operas! It looks like the only way to go home is to break a leg and get these shows on the road!

Nagaru Tanigawa is a Japanese author best known for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya for which he won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards.