User blog comment:Jethro Harper/LN volume one/@comment-73.192.86.124-20170209173522

Light novel (LN) 1 covers a rather short period of time, basically from the 74th floor until the game is cleared, which includes the two weeks Kirito and Asuna are on their honeymoon, most of which is skipped over in LN 1. LN 2 contains stories which happened before the start of LN 1. LN 3-7 and 9-18 occur after LN 1. LN 8 has 3 stories, two that happen before LN 1 and 1 that happens between LN 6 and 7.