Maria-sama ga Miteru is a light novel series written by Oyuki Konno and illustrated by Reine Hibiki. Shueisha published 39 light novel volumes from April 1998 to April 2012 under their Cobalt imprint. Also listed are short stories published in Shueisha's Cobalt magazine, which were included in later volumes of the novels. Konno also wrote the spin-off light novel series Oshaka-sama mo Miteru, which is also illustrated by Hibiki. Shueisha published 10 volumes of the spin-off from August 2008 to November 2013.
These short stories by Oyuki Konno are published in the bimonthly edition of Cobalt, published by Shueisha.
Konno and Hibiki have also collaborated on the Oshaka-sama mo Miteru (お釈迦様もみてる Buddha Watches Too) series of light novels. These books feature the same characters but focus on Yumi's younger brother Yūki and his schoolmates at Hanadera.