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>>10157634
I agree that these are good for beginners, I have a few warnings:

- Katawa Shoujo gets a lot of hate but it is a good, solid work that's also a good choice for fisrt-timers to the medium. Play Shizune route first though; it's not great but the other routes are better.

- minori, the studio that made ef, is REALLY hit and miss, and their games can be quite boring. ef further tends to be quite polarizing (I personally HATED it, especially the first chapter) in addition to being long. I'd recommend picking up Wind -a breath of heart- and doing a route or two in that first so you know what you're in for.

- The Nitroplus science trilogy sort of declined with each subsequent release IMO. Chaos;Head is really worth playing but if S;G doesn't impress you then you should probably give up on R;N.

You should play at least one Key/Tactics game; they're classics and you should at least be familiar with the studio's work. MOON. is my favorite, although I wouldn't call it an entry-level VN, as it's fairly weird in addition to being old.

In English you have your choice of MOON., ONE, Kanon, Clannad (has a complete but severely uneven patch), its sequel Tomoyo After, Planetarian, and Little Busters!, with projects underway for Air, Little Busters! EX, Kud Wafter and Rewrite (as well as a Clannad retranslation and Rewrite's fandisc at some unspecifried future point).

Finally, I recommend the Infinity series (Never7/Ever17/Remember11, with two more games now being translated).