NoveList 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by sarahm

May

Read a standalone manga or the first volume of a manga series.  


NoveList Suggestions
You definitely don't have to stick to these options. NoveList encourages readers to choose any book they'd like for the prompts, these lists just give a starting point. 
  • Entangled With You: The Garden of 100 Grasses by Aki Aoi
  • A Girl on the Shore by Inio Asano
  • Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano
  • Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto
  • Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki
  • Sensor by Junji Ito
  • The Witcher: Ronin by Rafal Jaki
  • Overlord: The Undead King Oh! by Kugane Maruyama
  • Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki
  • Stargazing Dog by Takashi Murakami
  • River's Edge by Kyoko Okazaki
  • The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono
  • Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
  • A Man and His Cat by Umi Sakurai
  • I Want to Be a Wall by Honami Shirono
  • My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
  • Maison Ikkoku by Rumiko Takahashi
  • Buddha. 1, Kapilavastu by Osamu Tezuka
  • To Strip the Flesh by Oto Toda 
  • Asadora! by Naoki Urasawa
  • Talk To My Back by Murasaki Yamada
  • Mobile Suite Gundam: The Origin. 1, Activation by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
  • A Home Far Away by Teki Yatsuda 
  • Nana by Ai Yazawa
All books added
Run Away with Me, Girl, Volume 1 by Battan

Run Away with Me, Girl, Volume 1

Run Away With Me, Girl [Three Volume Edition] #1

Battan

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ manga romance emotional medium-paced
BEASTARS, Vol. 1 by Paru Itagaki

BEASTARS, Vol. 1

BEASTARS #1

Paru Itagaki

216 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Death Note: All-In-One Edition by Tsugumi Ohba

Death Note: All-In-One Edition

Death Note #01-12

Tsugumi Ohba

2400 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous fast-paced
I'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your Hero Vol. 1 by Nore

I'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your Hero Vol. 1

冴えない僕は、君のヒーロー | I’m Kinda Chubby and I’m Your Hero #1

Nore

144 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ manga romance funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Restart After Coming Back Home by Cocomi

Restart After Coming Back Home

Restart After Coming Back Home #1

Cocomi

216 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ manga romance adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Mirka Andolfo's Un/Sacred Vol 1 by Mirka Andolfo

Mirka Andolfo's Un/Sacred Vol 1

Un/Sacred #1-7

Mirka Andolfo

168 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction comics graphic novel romance adventurous fast-paced
Bleach, Vol. 1: Strawberry and the Soul Reapers by Tite Kubo

Bleach, Vol. 1: Strawberry and the Soul Reapers

Bleach #1

Tite Kubo

192 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous funny fast-paced
Manga Classics Stories of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

Manga Classics Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

Manga Classics

Edgar Allan Poe

308 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction classics horror manga dark mysterious slow-paced
Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 1 by Tomohito Oda

Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 1

古見さんは、コミュ症です Komi Can't Communicate #1

Tomohito Oda

191 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction manga romance funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 1 by Naoya Matsumoto

Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 1

Kaiju No. 8 #1

Naoya Matsumoto

204 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga science fiction adventurous dark funny fast-paced