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
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Asadora!, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa

Asadora!, Vol. 1

あさドラ！ / Asadora! #1

Naoki Urasawa

208 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction manga mystery science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
To Strip the Flesh by Oto Toda

To Strip the Flesh

Oto Toda

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ manga short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
Buddha, Volume 1: Kapilavastu by Osamu Tezuka

Buddha, Volume 1: Kapilavastu

Buddha #1

Osamu Tezuka

400 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Maison Ikkoku Collector's Edition, Vol. 1 by Rumiko Takahashi

Maison Ikkoku Collector's Edition, Vol. 1

Maison Ikkoku Collector's Edition #1

Rumiko Takahashi

344 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction manga romance funny lighthearted slow-paced
My Brother's Husband: Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame

My Brother's Husband: Volume 1

My Brother's Husband / Otouto no Otto #1-2

Gengoroh Tagame

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ manga emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
I Want to be a Wall, Vol. 1 by Honami Shirono

I Want to be a Wall, Vol. 1

I Want to Be a Wall #1

Honami Shirono

144 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ manga emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Man and His Cat, Volume 1 by Umi Sakurai

A Man and His Cat, Volume 1

A Man and His Cat #1

Umi Sakurai

145 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction manga emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Akira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo

Akira, Vol. 1

Akira (6 Volumes) #1

Katsuhiro Otomo

359 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction manga science fiction adventurous fast-paced
The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1

Gokushufudō: The Way of the House Husband #1

Kousuke Oono

160 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction manga funny lighthearted fast-paced
River's Edge by Kyōko Okazaki

River's Edge

Kyōko Okazaki

232 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ manga dark emotional sad medium-paced