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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Stargazing Dog by 村上たかし, Takashi Murakami

Stargazing Dog

Stargazing Dog / 星守る犬 #1

村上たかし, Takashi Murakami

128 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction manga emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki

Shuna's Journey

Hayao Miyazaki

153 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous medium-paced
Overlord, Vol. 1: The Undead King by Kugane Maruyama

Overlord, Vol. 1: The Undead King

Overlord: The Undead King Oh! #1

Kugane Maruyama

303 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction fantasy manga science fiction adventurous medium-paced
The Witcher: Ronin by Rafał Jaki

The Witcher: Ronin

The Witcher: Graphic Novels #Manga

Rafał Jaki

120 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy manga adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Sensor by Junji Ito

Sensor

Junji Ito

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror manga dark mysterious fast-paced
Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki

Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki!

Kanako Inuki

162 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror manga dark mysterious fast-paced
Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Goodbye, Eri

Tatsuki Fujimoto (Oneshots)

Tatsuki Fujimoto

200 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary manga mystery dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1 by Inio Asano

Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1

Goodnight Punpun Omnibus #1

Inio Asano

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary manga dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Girl on the Shore by Inio Asano

A Girl on the Shore

A Girl on the Shore / Umibe no Onnanoko #1-2

Inio Asano

410 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction manga romance emotional medium-paced
Entangled with You: The Garden of 100 Grasses by Aki Aoi

Entangled with You: The Garden of 100 Grasses

Aki Aoi

178 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ manga emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced