I started reading Japanese manga WAY later than I started reading Western comics. When I first published this post in 2016, I’d only read a handful of titles. Now I have so many favorites! And in the past couple of years, I’ve started finding Korean manwha to love as well.
This index of manga and manwha titles recommended across my blog is organized by blog post, with a link to the post where you can find more info about the titles listed. Or just look them up on your book research site of choice. Manwha titles are marked, since there are only a couple so far.
- A Distant Neighborhood
- Ajin
- Orange
- Planetes
- Saturn Apartments
Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic
- Girls’ Last Tour
- Call of the Night
- The Walking Cat
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
- Solo Leveling (manwha)
- Asadora
- Kaiju Girl Caramelise
- Hellbound (manwha)
- Lost Lad London
- Master Keaton
- Erased
- House of Five Leaves
- Nijigahara Holograph
- Spy x Family
- Vinland Saga
- Blade of the Immortal (cw: extreme violence, including sexual assault)
- A Zoo In Winter
- A Journal of My Father
- My Broken Mariko
- A Silent Voice
- Solanin
- My Love Story
- What Did You Eat Yesterday
- Happy Kanako’s Killer Life
- Way of the Househusband
I enjoyed all of these tremendously myself, as an adult.
- Azumanga Daioh
- Wandering Son
- Welcome to the Ballroom
And that’s the list of my favorite manga! So far…
